Recent meetings
| Date | Commissioner / Cabinet | Topic | File |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06 Jun 2025 | Hadja Lahbib Commissioner | Presentation of the organisation and their priorities as well as the actions that the Commission should focus on concerning persons with disabilities | — |
| 06 Jun 2025 | Hadja Lahbib Commissioner | Presentation of the organisation and their priorities as well as the actions that the Commission should focus on concerning persons with disabilities | SRC |
| 11 Feb 2020 | Nora Bednarski Cabinet member | EBU's priorities on the EU's policies and their impact on people with visual impairments | SRC |
| 11 Feb 2020 | Nora Bednarski Cabinet member | EBU's priorities on the EU's policies and their impact on people with visual impairments | — |
| 26 May 2016 | Pauline Rouch Cabinet member | Digital Single Market | SRC |
| 26 May 2016 | Pauline Rouch Cabinet member | Digital Single Market | — |
| 17 May 2016 | Stig Joergen Gren Cabinet member | Marrakesh Treaty ratification | — |
| 17 May 2016 | Stig Joergen Gren Cabinet member | Marrakesh Treaty ratification | SRC |
| 19 Jan 2016 | Roberto Viola Director-General | web accessibility, Digital Single Market | — |
| 19 Jan 2016 | Roberto Viola Director-General | web accessibility, Digital Single Market | SRC |
| 16 Nov 2015 | Eric Mamer Cabinet member | Web access | SRC |
| 16 Nov 2015 | Anna Herold Cabinet member | web accessibility + copyright | — |
| 16 Nov 2015 | Eric Mamer Cabinet member | Web access | — |
| 16 Nov 2015 | Anna Herold Cabinet member | web accessibility + copyright | SRC |
| 08 Oct 2015 | Anna Herold Cabinet member | copyright | — |
| 08 Oct 2015 | Anna Herold Cabinet member | copyright | SRC |
| 13 Jul 2015 | Laure Chapuis-Kombos Cabinet member | Digital Single Market, accessibility | SRC |
| 13 Jul 2015 | Laure Chapuis-Kombos Cabinet member | Digital Single Market, accessibility | — |
| 24 Jun 2015 | Anna Herold Cabinet member | copyright | SRC |
| 24 Jun 2015 | Anna Herold Cabinet member | copyright | — |
Mission & Goals
EBU works towards an accessible and inclusive society with equal opportunities for blind and partially sighted people to fully participate in all aspects of social, economic, cultural and political life. Its members are national organisations of the visually impaired in 41 European countries, including 25 EU member states. Its goals are: - To voice the concerns of blind and partially sighted people of Europe, namely in EU policy-making and through EU legislation - To protect and promote their human, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, and full participation in society - To enable them to express their views and aspirations and take collective action.
EU Legislative Interests
We actively work with European institutions in all areas of policy development that impact the lives of blind and partially sighted citizens, focusing on accessibility, employment, mobility. We respond to European Commission Green papers and consultations and take part in stakeholder events organised by the Commission. We also regularly publish position papers on issues that are of importance to us in order to keep EU policy makers informed about the challenges that blind and partially sighted people face and how EU policy can address them. These include equal access to employment, to goods and services, to the information society and to culture (including TV and radio), to books and print media, to telecommunications, to financial services (e.g. banking and insurance), the built environment etc. We also take an interest in, inter alia, consumer rights, copyright law, welfare rights (e.g. social security, disability benefits, pensions), internal market policy (including e-commerce, public procurement policy), public health and transport policy.
Communication Activities
Publications : - Position papers and responses to consultations, including proposed amendments where relevant - Press releases - Various types of other publications : thematic reports, Q&As, guidelines and best practices - Monthly Newsletter and quarterly "Focus" (thematic newsletter) - Podcast on accessibility technologies - Annual activity report See https://www.euroblind.org/publications_and_resources Campaigns : see https://www.euroblind.org/campaigns-and-activities/current-campaigns Awareness-raising projects and usually an annual event (e.g. thematic conference, meeting with a group of selected decision-makers) : see https://www.euroblind.org/campaigns-and-activities/current-activities
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
EBU is a member of: - European Disability Forum - World Blind Union - European Women's Lobby
Organisation Members
http://www.euroblind.org/about-us/members
Additional Information
All the figures in section 14 are for 2024, because we had not yet closed our account for the financial year 2025 at the time of making the present update.