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PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE IN GR PRACTICE

Submitted by christian on Mon, 03/07/2016 - 13:12

AALEP believes that GR Practitioners should demonstrate their professional skills by meeting high minimum standards of competency in the field of Government Relations prior to being registered in either a voluntary or mandatory lobby register. It is up to our profession to set out minimum professional standards for persons providing GR services in order to ensure that consumers of GR services obtain a minimum acceptable level of competence from individuals acting for and on behalf of firms in the provision of advice and associated GR activities.

SAMPLE CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (CPD) PROGRAMME FOR GR PRACTITIONERS

Submitted by christian on Mon, 03/07/2016 - 10:33

Over a 3 year cycle, members of a GR Association would be required to complete 3 activities from any of the 4 following categories:

Contributions to the profession,
Peer and professional interaction,
Management/leadership training
Contributions to technical knowledge;

plus one formal course or one full informal course or self-directed study from either the management/leadership training or technical knowledge categories.

THE FIVE STEP CYCLICAL PROCESS FOR CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (CPD) IN GR

Submitted by christian on Sun, 03/06/2016 - 14:44

There are a number of key features of CPD that frame the delivery of effective programmes:

CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (CPD) FOR GR PROFESSIONALS

Submitted by christian on Sat, 03/05/2016 - 18:04

It is hereby recommended that GR Associations formulate a Continuous Professional Development (CPD) strategy and that individual GR professionals take personal responsibility for maintaining their skills and capabilities through lifelong learning.

What is CPD?

INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS FOR LOBBYING REGULATION

Submitted by christian on Sat, 03/05/2016 - 13:47

As of May 2015, at least 20 countries worldwide have a specific lobbying regulation in place at the national level, though the quality of regulation varies widely. Even though lobbying regulations are found mostly in industrialised regions, they are relevant for any country: lobbying scandals all around the world including in developing countries are testimony to the need for better regulation and a number of publications launched in recent years are proof of the growing interest in lobbying regulation.

MOTION FOR A EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT RESOLUTION ON LOBBYISTS

Submitted by christian on Sat, 03/05/2016 - 13:01

Back on 17 November 2015, the EP Committee on Constitutional Affairs (Rapporteur Sven Giegold) submitted a Draft Report on Transparency, accountability and integrity in the EU institutions (2015/2041(INI)). Here under are the recommendations made regarding lobbyists.

Introducing a legislative footprint, making the lobby register as mandatory as possible

PROFESSIONAL FRAMING IN THE NEWS MEDIA

Submitted by christian on Sat, 03/05/2016 - 12:04

Below are some of the professional frames that structure what journalists can see and how they can present what they see.

POLITICAL DEBATES SHOULN’T BE ABOUT ENTERTAINMENT OR ECONOMICS

Submitted by christian on Fri, 03/04/2016 - 19:00

Debates are supposed to be established to help the people get to know the candidates, and get to know what’s behind them, and what their thinking process is, what their philosophy is. Debates should be policy-focused where candidates are able to lay out a plan for something, and then be questioned about it, and then go to the next one, have them lay theirs out and then be questioned about it.

EC PUBLIC CONSULTATION ON A PROPOSAL FOR A MANDATORY TRANSPARENCY REGISTER

Submitted by christian on Fri, 03/04/2016 - 15:55

The European Commission is launching a public consultation on the Transparency Register to gather stakeholder views on a future mandatory system for all EU institutions. On 1 March, the Commission launched a 12-week public consultation to gather input on the current regime for registration of interest representatives who seek to influence the work of the EU institutions and on its development into a mandatory lobby register covering the European Parliament and Council of the European Union as well as the Commission.

PROFILE: EURELECTRIC

Submitted by christian on Fri, 03/04/2016 - 14:25

The Union of the Electricity Industry - EURELECTRIC is the sector association that represents the common interests of the electricity industry at pan-European level, plus its affiliates and associates on several other continents. It currently counts over 30 full members which represent the electricity industry in 32 European countries.

Mission and Objectives