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Special Olympics Europe Eurasia

NGO / non-profit · Cross-sector / other · HQ: Ireland · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, Special Olympics Europe Eurasia appears in 41 declared MEP meetings (31 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

41
declared meetings
with current MEPs
31
MEPs met
€200,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
9.5
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“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…”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 41 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party1639%
Socialists & Democrats922%
Renew Europe615%
Greens/EFA410%
The Left410%
Patriots for Europe25%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2023–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (29 in 2025).

2023
1
2024
3
2025
29
2026
8

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

Nikola Minchev
3 meetings · Renew
Nina Carberry
3 meetings · EPP
Bogdan Andrzej Zdrojewski
2 meetings · EPP
Pascal Arimont
2 meetings · EPP
Pál Szekeres
2 meetings · PfE

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
11 May 2026Estelle CeulemansInclusive Healthcare in the future MFF
14 Apr 2026Sabrina ReppSport in Erasmus+
5 Mar 2026David CasaESF
4 Feb 2026Pascal ArimontSocial Cohesion in the next MFF
3 Feb 2026Nikos PapandreouSpecial Olympics
3 Feb 2026Seán KellySupporting Special Olympics and inclusive sports
3 Feb 2026Nina CarberrySport Policy & Disability Rights
2 Feb 2026David CasaEuropean Social Fund
11 Dec 2025Victor NegrescuMeeting with Special Olympics
10 Dec 2025Bogdan Andrzej ZdrojewskiStakeholder dialogue on establishing the Erasmus+ programme for the period 2028-2034
8 Dec 2025Pál SzekeresSpecial Olympics Hungary photo exhibition 8-12.12.2025
13 Nov 2025Nela Riehlpresentation of Special Olympics Work
25 Sep 2025Marcos Ros SempereMeeting with Special Olympics
25 Sep 2025Elena KountouraMeeting with Special Olympic Hellas representatives
25 Sep 2025Maria GuzeninaInclusivity in sports

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