The document lists 65 meetings that took place between 2014-2020 between representatives of the Open Society European Policy Institute and various Commissioners, Cabinet Members, and Directors-General of the European Commission. The meetings covered topics such as rule of law, climate action, neighborhood policies, enlargement negotiations, sustainability, democracy, and more.

1. Last update: 01/01/2020
List of meetings Open Society European Policy Institute has held with Commissioners, Members of their
Cabinet or Director-Generals since 01/12/2014 under its current ID number in the Transparency Register:
8557515321-37.
Nr Commission
representative
Portfolio Date Location Subject(s)
1 Commissioner Health & Food
Safety
19/11/2019 Brussels Workforce mobility
2 Cabinet member Better Regulation,
Interinstitutional
Relations, the Rule
of Law and the
Charter of
Fundamental
Rights
07/11/2019 Brussels Rule of Law
3 First Vice-President Better Regulation,
Interinstitutional
Relations, the Rule
of Law and the
Charter of
Fundamental
Rights
23/09/2019 New York Rule of law, climate
action and global
politics
4 Director-General European
Neighbourhood
Policy and
Enlargement
Negotiations
(NEAR)
09/09/2019 Brussels Neihgbourhood
policies and
Enlargement
negotiations
5 Cabinet member Better Regulation,
Interinstitutional
Relations, the Rule
of Law and the
Charter of
Fundamental
Rights
05/09/2019 Brussels Sustainability and
Climate
6 Cabinet member Better Regulation,
Interinstitutional
Relations, the Rule
of Law and the
Charter of
Fundamental
Rights
03/06/2019 Brussels Rule of law
7 Cabinet member Better Regulation,
Interinstitutional
Relations, the Rule
of Law and the
Charter of
Fundamental
Rights
06/03/2019 Brussels Rule of Law
8 Cabinet member Better Regulation,
Interinstitutional
Relations, the Rule
of Law and the
Charter of
Fundamental
Rights
15/02/2019 Brussels Rule of Law
9 First Vice-President Better Regulation,
Interinstitutional
Relations, the Rule
of Law and the
Charter of
Fundamental
Rights
21/01/2019 Phone conference Democracy, Rule of
Law, Future of
Europe
10 First Vice-President Better Regulation,
Interinstitutional
Relations, the Rule
of Law and the
Charter of
Fundamental
Rights
26/11/2018 Brussels Democracy, Rule of
Law, Future of
Europe
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2. 11 Secretary-General Secretariat-General
(SG)
09/11/2018 Brussels, Belgium Intervention on
future European
policies concerning
digital
transformation in
the European
Union.
12 First Vice-President Better Regulation,
Interinstitutional
Relations, the Rule
of Law and the
Charter of
Fundamental
Rights
26/09/2018 New York Democracy, Rule of
Law, Future of
Europe
13 Commissioner
Cabinet member
Cabinet member
Humanitarian Aid &
Crisis Management
23/09/2018 New York Humanitarian
challenges in Africa
14 Cabinet member Foreign Affairs and
Security Policy
13/07/2018 Brussels Current situation in
Armenia
15 Cabinet member Foreign Affairs and
Security Policy
24/04/2018 Brussels Developments in
the implementation
of the EU-Moldova
Association
Agreement and
reforms
16 First Vice-President Better Regulation,
Interinstitutional
Relations, the Rule
of Law and the
Charter of
Fundamental
Rights
16/04/2018 Brussels Future of Europe
17 First Vice-President Better Regulation,
Interinstitutional
Relations, the Rule
of Law and the
Charter of
Fundamental
Rights
07/03/2018 Brussels, BERL Discussion of
gender equality
and the Future of
Europe
18 Cabinet member Better Regulation,
Interinstitutional
Relations, the Rule
of Law and the
Charter of
Fundamental
Rights
16/02/2018 Munich Future of Europe
19 Commissioner Budget & Human
Resources
16/02/2018 München conditionality
20 First Vice-President Better Regulation,
Interinstitutional
Relations, the Rule
of Law and the
Charter of
Fundamental
Rights
16/02/2018 Munich Future of Europe
21 Cabinet member Better Regulation,
Interinstitutional
Relations, the Rule
of Law and the
Charter of
Fundamental
Rights
16/02/2018 Munich Future of Europe
22 First Vice-President Better Regulation,
Interinstitutional
Relations, the Rule
of Law and the
Charter of
Fundamental
Rights
01/02/2018 Brussels Future of Europe
23 Commissioner Competition 01/02/2018 Brussels, Belgium EU Policy
24 Commissioner Economic and
Financial Affairs,
Taxation and
Customs
31/01/2018 Brussels Meeting with
George Soros to
discuss current
European political-
and policy issues.
