Overview
Lobbying Costs
None declared
Financial year: Jan 2013 - Dec 2013
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.25 Fte (1)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
10
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
European Blind Union (EBU)
EU Transparency Register
42378755934-87 First registered on 27 May 2011
Goals / Remit
EBU works towards an accessible and inclusive society with equal opportunities for blind and partially sighted people to fully participate in all aspects of social, economic, cultural and political life.
Its membership includes the national organisations of the blind and partially sighted in 44 European countries.
EBU’s goals are
To enable the blind and partially sighted people of Europe to join together to express their views and aspirations and take collective action, in accordance with democratically adopted decisions, to protect and promote their human, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights; to enhance their self-esteem and enable them to realise their full potential; and to represent their interests.
1.2 To promote the advancement of blind and partially sighted people, including those with additional impairments, with the goal of achieving their equal rights as citizens and full participation in society, if necessary by special legal or administrative measures.
1.3 To provide a European forum for exchange of knowledge and experience in the field of blindness and partial sight.
1.4 To promote the prevention and cure of blindness and partial sight.
1.5 To strive for equal representation and participation of gender and age in its activities and in particular in the selection by National Members of delegations to the General Assembly, in elections to the Board and committees and in appointments to commissions, committees and working groups.
1.6 To co-operate with and support blind and partially sighted people and their organizations in countries outside Europe.
1.7 To seek to achieve equalisation of opportunities for all women and all men with disabilities, especially men and women who are blind or partially sighted, in all areas of life; to oppose and seek to eliminate discrimination against disabled people in all its forms; and to promote positive action to meet their needs whenever appropriate.Main EU files targeted
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Address
Head Office
rue Gager-Gabillot, 6
Paris 75015
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People
Total lobbyists declared
1
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Mr Mokrane BOUSSAID (EBU Executive Director)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Wolfgang ANGERMANN (President)
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Categories
Category
III - Non-governmental organisations
Subcategory
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
EBU is a member of
European Disability Forum
European Platform of Social NGOs
World Blind Union
EBU has participatory status with the Council of Europe.Member organisations
Austrian Federation of the Blind and Partially Sighted,
Ligue Braille/Brailleliga,
Union of the Blind in Bulgaria,
Croatian Association of the Blind,
Pancyprian Organization of the Blind,
Czech Blind United SONS,
Estonian Federation of the Blind,
Danish Association of the Blind,
Finnish Federation of the Visually Impaired,
Confederation Francaise pour la Promotion Sociale des Aveugles et Amblyopes,
German Federation of Blind and Visually Impaired People,
Panhellenic Association of the Blind,
Hungarian Federation of the Blind and Partially Sighted,
National Council of the Blind of Ireland,
Unione Italiana dei Ciechi e degli Ipovedenti (Italy),
Lithuanian Association of Blind and Visually Handicapped,
Fondation Letzebuerger Blannevereenegung (Luxembourg),
Malta Society of the Blind,
Oogvereniging Nederland (Netherlands),
Polish Association of the Blind,
ACAPO (Portugal),
Romanian Association of the Blind,
Slovak Blind and Partially Sighted Union,
Union of the Blind and Partially Sighted of Slovenia,
Organizacion Nacional de Ciegos de Espana,
Swedish Association of the Visually Impaired,
Royal National Institute of the Blind (UK) -
Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2013 - Dec 2013
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
None declared
EU grant income for closed financial year
195,989 € (Source: PROGRESS)
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None
ACC
None
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
None
Other activities
The European Blind Union is actively working with European Institutions in
all areas of policy development that have an impact on the lives of blind
and partially sighted citizens. We respond to European Commission Green
papers and consultations and take part in stakeholder events organised by
the Commission; we also regularly publish position papers on issues that are
of importance to us in order to keep EU policy makers informed about the
challenges that blind and partially people face and how EU policy can
address these.
Our members work on a wide range of policy areas in order to influence
future EU policy so that blind and partially people can have access to equal
opportunities in employment and outside of employment; equal access to goods
and services; equal access to the information society and to culture,
including TV and radio; equal access to books and print media, equal access
to telecommunications, equal access to financial services (e.g. banking and
insurance) etc. We also take an interest in, inter alia, consumer rights,
copyright law, welfare rights (e.g. social security, disability benefits,
pensions), internal market policy (including e-commerce, public procurement
policy, public health and transport policy.
Meetings
Meetings
10 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 11 Feb 2020 Location Brussels Subject EBU's priorities on the EU's policies and their impact on people with visual impairments Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Helena Dalli Portfolio Equality Attending - Nora Bednarski (Cabinet member)
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Date 26 May 2016 Location Brussels Subject Digital Single Market Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Pauline Rouch (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 May 2016 Location Brussels Subject Marrakesh Treaty ratification Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet member)
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Date 19 Jan 2016 Location Brussels Subject web accessibility, Digital Single Market DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology Attending - Roberto Viola (Director-General)
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Date 19 Jan 2016 Location Brussels Subject web accessibility, Digital Single Market DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology Attending - Roberto Viola (Director-General)
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Date 16 Nov 2015 Location Brussels Subject Web access DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Eric Mamer (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Nov 2015 Location BXL Subject web accessibility + copyright DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Anna Herold (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Oct 2015 Location BXL Subject copyright DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Anna Herold (Cabinet member)
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Date 13 Jul 2015 Location Brussels Subject Digital Single Market, accessibility Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Andrus Ansip (Vice-President)
- Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet member)
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Date 24 Jun 2015 Location Bruxelles Subject copyright DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Anna Herold (Cabinet member)