Good Practice

A series of posts on good practice in lobbying and campaigning

How to stop poor EU laws being proposed

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Some politicians and journalists  seem to be surprised about some of the contents of EU laws that they adopted in the last few years. Here are some radically practical  ideas to stop poor laws being tabled. A good proposal takes time to gestate. As a rule of thumb, my guesstimate is around 18 months.   … 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

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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 do you need to do to get your issue on the agenda, adopted and mainstreamed. A practical checklist.

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When you are working to bring about a policy change you’ll need different skills sets at different times of the getting the law/policy you want. You’ll also need patience, persistence, and a long time horizon. It takes between  10-15 years from the conception of an idea to it being taken up in law and being … Read more