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3. 25 Cabinet member Budget & Human
Resources
16/01/2018 Brussels MFF
26 Commissioner Competition 10/11/2017 Brussels, Belgium EU Current Affairs
27 First Vice-President Better Regulation,
Interinstitutional
Relations, the Rule
of Law and the
Charter of
Fundamental
Rights
18/09/2017 New York Open Society
European Policy
28 Cabinet member
Cabinet member
Vice-President
Euro and Social
Dialogue, also in
charge of Financial
Stability, Financial
Services and
Capital Markets
Union
01/06/2017 Brussels Future of Eurozone
29 First Vice-President Better Regulation,
Interinstitutional
Relations, the Rule
of Law and the
Charter of
Fundamental
Rights
01/06/2017 Brussels NGO Laws in
Hungary
30 Commissioner Humanitarian Aid &
Crisis Management
31/05/2017 Brussels Refugee Crisis
31 Commissioner Economic and
Financial Affairs,
Taxation and
Customs
31/05/2017 Brussels the future of the
EU’s economic and
monetary union
post-Brexit,
including Eurozone
governance, and
broader questions
around the future
of Europe debate.
32 Cabinet member Foreign Affairs and
Security Policy
18/05/2017
(Cancelled)
Brussels
(Berlaymont)
Exchange of views
on Western Balkans
33 Cabinet member Foreign Affairs and
Security Policy
18/05/2017 Brussels
(Berlaymont)
EU-Western
Balkans Relations
34 First Vice-President Better Regulation,
Interinstitutional
Relations, the Rule
of Law and the
Charter of
Fundamental
Rights
28/04/2017 Brussel Democracy, Rule of
Law and Future of
Europe
35 President
Cabinet member
Cabinet member
President 27/04/2017 Brussels EU Affairs and EU
Civil Society
36 Commissioner
Cabinet member
Justice, Consumers
and Gender
Equality
26/04/2017 Brussels, Belgium Roma issues
37 Director-General EuropeAid
Development &
Cooperation
(DEVCO)
25/04/2017 Exchange of views Exchange of ideas
38 Cabinet member Better Regulation,
Interinstitutional
Relations, the Rule
of Law and the
Charter of
Fundamental
Rights
29/03/2017 Bruxelles Situation in
Hungary
39 Cabinet member European
Neighbourhood
Policy &
Enlargement
Negotiations
26/01/2017 brussels judiciary, equality
reform
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4. 40 First Vice-President
Cabinet member
Better Regulation,
Interinstitutional
Relations, the Rule
of Law and the
Charter of
Fundamental
Rights
26/01/2017 Brussels, Belgium Protection of
fundamental rights
and rule of law
41 Commissioner Economic and
Financial Affairs,
Taxation and
Customs
19/01/2017 Davos Economic and
policy outlook in
the US and Europe
42 Cabinet member Better Regulation,
Interinstitutional
Relations, the Rule
of Law and the
Charter of
Fundamental
Rights
20/12/2016 Brussels Fundamental rights
strategy
43 Cabinet member Foreign Affairs and
Security Policy
16/12/2016 Brussels Egypt
44 Cabinet member Justice, Consumers
and Gender
Equality
16/11/2016 Brussels, Belgium Education
45 Cabinet member Better Regulation,
Interinstitutional
Relations, the Rule
of Law and the
Charter of
Fundamental
Rights
18/07/2016 Berlaymont Roma policy
46 Cabinet member Budget & Human
Resources
02/03/2016 Brussels Meeting with Ms
Kinga Goncz
47 Director-General Employment, Social
Affairs and
Inclusion (EMPL)
02/03/2016 Michel Servoz
office
Situation of Roma
in South-Eastern
Europe
48 Cabinet member
Commissioner
Justice, Consumers
and Gender
Equality
25/02/2016 Brussels, Belgium Ukraine and access
to the legal aid
49 First Vice-President Better Regulation,
Interinstitutional
Relations, the Rule
of Law and the
Charter of
Fundamental
Rights
17/02/2016 Brussels Roundtable
Fundamental
Rights
50 Cabinet member Foreign Affairs and
Security Policy
11/12/2015 Brussels Meeting with
Armenian experts
51 Vice-President
Cabinet member
Euro and Social
Dialogue, also in
charge of Financial
Stability, Financial
Services and
Capital Markets
Union
17/11/2015 Brussels, Belgium EU response to
refugee crisis and
reform progress in
Ukraine.
