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Overview
Lobbying Costs
50,000€
Financial year: Jun 2013 - Jun 2014
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
None declared
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
1
High-level Commission meetings
1
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
European Deafblind Network (EDbN)
EU Transparency Register
535776713965-43 First registered on 14 Jul 2014
Goals / Remit
EDbN Goals:
-To take action to achieve the recognition of deafblindness as a unique disability on all political and administrative levels throughout Europe.
-To improve the situation of deafblind people in Europe with the objective of achieving their equal rights and full participation in society.
-To be a European forum for the exchange of knowledge and experience in the area of deafblindness.
-To represent and support deafblind people and their families to have a better quality of life. This includes representing deafblind people who cannot speak for themselves.
In order to achieve EDbN aims, its main funcion is to campaing at all political and administrative levels in Europe, through the following actions:
-Supporting members of EDbN with campaigning to achieve the recognition of deafblindness in their own countries.
-Organising email networks to enable to the sharing of knowledge and information in area of deafblindness throughout Europe.
-Collecting and distributing information about the situation of deafblind people in Europe to support the campaigning aims of EDbN.
-Establishing and maintaining relationships with the European Union (Parliament, Commission and Council); with the national councils of people with disabilities; with European non-governmental organisations of people with disabilities; with the institutions of the United Nations; with international organisations in Europe and with the regional offices of the international organisations whose aims are in accordance with those of EDbN and its members.Main EU files targeted
Address
Head Office
Carrer Leiva
Barcelona 08014
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People
Total lobbyists declared
None declared
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
1 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 02 Jan 2015
Name Start date End Date Lucy Juliet Butterworth (Drescher por matrimonio) 06 Jan 2015 03 Jan 2016 Ricard Lopez Manzano 17 Jul 2014 15 Jul 2015 Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
None declared
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Ricard López (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
None declared
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jun 2013 - Jun 2014
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
50,000€
Other financial info
EDbN is an umbrella organization that represent the interest of many European Deafblind organizations, which provide sources for any different project where EDbN is involved. In this regard, EDbN has not an own budget.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None declared
Groups (European Parliament)
None declared
Communication activities
None declared
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 03 Mar 2015 Location Brussels Subject Rights of people with disabilities in Europe Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen Portfolio Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility Attending - Marianne Thyssen (Commissioner)