The EU–China Business Association (EUCBA) is the EU-wide federation of national non-profit business organisations in the European Union with specialization and particular expertise in exchange of knowledge on investments and trade with China. At current, EUCBA unites 20 members in 20 countries repre­senting more than 3,500 companies – large, medium, and small, in all branches of industry, commerce and the service sector.

EU-Georgia Business Council (EUGBC) is a non-profit association founded by Georgian and European companies in 2006 in Brussels. Since September 2013, EUGBC also operates a representative office in Tbilisi.

Established in 1999, the EBA provides a forum in which members can discuss and find solutions to common problems affecting business in Ukraine. This initiative was initially supported by the European Commission and has grown to become one of the largest and most influential business communities in the country.

Vision

• To establish European business practices and values in Ukraine

Mission

FoodDrinkEurope’s mission is to facilitate the development of an environment in which all European food and drink companies, whatever their size, can meet the needs of consumers and society, while competing effectively for sustainable growth.

Politico is a political journalism organization based in Arlington County Virginia, that covers the issues, ideas and personalities behind politics and policy in the United States and in the global arena. Its content is distributed via television, the Internet, newspaper and radio. Its coverage includes the U.S. Congress, lobbying, media and the Presidency.

Politico Europe recently published an Article entitled ‘Five easy ways to skirt the EU lobbying rules’. Frankly, a better contribution from Politico would have been to publish an article devoted to the prevention of loopholes or avoiding unintended consequences. There will always an ambiguity that can be used to circumvent or otherwise avoid the express or implied intent of rules. There will always be people who do not want to follow the rules .

1. Find the resources to lobby effectively: NGOs often assume that industries having recourse to consultants and expense accounts have limitless resources for lobbying. This is not true except if their markets are likely to be affected either positvely or negatively by a particular regulatory standard. It is difficult for more scattered interests only partially or indirectly affected or people campaigning for a more general interest to match the financial power of the narrow vested interests at stake.

In a 50-50 joint venture with German media group Axel Springer, POLITICO bought the weekly newspaper European Voice, which now becomes part of Politico.eu. The objective of the new media company is to develop and market the European business of POLITICO in the form of a website, newspaper, digital newsletters and conferences. POLITICO is building the largest newsroom in Brussels, in addition to bureaus in Berlin, London and Paris. POLITICO emerges on the European media scene with nearly 40 journalists representing 20 nationalities from four continents, speaking 14 languages.

Source: National Conference of Bar Examiners (USA) 2012- A Study of New Licensed Lawyers.

The following skills and abilities are listed here below because they are deemed to be equally important for New Public Policy Advocates.

Legislative advocacy carries the "pleading" into the legislative or public policy arena. The work is about developing proposed changes to existing law or establishing new law to address an issue, and implementing those changes through the drafting, introduction, presentation, defense, and debate of legislation

Capacity To