ComRes-ECPA: The State of Public Affairs 2011
The results of the questionnaire are available in pdf format here or click on the screenshot below.
Read MoreComRes-ECPA: The State of Public Affairs Questionnaire 2008
The results of the questionnaire are available in pdf format here or click on the screenshot below.
Read MoreECPA Recommendations: Hiring Public Affairs Consultants
Summary of Recommendations from an ECPA Working Group This document sets out the steps and considerations to be taken into account when requesting proposals from public affairs agencies. The success of a project, both for the ‘client’ and for the ‘agency’, can often depend on how the decision to work together is taken at the outset. For Clients, we want to stress that this is only a tool to help with your decision to select the right consultant or agency. It is not a rigid process to hinder you. Adapt this tool as necessary. Use your best judgment as to which performance and...
Read MoreECPA Checklist for ETI Registration
Please note that the information below is outdated due to the introduction of the new Transparency Register, therefore we would like to refer you to the revised SEAP guidelines. 1. Calculation What geographical base have we chosen to report on? Have we checked with the Commission Guidance which PA and PR expenditures should be included? What percentage of our total public affairs expenditure have we defined as direct lobbying activities? Do we anticipate a substantial difference between our submission for this year and next year? If so, why? 2. Internal preparation How much...
Read MoreThe Future of Public Trust – Public Affairs in a Time of Crisis
Order this book from Amazon Lobbying is central to democracy; an interest group system is – alongside parties, elections, parliaments, executives and bureaucracies – core to the workings of a free political system. But with this comes a professional responsibility to ensure appropriate standards of conduct and to be seen to be acting ethically. There is also an opportunity here for leadership and renewal on the part of those bodies which represent public affairs practitioners, ECPA included. We have a role to play in bringing together professionals; helping to train,...
Read MoreChallenge and Response – Essays on Public Affairs and Transparency
Order this book from Amazon We hope that this volume will contribute to the quality of public debate during the consideration of the Green Paper on the European Transparency Initiative. Whatever the outcome of this Initiative, the issue of Transparency will be with us as a recurring challenge. The essays in this collection bring together a number of respected professionals, observers and academics who offer a range of perspectives on the way forward.Not all of the book makes for happy reading for a function under pressure. But as Arnold Toynbee points out such pressures can...
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