Lobbying

As a lobbyist, you are going to spend a lot of time in meetings. I find the most effective way to promote your case is meeting the officials, politicians and political aides who are drafting the policy and law. This is easy to do. Phone them up or email and ask for a meeting.  There … Read more

As a lobbyist, someday, likely very soon, you are going to find out that very few people agree with your client’s point of view.  Sometimes, you find out that people won’t even meet you because of your client, and when you mention your client’s name, they put the phone down on you. You need to … Read more

Some Useful References Documents The European Commission detail their inner workings and thinking in a number of documents. Most of them are public. President’s Political Guidelines (link) Work Programme (to be added) Working Methods (link)   Rules of Procedure (link) Manual of Operating Procedures of the Commission (not public) Commissioner’s Oath (link) Staff Regulations (link) … Read more

Better Regulation – A Guidebook   A core reference text is the Better Regulation Guidelines and Toolbox. It is a handy set of guidelines that cover the entire policy cycle. Including:  Planning and political validation of initiatives, Impact assessment, Stakeholder consultation, Monitoring and evaluation, Legal drafting and Implementation plans Further granularity is provided in Toolbox. … Read more