52 Commissioner
Cabinet member
Cabinet member
Migration, Home
Affairs and
Citizenship
17/11/2015 Brussels Refugee crisis
53 Cabinet member Better Regulation,
Interinstitutional
Relations, the Rule
of Law and the
Charter of
Fundamental
Rights
30/06/2015 Berlaymont Fight against anti-
seministm and
anti-Muslim hatred
54 Commissioner Justice, Consumers
and Gender
Equality
11/06/2015 Brussels, Belgium Progress on Roma
inclusion
55 Head the EPSC 10/06/2015 Berlaymont Meeting with the
Director of the
Open Society
European Policy
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5. 56 Cabinet member
Cabinet member
First Vice-President
Cabinet member
Better Regulation,
Interinstitutional
Relations, the Rule
of Law and the
Charter of
Fundamental
Rights
14/04/2015 Berlaymont,
Brussels
Annual Colloquium
on the situation of
fundamental rights
in the EU
57 Vice-President Budget & Human
Resources
21/03/2015 Berlaymont Meeting with
George Soros in
margins of GMF
Forum Brussels
58 President President 20/03/2015 Brussels Meeting with
George Soros
59 Commissioner Humanitarian Aid &
Crisis Management
20/03/2015 Brussels Situation in Ukraine
and support from
the EU
60 Commissioner Justice, Consumers
and Gender
Equality
19/03/2015 Brussels, Belgium Roma issues
61 Cabinet member
Cabinet member
Regional Policy 19/02/2015 Bruxelles Regional
development and
the de-
institutionalisation
agenda
62 Commissioner Justice, Consumers
and Gender
Equality
16/02/2015 Brussels, Belgium Equal Treatment
Directive
63 Cabinet member Foreign Affairs and
Security Policy
28/01/2015 Brussels Meeting with
Deputy Director of
Ukraine Foundation,
Ms Inna Pidluska
64 Commissioner Justice, Consumers
and Gender
Equality
09/12/2014 Brussels, Belgium Non-discrimination
policies
65 Cabinet member European
Neighbourhood
Policy &
Enlargement
Negotiations
04/12/2014 Brussels Governance issues
in the
neighbourhood
References:
Publication of meetings is based on the provisions of
Commission decision on the publication of information on meetings held between Directors-General of the
Commission and organisations or self-employed individuals - (2014/838/EU, Euratom) of 25 November 2014.
and
Commission decision on the publication of information on meetings held between Members of the
Commission and organisations or self-employed individuals - (2014/839/EU, Euratom) of 25 November 2014.
and
Pursuant to the regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of natural persons
with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on
the free movement of such data, personal data of European Commission representatives relating to meetings
held with interest representatives over the period 1 December 2014 – 30 November 2019 (mandate of
previous Commission) is not published in this list - Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of 23 October 2018.
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