Overview
Lobbying Costs
75,000€
Financial year: Jan 2020 - Dec 2020
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.5 Fte (4)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
1
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Integro Association
EU Transparency Register
797979143187-11 First registered on 17 Jun 2021
Goals / Remit
Integro main goal is strengthening the Roma community for taking a respected position among other societal groups.
More specifically the organisation aims to achieve:
Roma leadership participate in decision-making in all levels and share responsibility as citizens of the state to ensure a peaceful and prosperous society;
Roma students enjoy high quality education, Roma youths graduate secondary and higher education, which provides opportunities for social mobility and leadership in society;
Roma are recognised and valued work force participating in all economic fields; Roma businessmen create jobs and contribute to the local development and state economy;
Roma women are emancipated and make decisions about their personal development, preserving the values of the Roma family and community;
Roma people are able to counteract all manifestation of anti-Gypsyism, using the law and all democratic forms of reaction.Main EU files targeted
Integro is in direct and indirect communication with the EU instituion on the:
- European Semester;
- EU Roma strategic framework
- National Recovery and Resilience Plans
- EU pillar of social rights
- Social Economy Action Plan
- EU Strategy for the Rights of the Child 2021-2024 and Child Guarantee
- Youth GuaranteeAddress
Head Office
Osam 4
Osam 4
Razgrad 7200
BULGARIA -
People
Total lobbyists declared
4
Employment time Lobbyists 50% 2 25% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
None declared
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
III - Non-governmental organisations
Subcategory
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
Integro is member of ERGO Network: https://ergonetwork.org/about-us/membership/
Member organisations
Integro is a legal entity consisting of other legal entities registered under the Act on non-profit legal entities.
NGOs, member of Integro Association are:
1. Association Integro- Centre for informing, consulting and supporting of Roma from Vetovo municipality
2. Association "Amare phala", muncipality of Kubrat
3. Association "Roma Zavet - 2003", municipality of Zavet
4. Association "Partnership in action", Varna
5. Association "GORD" - Rakovski village
6. Foundation "Roma solidarity" - Petrich
7. Foundation " The Roma health" - Sliven
8. Association "Chitalishte Roma Vazovo - 2007" - municipality of Isperih
9. Association "Centre for strategies on minority issues" - Varna -
Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2020 - Dec 2020
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
75,000€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
1. Integro has been a partner organisation in Bulgaria for implementation of the ROMACT programme since 2014, which invests in the local capacities for developing, implementation, monitoring and assessment of more inclusive Roma policies, programs, services, projects with the active participation of Roma. Within this project Integro has worked with local authorities and local Roma communities from over 55 municipalities.
2. As partner of ERGO Network for the implementation of "Roma Included in Social Europe" (RIISE) project, Integro Association regularly conducts researches and analyses on issues concerning various aspects of Roma social inclusion. So far, we have conducted researches related to youth employment, hate speech against Roma, the effectiveness of European funds on Roma integration, the impact of the COVID 19 pandemic on the socio - economic status of communities and others. We also contribute each year to the CSRs providing analysis of the Staff working documents and opinion papers on the CSRs. Currently, Integro has elaborated recommendations to the NRRP, National Strategy for equality, inclusion and participation of Roma, EU pillar of social rights, Social Economy Action Plan. Within RIISE Integro supports a network of NGOs "National coalition Intellect", which addresses common issues of Roma community at national level.
3. For addressing antigypsism, currently Integro is implementing the project "Peer education to counter antigypsyist online hate speech - PECAO" in partnership with ERGO Network and other NGOs. Within this project, we are monitoring for hate speech against Roma in the online space. The elaborated report will be presented at national and European level for the sake of improvement the application of the EU Code of conduct on countering illegal hate speech online.Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
1 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 21 Jun 2022 Location Sofia (BG) Subject Roma inclusion, early child development. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit Portfolio Jobs and Social Rights Attending - Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner)
- Anouk Faber (Cabinet member)
- Fabien Dell (Cabinet member)
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