International networks are groups of autonomous organisations (and perhaps individuals) in two or more countries who share a purpose and voluntarily contribute knowledge, experience, staff time, finances and other resources to achieve common goals.

An international advocacy network typically performs a combination of two or more of these functions:

Technical Capacity for Advocacy

1) Issue is timely and significant

• Issue is of vital concern to the group’s constituents.
• Issue is critically important to the current or future well-being of the CSO and/or its clients, but its importance is not yet broadly understood.
• New opportunities for effective action exist.
• At least a few key decision makers are receptive to the issue.

 2) CSO collects information and input about the issue

Airports Council International Europe (ACI EUROPE) founded in 1991 represents the interest of 450 airports in 45 European countries. ACI members account for over 90% of commercial air traffic in Europe. In 2013, members airports handled over 90% of commercial air traffic in Europe, welcoming more than 1.7 billion passengers, 17.8 million tonnes of freight and 20.7 million aircraft movements.

VoteWatch Europe, the organisation tracking the voting and activity records of the Members of the European Parliament (MEPs), has released a special report to shed light on the developments in the first 6 months of the new EP term. The report is based mainly on the roll-call votes in the EP plenary.

Main Findings

The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) is the largest organisation of journalists in Europe, representing over 320 000 journalists in 60 journalists’ organisations across 39 countries. The EFJ represents the interests of journalists’ unions/association and their journalists. It operates as an international non-profit association (aisbl) under Belgian law.

The Association of European Radios (AER) is a Europe-wide trade body representing the interests of over 4,500 private/commercial radio stations across the EU27 and in Switzerland.

AER’s main objective is to develop and improve the most suitable framework for private commercial radio activity. AER constantly follows EU actions in the fields of media, telecommunications and private radio transmission, in order to contribute, enrich and develop the radio sector.

FEP is an independent, non-profit  umbrella association of book publishers associations in the European Union. FEP represents 28 national associations of book publishers and learned journals of the European Union and of the European Economic Area.  Educational, trade and children book publishers are associates of FEP members and in each of the Member State, they stand for a large majority of the revenues of the sector. FEP is the voice of the great majority of publishers in Europe.

The European Magazine Media Association (EMMA) is a non-profit organization based in Brussels. Its mission is to promote and protect the interests of European magazine publishers vis-à-vis the Institutions of the European Union: the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Council. The main aim of EMMA is to ensure a long-term survival and prosperity of a plural, diverse and economically successful magazine publishing industry in the EU.