Overview
Lobbying Costs
85,624€
Financial year: Jan 2016 - Dec 2016
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1 Fte (4)
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 42 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.
- 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.
- To provide a European forum for exchange of knowledge and experience in the field of blindness and partial sight.
- To promote the prevention and cure of blindness and partial sight.
- To strive for equal representation and participation of gender and age in its activities.
- To co-operate with and support blind and partially sighted people and their organizations in countries outside Europe.
- 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
EAA, Digital Single Market including initiatives like copyright package and e-commerce, AVMSD, transport and European Social Pillar.
Address
Head Office
rue Gager-Gabillot, 6
Paris 75015
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People
Total lobbyists declared
4
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 4 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
3 of the persons involved mentioned above are paid by EBU member organisations.
Person in charge of EU relations
Mr Rodolfo CATTANI (Chairman, EBU commission for liaising with the EU)
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
- World Blind Union
- European Women's Lobby
- Pay-Able
EBU has participatory status with the Council of Europe.Member organisations
http://www.euroblind.org/about-ebu/ebu-membership/nr/19
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2016 - Dec 2016
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
85,624€
EU grant income for closed financial year
200,399 € (Source: REC, Horizon2020, Erasmus+)
Other financial info
The financial information provided include:
- Staff costs: 25% for 1 of the 4 persons mentioned in item 9 + salary costs of 3 staff members who contribute approx. 20%, 20% and 10% respectively of their working time to the activities covered in the Register.
- Travel costs, costs for services and administration costs directly/indirectly related to the activities covered in the Register. -
EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
EBU is regularly invited to the High Level Group on Disability and attends when appropriate.
Web Accessibility Directive Expert Group.ACC
None
Groups (European Parliament)
EBU monitors the work of the Disability Intergroup.
Communication activities
- EBU Response to the European Commission Public consultation on the European Pillar of Social Rights in doc and pdf format (December 2016)
- EBU position paper on EC proposals to implement Marrakech Treaty in doc and pdf format (November 2016)
- EBU response to Public Consultation on reduced VAT rates for electronically supplied publications in doc and pdf format (September 2016)
- EBU contribution to the consultation on COM(2016)287/final - Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Directive 2010/13/EU on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the provision of audiovisual media services in view of changing market realities, in doc and pdf format (July 2016)
- EBU response to Public Consultation on the Revision of the European Interoperability Framework, in doc and pdf format (June 2016).
- EBU Response to the European Commission Consultation on the proposal for a European Accessibility Act, in doc and pdf format (February 2016).
- EBU response to the European Commission Public consultation on eGovernment Action Plan 2016-2020 in .doc and .pdf format (January 2016).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 sighted people face and how EU policy can address them. These include equal access to employment, to goods and services, to the information society and to culture (including TV and radio), to books and print media, to telecommunications, 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 - Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet member)
- Andrus Ansip (Vice-President)
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Date 24 Jun 2015 Location Bruxelles Subject copyright DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Anna Herold (Cabinet member)
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