Overview
Lobbying Costs
100,000€ - 199,999€
Financial year: Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
3.5 Fte (7)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
0
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Hilfsgemeinschaft der Blinden und Sehschwachen Österreichs (HGBS)
EU Transparency Register
742752330806-73 First registered on 14 Mar 2018
Goals / Remit
The Hilfsgemeinschaft – the Austrian Association in support of the blind and visually impaired is an independent non-profit-organisation founded in 1935. With more than 7.500 members, it is Austria’s oldest and largest self-help organisation to improve the conditions and standards of living of its clients. The Hilfsgemeinschaft is almost entirely funded by donations and voluntary financial contributions which are also tax-deductible.
The membership in the Hilfsgemeinschaft is free of charge for blind or visually impaired clients offering access to a broad variety of services, which are even complimentary at times. Our goal is to improve the lives of blind and visually impaired people.Main EU files targeted
European Accessiblity Act
Mandat 376
Mandat 473
Mandat 554
HLG of Experts on AI
Disabilty Strategy
Standardisation in CEN/CENELEC/ETSIAddress
Head Office
Jaegerstrasse 36
Wien 1200
AUSTRIAEU Office
Jaegerstrasse 36
Wien 1200
AUSTRIAWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
7
Employment time Lobbyists 75% 1 50% 5 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
3.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
not in Brussels, but in the offices in Vienna and Linz
Person in charge of EU relations
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
Person with legal responsibility
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
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Categories
Category
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
http://www.edf-feph.org
http://www.ocg.at
http://www.behindertenrat.at
https://www.austrian-standards.at/
https://w3c.org
https://www.accessibilityassociation.org/
https://www.aaate.net
https://www.icchp.org
https://www.easpd.euMember organisations
Europan Disablity Forum - http://www.edf- https://www.edf-feph.org/
EASPD - https://www.easpd.eu
AAATE - https://www.aaate.net
Zero Project - https://www.zeroproject.org
W3C - https://w3c.org
IAAP - https://www.accessibilityassociation.org/s/ -
Financial Data
Interests represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Closed financial year
Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
100,000€ - 199,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Major contributions in current year
Type Name Amount Grant FFG 50,000€ Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
100,000€ - 199,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
Disability
Communication activities
HGBS promotes the implementation and monitoring of the CRPD and other legislation processes in all policy and legislative processes of the EU and therefore in Austria. This include all measures taken by the EU to promote human rights, gender equality, children's rights, social and economic policies especially in the field of PwD (blind and visually impaired). HGB works together with other organisations like EDF and standardisation bodies intensively to promote the freedom of movement of goods and services for persons with disabilities within the EU.
Other activities
former HLG Experts Group on AI
Meetings
Meetings
None declared