EBU Commission for Liaising with the EU

The Commission represents EBU's interests at EU level and ensures an effective linkage to the institutions of the European Union and to the European Disability Forum. The two major strands of action are:

1. to monitor EU political and legislative developments affecting the disabled, with particular regard to visually impaired people;

2. to seek financial support from the appropriate EU budget lines in order to carry out projects for the blind and partially sighted and their organisations.

Although membership of the Commission is open only to national organisations of the blind in member states of the EU and EFTA, its action reaches beyond EU boundaries to impact on geographical Europe as a whole.

• Membership list 2007-2011

• Read EBU responses to the European Commission's consultations

Membership list 2007-2011

Cabinet :
Chair : Rodolfo Cattani (Italy)
First Vice-Chair : Ana Pelaez (Spain)
Second Vice-Chair : Branislav Mamojka (Slovak Republic)
Marcus Wolf (Austria)
Monica Lovi (Estonia)
Secretary : Hans Kaltwasser (Germany)

Board representative : Colin Low (UK)

Ordinary Members :
Belgium : Harry Geyskens
Bulgaria : Vassil Dolaptchiev
Cyprus : Christakis Nicolaides
Czech Republic : Rudolf Volejnik
Denmark : Thorkild Olesen
Finland : Timo Kuoppala
France : Edouard Ferrero
Greece : Ilias Margiolas
Hungary : Mihaly Szuhaj
Iceland : Kristinn Einarsson
Ireland : Desmond Kenny
Latvia : Peteris Locans
Lithuania : Osvaldas Petrauskas
Malta : Irene Schrembri
Netherlands : Geert Joosten
Norway : Arnt Holte
Poland : Anna Wozniak-Szymanska
Portugal : Ana Sofia Pedroso Lopes Antunes
Romania : Sergiu Ruba
Slovenia : Tomaz Wraber
Sweden : Tiina Nummi-Södergren
UK : Carine Marzin

Corresponding member :
Roger Hoffmann, Luxembourg

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