Open Society European Policy Institute

OSEPI

Open Society European Policy Institute (OSEPI) is the legal entity of the Brussels office of the Open Society Foundations, a private foundation that has worked for three decades to promote vibrant and tolerant democracies.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Skander Nasra (Cabinet of Commissioner Marta Kos) and Promo-LEX Association

27 Mar 2025 · Discussion focused on the accession process of Moldova to the European Union

Meeting with Valdis Dombrovskis (Commissioner)

24 Jan 2025 · The challenges for global economy caused by Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, energy security.

Meeting with Ingrid Bellander Todino (Head of Unit Justice and Consumers)

21 Jan 2025 · - Brief overview of OSF support to work on strategic litigation - Overview by Commission’s work on promoting and strengthening the application of the Charter, including funding priorities under the Citizenship, Equality, Rights and Values programme.

Meeting with Daniel Freund (Member of the European Parliament)

16 Sept 2024 · Rule of Law in Hungary

Meeting with Simona Constantin (Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová)

22 May 2024 · Rule of law

Meeting with Lara Wolters (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and

13 Sept 2023 · Staff level: CSDD Directive

Meeting with Ildikó Voller-Szenci (Cabinet of Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi), Szabolcs Horvath (Cabinet of Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi) and Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy

8 Sept 2023 · Presenting their recommendations on the future of enlargement of the Western Balkans before the October Civil Society and Think Tank Forum

Meeting with Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and

7 Sept 2023 · Situation in Hungary

Meeting with Bjoern Seibert (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen) and

31 Aug 2023 · High-Level working dinner on SOTEU with Think Tanks

Meeting with Věra Jourová (Vice-President) and

17 Mar 2023 · Defence of democracy package

Meeting with Taneli Lahti (Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen) and Royal Institute of International Affairs

3 Mar 2023 · Aid modalities in estranged settings

Meeting with Bjoern Seibert (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen) and

28 Feb 2023 · Working dinner - EU's agenda in 2023

Meeting with Paolo Gentiloni (Commissioner)

19 Jan 2023 · Discussion about climate finance and development aid, Bridgetown Initiative

Meeting with Werner Stengg (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager)

11 Jan 2023 · DSA, AI Act, disinformation, metaverse

Meeting with Kim-Tobias Eling (Cabinet of Commissioner Janez Lenarčič)

24 Nov 2022 · climate change, humanitarian crises

Meeting with Daniel Braun (Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová)

24 Oct 2022 · European Democracy Action Plan

Meeting with Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and

7 Sept 2022 · Situation in Hungary

Meeting with Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner) and

21 Jun 2022 · Roma inclusion, early child development.

Meeting with René Repasi (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur for opinion)

16 Jun 2022 · CSDD

Meeting with Margrethe Vestager (Executive Vice-President) and

15 Jun 2022 · Disinformation.

Meeting with Giulio Di Blasi (Cabinet of Commissioner Ylva Johansson) and

12 May 2022 · Meeting on Ukraine

Meeting with Giulio Di Blasi (Cabinet of Commissioner Ylva Johansson)

29 Apr 2022 · OSEPI support and TPD implementation

Meeting with Damien Carême (Member of the European Parliament)

8 Apr 2022 · Situation des réfugié·es ukranien·nes à la frontière polonaise

Meeting with Helena Dalli (Commissioner) and

6 Apr 2022 · Cabinet Dalli invited Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to discuss concerns equality and non-discrimination CSOs are raising regarding the situation of people fleeing from the Ukraine

Meeting with Marie Frenay (Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová)

14 Mar 2022 · Media Freedom

Meeting with Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President)

10 Feb 2022 · COP26/COP27 climate diplomacy

Meeting with Hannah Neumann (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and

7 Dec 2021 · Expert Round Table on EU Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders

Meeting with Cyrus Engerer (Member of the European Parliament)

19 Jul 2021 · Legal Labour Migration

Meeting with Alvaro De Elera (Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová), Marie Frenay (Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová)

23 Apr 2021 · Re-democratisation - seminar

Meeting with Alvaro De Elera (Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová), Marie Frenay (Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová), Simona Constantin (Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová)

21 Apr 2021 · Democracy, rule of law, media aspects, role of civil society

Meeting with Maria Luisa Cabral (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen) and ROMA ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT

30 Mar 2021 · Recovery and resilience packages proposed by the member states for Roma communities

Meeting with Geneviève Tuts (Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders), Joachim Herrmann (Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders)

12 Feb 2021 · RoL report

Meeting with Helena Dalli (Commissioner) and

8 Dec 2020 · CCIF and the situation for civil society organisations in France.

Meeting with Anthony Agotha (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

