Overview
Lobbying Costs
300,000€ - 399,999€
Financial year: Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
3 Fte (8)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
5
High-level Commission meetings
18
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
European Association of Service providers for Persons with Disabilities (EASPD)
EU Transparency Register
120906010805-50 First registered on 12 Mar 2013
Goals / Remit
EASPD, a non-profit NGO in the disability sector, promotes the affairs of 20000 social services and their umbrella associations. There are over 80 million people with a disability throughout Europe. The main objective of EASPD is to promote the equalisation of opportunities for people with disabilities through effective and high quality service systems.
The principles of EASPD are aiming at high quality of services facilitating full participation and inclusion in society in an appropriate way for persons with a disability. To achieve this EASPD is committed to:
• User participation in the development and delivery of services§ The implementation of governance principles
• Active lifelong learning opportunities for staff
• Focus on Accessibility, availability, affordability and adaptability of services
The main objective of EASPD, based on the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2006), is to promote the equalisation of opportunities for people with disabilities.Main EU files targeted
- European Disability Rights Strategy
- European Semester & Economic Governance
- EU Budget
- European Pillar of Social Rights
- Child Guarantee
- EU Care Strategy
- Public Procurement and State Aid
- Anti-Discrimination Directive
- Social Economy Action PlanAddress
Head Office
Avenue des Nerviens - 85
Brussels 1040
BELGIUMEU Office
Avenue des Nerviens - 85
Brussels 1040
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
8
Employment time Lobbyists 50% 4 25% 4 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
3
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
5 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 23 Nov 2024
Name Start date End Date Thomas Bignal 15 Jul 2024 15 Jul 2025 Lilith Alink 15 Jul 2024 15 Jul 2025 KONSTANTINA LEVENTI 09 Sep 2024 09 Sep 2025 Rachel Vaughan 29 Jul 2024 29 Jul 2025 Irene Bertana 08 Jul 2024 08 Jul 2025 Mr Thomas Bignal 17 Jan 2020 01 Feb 2021 Mr Luk Zelderloo 17 Jan 2020 01 Feb 2021 Ms Sabrina Ferraina 17 Jan 2020 01 Feb 2021 Mr Timothy Ghilain 17 Jan 2020 01 Feb 2021 Ms Rachel Vaughan 17 Jan 2020 01 Feb 2021 Ms Lea ROLLIN 17 Jan 2020 01 Feb 2021 Ms Sydney VON IHERING 17 Jan 2020 01 Feb 2021 Mr Luk Zelderloo 01 Feb 2019 17 Jan 2020 Mr Thomas Bignal 26 Jan 2019 17 Jan 2020 Ms Sabrina Ferraina 26 Jan 2019 17 Jan 2020 Mr Timothy Ghilain 26 Jan 2019 17 Jan 2020 Ms Rachel Vaughan 26 Jan 2019 17 Jan 2020 Ms Lea ROLLIN 26 Jan 2019 17 Jan 2020 Ms Sydney VON IHERING 26 Jan 2019 17 Jan 2020 Mr Thomas Bignal 05 Jan 2018 04 Jan 2019 Mr Luk Zelderloo 05 Jan 2018 04 Jan 2019 Ms Sabrina Ferraina 05 Jan 2018 04 Jan 2019 Mr André Filipe Ruivo Félix 05 Jan 2018 04 Nov 2018 Mr Timothy Ghilain 05 Jan 2018 04 Jan 2019 Ms Rachel Vaughan 05 Jan 2018 04 Jan 2019 Mr Thomas Bignal 23 Jan 2017 05 Jan 2018 Mr Luk Zelderloo 23 Jan 2017 05 Jan 2018 Ms Sabrina Ferraina 23 Jan 2017 05 Jan 2018 Mr Timothy Ghilain 23 Jan 2017 05 Jan 2018 Mr André Filipe Ruivo Félix 22 Aug 2016 20 Jul 2017 Mr Thomas Bignal 28 Jan 2016 24 Jan 2017 Mr Luk Zelderloo 28 Jan 2016 24 Jan 2017 Ms Sabrina Ferraina 28 Jan 2016 24 Jan 2017 Ms Nieves Tejada Castro 28 Jan 2016 24 Jan 2017 Mr Thomas Bignal 11 Feb 2015 28 Jan 2016 Mr Luk Zelderloo 11 Feb 2015 28 Jan 2016 Ms Sabrina Ferraina 11 Feb 2015 28 Jan 2016 Ms Nieves Tejada Castro 11 Feb 2015 28 Jan 2016 Mr Thomas Bignal 22 Feb 2014 12 Feb 2015 Mr Luk Zelderloo 22 Feb 2014 12 Feb 2015 Ms Sabrina Ferraina 22 Feb 2014 12 Feb 2015 Complementary Information
For EASPD's lobbying activities, we have four staff members working 50% and 4 staff member working 25%
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
EASPD is a member of several organisations and networks dealing with disability, social and poverty issues:
• Participatory status with the Council of Europe and of the Conference of INGO of the Council of Europe
• Full Member of the Platform of European Social NGO’s
• A seat in the Disability Platform of DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities
• Commission Working Group on Early Childhood Education and Care
• Full Member of Social Services Europe, European Disability Forum
• European Expert Group on the transition from institutional to community-based care
• EU Alliance for Investing in ChildrenMember organisations
None declared
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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
300,000€ - 399,999€
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Grant EaSI ESF+ 1,145,738€ Major contributions in current year
Type Name Amount Grant EaSI 1,257,930€ Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
300,000€ - 399,999€
Other financial info
https://easpd.eu/publications-detail/easpd-annual-report-2023/
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Sub-group on social services#E03820/5#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=104592 #MEMBER #C#Civil societyWorking Group on Early Childhood Education and Care#E03811#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3811 #MEMBER #C#Civil societySUB-GROUP ON EMPLOYMENT PACKAGE #E03820/3#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=102772 #MEMBER #C#Civil societyDisability Platform#E03820#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3820 #MEMBER #C#Civil societySub-group on Independent Living#E03820/4#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=103715 #MEMBER #C#Civil society
Groups (European Parliament)
Social economy,Disability,Unofficial groupings,Demographic challenges, family-work balance and youth transition,Children's rights
Communication activities
