MANAGING YOUR RELATIONS WITH EUROPEAN GOVERNMENTS AND EU INSITUTIONS

A. Your organization has a dedicated Government Relations Team in place

As a Manager of a foreign-based corporation with activities throughout Europe, you and your business associates have to deal with the EU Member States governments and at EU level in resolving problems related to the full gamut of government policies, regulations, measures and practices that affect your business. Governmental actions, however, legitimate or illegitimate, inevitably affect your costs and revenues, hence the bottom line. It is important, therefore, that you give the same care and attention to your European government relations strategy and activities as you give to your business strategy and the commercial activities of the firm.

It is equally important for your government relations team to upgrade and hone their professional skills and to get information about the best practices used by the top professionals in the field and to develop a much better appreciation of what is involved in addressing regulatory issues and managing relationships with European governments and the EU institutions. You may also find it useful to develop an in-house training programme for managers who have frequent contacts with European governments and Brussels bureaucracy.

B. Your organization doesn’t have a Government Relations Team in place

If your firm doesn’t have a government relations team in place, your key managers may need to develop some basic insights into the effective management of their relationships with European governments and at EU level.

C. Development of an In-House Training Programme for Managing Relationships with European Governments and EU institutions

If you are senior corporate manager who has recognized the need for greater savvy by your line managers in dealing with European governments and at EU level and you would like to develop an in-house training programme ranging from a week-end workshop to a week long course, AALEP can help you ! Please contact us for further information.   

Our Customised In-House Training Programme is tailor-made to ensure that you and your team are primed to meet the unique threats and challenges your organization faces in the area of government relations.. Each in-house training programme we design is different; it is unique to your organization and your particular challenges. It is carefully crafted to meet your objectives and is designed to transform the thinking and behaviour of participants to accelerate and drive effective change.

Our programme focuses particularly on the following

• Managing relationships with external stakeholders e.g. the EU institutions- Commission, European Parliament and Council;
• Managing relationships with business associations;
• Managing relationships with think tanks;
• Managing issues surrounding environment
• Working in partnership with European countries where you have a presence or a significant stakeholder link;
• Successful implementation of an EU strategy;
• Managing the impacts of EU policy making on your products and projects;
• Proactively identifying and supporting your senior leaders on all EU stakeholder engagement programmes.