Recent meetings
| Date | Commissioner / Cabinet | Topic | File |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Sept 2025 | Olivér Várhelyi Commissioner | Presentation of the Special Olympics movement | — |
| 24 Sept 2025 | Olivér Várhelyi Commissioner | Presentation of the Special Olympics movement | SRC |
| 16 Apr 2025 | Ana Carla Pereira Director | Operational follow-up to meeting with CAB Lahbib in February Proposal to establish a Special Olympics European Union Day | SRC |
| 16 Apr 2025 | Ana Carla Pereira Director | Operational follow-up to meeting with CAB Lahbib in February Proposal to establish a Special Olympics European Union Day | — |
| 24 Jan 2025 | Chiara Adamo Head of Unit | Exchange with the Special Olympics Europe on support to persons with intellectual disabilities through sports and games | SRC |
| 24 Jan 2025 | Erica Gerretsen Director | Exchange with the Special Olympics Europe on support to persons with intellectual disabilities through sports and games | — |
| 24 Jan 2025 | Chiara Adamo Head of Unit | Exchange with the Special Olympics Europe on support to persons with intellectual disabilities through sports and games | — |
| 24 Jan 2025 | Erica Gerretsen Director | Exchange with the Special Olympics Europe on support to persons with intellectual disabilities through sports and games | SRC |
| 23 Jan 2025 | Agata Dziarnowska Cabinet member | Introductory meeting with Special Olympics | — |
| 23 Jan 2025 | Agata Dziarnowska Cabinet member | Introductory meeting with Special Olympics | SRC |
| 22 Jan 2025 | Halliki Voolma Cabinet member | Discussion on the work of the Special Olympics Committee and the inclusion of persons with intellectual disabilities in society. | SRC |
| 22 Jan 2025 | Halliki Voolma Cabinet member | Discussion on the work of the Special Olympics Committee and the inclusion of persons with intellectual disabilities in society. | — |
| 02 Dec 2024 | Glenn Micallef Commissioner | Courtesy meeting to exchange views on sport and people with intellectual disabilities in sport. | SRC |
| 02 Dec 2024 | Glenn Micallef Commissioner | Courtesy meeting to exchange views on sport and people with intellectual disabilities in sport. | — |
| 12 Oct 2023 | Nora Bednarski Cabinet member | 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. | — |
| 12 Oct 2023 | Nora Bednarski Cabinet member | 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. | SRC |
| 09 Feb 2022 | Helena Dalli Commissioner | Upcoming Special Olympics in Malta and Commissioner Dalli's support and participation therein. | — |
| 09 Feb 2022 | Helena Dalli Commissioner | Upcoming Special Olympics in Malta and Commissioner Dalli's support and participation therein. | SRC |
| 08 Feb 2022 | Anthony Agotha Cabinet member | Special Olympics | — |
| 08 Feb 2022 | Anthony Agotha Cabinet member | Special Olympics | SRC |
| 04 Dec 2020 | Anthony Agotha Cabinet member | Sports and Refugees | — |
| 04 Dec 2020 | Anthony Agotha Cabinet member | Sports and Refugees | SRC |
| 06 Oct 2020 | Renaud Savignat Cabinet member | COVID-19 response | — |
| 06 Oct 2020 | Renaud Savignat Cabinet member | COVID-19 response | SRC |
| 20 Nov 2019 | Frans Timmermans First Vice-President | Special Olympic activities in Europe | SRC |
Mission & Goals
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.
EU Legislative Interests
Erasmus + policies impacting on people with intellectual disability and their families
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-us
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
Special Olympics is a member of Dochas, the European Movement and the Sport plafform.
Organisation Members
http://specialolympics.org/ will direct you to the Europe Eurasia homepage with a list of Special Olympics accredited programmes in the region.