27 Nov 2020 · Green Deal and effect on minorities

Meeting with Jutta Urpilainen (Commissioner) and

10 Nov 2020 · Democracy Support Roundtable

Meeting with Werner Stengg (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager)

16 Oct 2020 · To discuss the Digital Services Act

Meeting with Anthony Whelan (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen), Bjoern Seibert (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen), Charmaine Hili (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen), Fernando Sampedro Marcos (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen), Maria Luisa Cabral (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen), Mary Veronica Tovsak Pleterski (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen), Nicole Dewandre (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen), Olivier Smith (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen), Per Haugaard (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen), Sonia Vila Nunez (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen), Valeria Miceli (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen) and

30 Jul 2020 · Brainstorming Session on "The State of the Union in 2020: Society and Democracy" - [Via Webex]

Meeting with Charmaine Hili (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen)

23 Jul 2020 · Rule of Law

Meeting with Věra Jourová (Vice-President) and

29 Jun 2020 · COVID-19 emergency measures

Meeting with Ylva Johansson (Commissioner) and

5 May 2020 · Migrants’ challenges in the current COVID-19 crisis and their contribution to economic recovery

Meeting with Věra Jourová (Vice-President) and

20 Apr 2020 · Roma inclusion, impact of COVID19 crisis on Roma

Meeting with Helena Dalli (Commissioner)

20 Apr 2020 · Roma inclusion, Impact of COVID-19 crisis on Roma

Meeting with Helena Dalli (Commissioner)

18 Mar 2020 · Roma equality and inclusion

Meeting with Monika Ladmanova (Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová)

3 Feb 2020 · European Democracy Action Plan

Meeting with Silvan Agius (Cabinet of Commissioner Helena Dalli)

20 Jan 2020 · situation for Roma persons in Europe, introductory meeting

Meeting with Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President)

9 Jan 2020 · Green Deal and external relations

Meeting with Vytenis Andriukaitis (Commissioner)

19 Nov 2019 · Workforce mobility

Meeting with Alvaro De Elera (Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans) and Amnesty International Limited

7 Nov 2019 · Rule of Law

Meeting with Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President)

23 Sept 2019 · Rule of law, climate action and global politics

Meeting with Christian Danielsson (Director-General Enlargement and Eastern Neighbourhood)

9 Sept 2019 · Neihgbourhood policies and Enlargement negotiations

Meeting with Anthony Agotha (Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

5 Sept 2019 · Sustainability and Climate

Meeting with Michelle Sutton (Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

3 Jun 2019 · Rule of law

Meeting with Alvaro De Elera (Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans) and

6 Mar 2019 · Rule of Law

Meeting with Alvaro De Elera (Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

15 Feb 2019 · Rule of Law

Meeting with Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President)

21 Jan 2019 · Democracy, Rule of Law, Future of Europe

Meeting with Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President)

26 Nov 2018 · Democracy, Rule of Law, Future of Europe

Meeting with Martin Selmayr (Secretary-General Secretariat-General)

9 Nov 2018 · Intervention on future European policies concerning digital transformation in the European Union.

Meeting with Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President)

26 Sept 2018 · Democracy, Rule of Law, Future of Europe

Meeting with Christos Stylianides (Commissioner) and

23 Sept 2018 · Humanitarian challenges in Africa

Meeting with Jani Taivalantti (Cabinet of High Representative / Vice-President Federica Mogherini)

13 Jul 2018 · Current situation in Armenia

Meeting with Jani Taivalantti (Cabinet of High Representative / Vice-President Federica Mogherini)

24 Apr 2018 · Developments in the implementation of the EU-Moldova Association Agreement and reforms

Meeting with Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President)

16 Apr 2018 · Future of Europe

Meeting with Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President) and

7 Mar 2018 · Discussion of gender equality and the Future of Europe

Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)

16 Feb 2018 · conditionality

Meeting with Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President) and

16 Feb 2018 · Future of Europe

Meeting with Margrethe Vestager (Commissioner)

1 Feb 2018 · EU Policy

Meeting with Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President)

1 Feb 2018 · Future of Europe

Meeting with Pierre Moscovici (Commissioner)

31 Jan 2018 · Meeting with George Soros to discuss current European political- and policy issues.

Meeting with Markus Schulte (Cabinet of Vice-President Günther Oettinger) and Transparency International Liaison Office to the European Union

16 Jan 2018 · MFF

Meeting with Margrethe Vestager (Commissioner)

10 Nov 2017 · EU Current Affairs

Meeting with Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President)

18 Sept 2017 · Open Society European Policy

Meeting with Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President)

1 Jun 2017 · NGO Laws in Hungary

Meeting with Valdis Dombrovskis (Vice-President) and

1 Jun 2017 · Future of Eurozone

Meeting with Pierre Moscovici (Commissioner)

31 May 2017 · the future of the EU’s economic and monetary union post-Brexit, including Eurozone governance, and broader questions around the future of Europe debate.

