Useful Documents For New Book

Chapter: Working With Delegated and Implementing Acts Commission-23-11-2020 DA-IA guideline   EP Handbook on Delegated and Implementing Acts   EP IPOL background note delegated and implementing acts March 2010 (2) Old Guidelines IAoldda-SEC-2011-855-1-EN-MAIN-PART-1.PDF EPRS_BRI(2022)739257_EN Links Delegated Acts: https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/regdel/#/home Implementing Acts: http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regcomitology/index.cfm?do=implementing.home Regulatory Scrutiny: http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regcomitology/index.cfm?do=implementing.home Chapter: Working with the Commission   Upcoming Items for the College 04:12:2024 – Item … Read more

If you can’t describe what you are doing as a process, you don’t know what you’re doing.- W. Edwards Deming

I’m just updating some chapters for Alan Hardacre’s “How to Work With the EU Institutions”. The update is made easier by being able to draw on a package of checklists and case studies of the everyday procedures an EU lobbyist deals with. What strikes me is that most of the procedures lobbyists work on repeat … Read more

What can you do when your client /interest can’t win

There is something most lobbyists never want to admit. For some clients/interests you can’t win at the moment in time they come asking for help. I’ve experienced this working for both NGOs and industry. It is tempting to ignore political reality, and hope intercession from forces unknown and unseen, will sway the day. They rarely … Read more