List the type of activity, the date of the activity, the number of hours involved in the activity, and the category of the activity, for each professional development activity within the past three years.

Categories of professional development are:

Upon signing to the EU Transparency Register organisations and individuals are provided an Identification Number (Registrant Number). For example, AALEP ID Nr. is 86045688255-44.

On 31/03/2016 there are 9,526 REGISTRANTS in THE EU TRANSPARENCY REGISTER

I. Professional Consultants/Law Firms: 1,125 (11.8% of total)

• Professional Consultants: 693
• Law Firms: 110
• Self-Employed Consultants

II. In-House Lobbyists and Trade/Business/Professional Associations: 4,805 (50.4% of total)

Established in 2007, the ECFR Council has grown from 50 founding members to over 270 members from across Europe.

Currently chaired by Carl Bildt, Emma Bonino and Mabel van Oranje, ECFR's unique European strategic community includes serving foreign ministers, former prime ministers, members of national parliaments and European Parliament, EU Commissioners, former NATO secretaries generals, thinkers, journalists and business leaders. The Council gathers once a year as a full body for the Annual Council Meeting ,hosted in a different European capital each year.

Austria

The European Parliament appointed Sven Giegold as Rapporteur for an initiative report for transparency, integrity and accountability in the EU institutions. Here below is the Draft Report (2015/2041 (INI) Committee on Constitutional Affairs

Subjects Covered

Results of a survey undertaken by MSL Group

Major businesses cannot afford to be without organized and effective government relations operations. Elected officials and regulators increasingly are introducing more aggressive and more wide-ranging measures that significantly impact business interests. Government relations also can help a business advance its own interests and improve profitability.

Overview

• Subject of engagement-scope
• Strategic objectives- intended outcomes
• Engagement approach-methods
• Targeted stakeholder
• Primary contact for engagement plan
• Date

Strategy

1. Assess the Problem/Issue