Meeting with Christos Stylianides (Commissioner)

31 May 2017 · Refugee Crisis

Meeting with Anna-Maria Elleni Boura (Cabinet of High Representative / Vice-President Federica Mogherini)

18 May 2017 · EU-Western Balkans Relations

Meeting with Anna-Maria Elleni Boura (Cabinet of High Representative / Vice-President Federica Mogherini)

18 May 2017 · Exchange of views on Western Balkans

Meeting with Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President)

28 Apr 2017 · Democracy, Rule of Law and Future of Europe

Meeting with Jean-Claude Juncker (President) and

27 Apr 2017 · EU Affairs and EU Civil Society

Meeting with Věra Jourová (Commissioner) and

26 Apr 2017 · Roma issues

Meeting with Stefano Manservisi (Director-General Directorate-General for International Partnerships)

25 Apr 2017 · Exchange of ideas

Meeting with Thomas Zerdick (Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

29 Mar 2017 · Situation in Hungary

Meeting with Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President) and

26 Jan 2017 · Protection of fundamental rights and rule of law

Meeting with Michael Doczy (Cabinet of Vice-President Johannes Hahn)

26 Jan 2017 · judiciary, equality reform

Meeting with Pierre Moscovici (Commissioner)

19 Jan 2017 · Economic and policy outlook in the US and Europe

Meeting with Bernd Martenczuk (Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans) and

20 Dec 2016 · Fundamental rights strategy

Meeting with Michael Curtis (Cabinet of High Representative / Vice-President Federica Mogherini)

16 Dec 2016 · Egypt

Meeting with Monika Ladmanova (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová)

16 Nov 2016 · Education

Meeting with Bernd Martenczuk (Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

18 Jul 2016 · Roma policy

Meeting with Angelina Gros-Tchorbadjiyska (Cabinet of Vice-President Kristalina Georgieva)

2 Mar 2016 · Meeting with Ms Kinga Goncz

Meeting with Michel Servoz (Director-General Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion)

2 Mar 2016 · Situation of Roma in South-Eastern Europe

Meeting with Věra Jourová (Commissioner) and

25 Feb 2016 · Ukraine and access to the legal aid

Meeting with Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President)

17 Feb 2016 · Roundtable Fundamental Rights

Meeting with Iwona Piorko Bermig (Cabinet of High Representative / Vice-President Federica Mogherini)

11 Dec 2015 · Meeting with Armenian experts

Meeting with Dimitris Avramopoulos (Commissioner) and

17 Nov 2015 · Refugee crisis

Meeting with Valdis Dombrovskis (Vice-President) and

17 Nov 2015 · EU response to refugee crisis and reform progress in Ukraine.

Meeting with Alice Richard (Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

30 Jun 2015 · Fight against anti-seministm and anti-Muslim hatred

Meeting with Věra Jourová (Commissioner)

11 Jun 2015 · Progress on Roma inclusion

Meeting with Ann Mettler (Director-General Inspire, Debate, Engage and Accelerate Action)

10 Jun 2015 · Meeting with the Director of the Open Society European Policy Institute

Meeting with Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President) and

14 Apr 2015 · Annual Colloquium on the situation of fundamental rights in the EU

Meeting with Kristalina Georgieva (Vice-President)

21 Mar 2015 · Meeting with George Soros in margins of GMF Forum Brussels

Meeting with Jean-Claude Juncker (President)

20 Mar 2015 · Meeting with George Soros

Meeting with Christos Stylianides (Commissioner)

20 Mar 2015 · Situation in Ukraine and support from the EU

Meeting with Věra Jourová (Commissioner)

19 Mar 2015 · Roma issues

Meeting with Dragos Bucurenci (Cabinet of Commissioner Corina Crețu), Gabriel - Calin Onaca (Cabinet of Commissioner Corina Crețu) and Association Institute for Public Policy

19 Feb 2015 · Regional development and the de-institutionalisation agenda

Meeting with Věra Jourová (Commissioner) and

16 Feb 2015 · Equal Treatment Directive

Meeting with Iwona Piorko Bermig (Cabinet of High Representative / Vice-President Federica Mogherini)

28 Jan 2015 · Meeting with Deputy Director of Ukraine Foundation, Ms Inna Pidluska

Meeting with Věra Jourová (Commissioner)

9 Dec 2014 · Non-discrimination policies

Meeting with Hanna Jahns (Cabinet of Vice-President Johannes Hahn)

4 Dec 2014 · Governance issues in the neighbourhood