Lobby organisation
Special Olympics Europe Eurasia
NGO or non-profit · Cross-sector / other · HQ: Ireland · Transparency Register entry
As of 7 November 2026, Special Olympics Europe Eurasia appears in 40 declared MEP meetings (30 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.
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 […]”
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“[…] 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.”
Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.
Who they meet, and when
Which groups they meet
Share of this organisation's 40 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.
Meetings by year
Declared meetings per calendar year, 2023–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (27 in 2025). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.
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
The 15 most recent declared meetings
| Date | MEP | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| 9 Sep 2026 | Sabine Verheyen | Special Olympics European Union Day |
| 11 May 2026 | Estelle Ceulemans | Inclusive Healthcare in the future MFF |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Sabrina Repp | Sport in Erasmus+ |
| 5 Mar 2026 | David Casa | ESF |
| 4 Feb 2026 | Pascal Arimont | Social Cohesion in the next MFF |
| 3 Feb 2026 | Nikos Papandreou | Special Olympics |
| 3 Feb 2026 | Seán Kelly | Supporting Special Olympics and inclusive sports |
| 3 Feb 2026 | Nina Carberry | Sport Policy & Disability Rights |
| 2 Feb 2026 | David Casa | European Social Fund |
| 11 Dec 2025 | Victor Negrescu | Meeting with Special Olympics |
| 10 Dec 2025 | Bogdan Andrzej Zdrojewski | Stakeholder dialogue on establishing the Erasmus+ programme for the period 2028-2034 |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Nela Riehl | presentation of Special Olympics Work |
| 25 Sep 2025 | Marcos Ros Sempere | Meeting with Special Olympics |
| 25 Sep 2025 | Elena Kountoura | Meeting with Special Olympic Hellas representatives |
| 25 Sep 2025 | Maria Guzenina | Inclusivity in sports |
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