Overview
Lobbying Costs
10,000€ - 24,999€
Financial year: Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.2 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
7
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Special Olympics Europe Eurasia (SOEE)
EU Transparency Register
984231215205-95 First registered on 18 Dec 2014
Goals / Remit
The mission of Special Olympics is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community
SO Europe Eurasia Foundation (SOEEF) is a not for profit organization that provides year-round public health services and activities to children and adults with intellectual disabilities through grass roots sports training and competition, multi-disciplinary health screening and intervention programs, promoting public health and early childhood development in all 27 European an Union Member States, serving over 450,000 participating athletes.Main EU files targeted
Erasmus +
policies impacting on people with intellectual disability and their familiesAddress
Head Office
42 Mount Street Upper Dublin 2
Dublin2 D02X3P2 - 000000
IRELANDEU Office
42 Mount Street Upper Dublin 2
Dublin2 D02X3P2 - 000000
IRELANDWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
2
Employment time Lobbyists 10% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.2
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
At the core, Special Olympics is a sports organization that uses the power of sport as a catalyst for social change. As Nelson Mandela said, “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire, it has the power to unite people in a way that little else does… Sport can create hope, where once there was only despair… It laughs in the face of all types of discrimination.” Through sport, we challenge society. By highlighting how the needs of people with intellectual disabilities (ID) are not being met, we expose inequity and exclusion. By drawing attention to the gifts of people with ID, we break down misperceptions and tackle negative attitudes. Our focus therefore needs to be on both providing a high quality sports experience and engaging communities with that experience in ways that help change negative attitudes and create inclusion and gives equal access and opportunity to practice sport to all.
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
Special Olympics is a member of Dochas, the European Movement and the Sport plafform.
Member organisations
http://specialolympics.org/ will direct you to the Europe Eurasia homepage with a list of Special Olympics accredited programmes in the region.
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Closed financial year
Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
10,000€ - 24,999€
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Grant Erasmus+, Health and Youth units 38,777€ Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
10,000€ - 24,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
Special Olympics World Winter Games 2017 - please see http://www.austria2017.org/en/ for details
Special Olympics World Summer Games 2023 - please see https://www.berlin2023.org/en/about-usOther activities
None declared
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Meetings
7 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.
1 July 2024: We have noted that some meetings are appearing in duplicate, ie. some meetings seem to be listed twice. This seems to be because the Commission changes some element of a meeting data after the meeting has first been listed, which causes LobbyFacts to register it as a new meeting. We are investigating further.
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Date 12 Oct 2023 Location Brussels Subject Commission’s ongoing implementation of the Strategy on the rights of persons with disabilities and Special Olympics’ current work priorities including the global leadership coalition for inclusion. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Helena Dalli Portfolio Equality Attending - Nora Bednarski (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Feb 2022 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Upcoming Special Olympics in Malta and Commissioner Dalli's support and participation therein. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Helena Dalli Portfolio Equality Attending - Annelisa Cotone (Cabinet member)
- Helena Dalli (Commissioner)
- Silvan Agius (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Feb 2022 Location Brussels Subject Special Olympics Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Anthony Agotha (Cabinet member)
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Date 04 Dec 2020 Location video call Subject Sports and Refugees Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Anthony Agotha (Cabinet member)
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Date 06 Oct 2020 Location Teleconference Subject COVID-19 response Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Attending - Renaud Savignat (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Nov 2019 Location Brussels Subject Special Olympic activities in Europe Cabinet Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights Attending - Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President)
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Date 04 Dec 2014 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Organisation of the winter Special Olympic Games in 2017 in Austria Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics Portfolio Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Attending - Szabolcs Horvath (Cabinet member)
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