None declared
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
18 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 22 Jun 2022 Location online Subject Social Platform position on an EU Solidarity Strategy to respond to the Ukraine crisis Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit Portfolio Jobs and Social Rights Attending - Christoph Nerlich (Cabinet member)
- Ana Carla Pereira (Cabinet member)
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Date 06 Apr 2022 Location Online Subject Cabinet Dalli invited Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to discuss concerns equality and non-discrimination CSOs are raising regarding the situation of people fleeing from the Ukraine Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Helena Dalli Portfolio Equality Attending - Helena Dalli (Commissioner)
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Date 17 May 2021 Location online Subject Green Paper on Ageing Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit Portfolio Jobs and Social Rights Attending - Ana Carla Pereira (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 May 2021 Location Online Subject Green Paper on Ageing, long-term care, disability services Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Dubravka Šuica Portfolio Democracy and Demography Attending - Astrid Dentler (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Mar 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Exchange of Views on the Transition from institutional to Community-based Care. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Helena Dalli Portfolio Equality Attending - Eva Gerhards (Cabinet member)
- Silvan Agius (Cabinet member)
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Date 14 Dec 2020 Location Videoconference Subject Meeting on the European Disability Strategy. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit Portfolio Jobs and Social Rights Attending - Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner)
- Anouk Faber (Cabinet member)
- Ana Carla Pereira (Cabinet member)
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Date 29 Apr 2020 Location Videoconference Subject Videoconference meeting on social support care service and COVID-19 Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit Portfolio Jobs and Social Rights Attending - Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner)
- Anouk Faber (Cabinet member)
- Ana Carla Pereira (Cabinet member)
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Date 29 Apr 2020 Location Videoconference Subject Social Services in Europe, Statutory Duties of Public Social Services, Explanation, Impact & challenges of COVID-19, Elderly, Role of the EU, Rights of persons with disabilities, social dialogue & cross-sectoral social dialogue Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Dubravka Šuica Portfolio Democracy and Demography Attending - Colin Scicluna (Cabinet member)
- Astrid Dentler (Cabinet member)
- Dubravka Šuica (Vice-President)
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Date 29 Apr 2020 Location Brussels Subject VC meeting on the Impact of COVID-19 on Social Services and the risks for persons in vulnerable situations Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Stella Kyriakides Portfolio Health Attending - Stella Kyriakides (Commissioner)
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Date 19 Feb 2020 Location Brussels Subject Implementation of the UN CRPD, priorities for the future EU Disability Strategy and anti-discrimination legislation at European level. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Helena Dalli Portfolio Equality Attending - Nora Bednarski (Cabinet member)
- Silvan Agius (Cabinet member)
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Date 13 Feb 2020 Location Brussels Subject The Conference on the Future of Europe and the possibilities for organisations like EASPD to get involved in the process - Demographic change, ageing - Rural areas - Long-term care, care services - Child Guarantee Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Dubravka Šuica Portfolio Democracy and Demography Attending - Mattia De Grassi (Cabinet member)
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Date 26 Apr 2019 Location Brussels Subject Labour market integration of Persons with disability Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen Portfolio Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility Attending - Marianne Thyssen (Commissioner)
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Date 22 Oct 2018 Location Brussels Subject Discussion on addressing social sector needs in the InvestEU Programme Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Florentine Hopmeier (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Oct 2018 Location Berlaymont Subject EFSI, Invest EU Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen Portfolio Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility Attending - Christoph Nerlich (Cabinet member)
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Date 24 Apr 2018 Location Berlaymont Subject MFF Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen Portfolio Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility Attending - Baudouin Baudru (Cabinet member)
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Date 13 Feb 2018 Location Berlaymont Subject Investment in social infrastructure Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen Portfolio Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility Attending - Baudouin Baudru (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Feb 2018 Location Brussels Subject Social Infrastructure Investments Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Florentine Hopmeier (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Apr 2016 Location Brussels Subject EFSI Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Marlene Madsen (Cabinet member)
- Miguel Gil Tertre (Cabinet member)