The action plan should include strategic and potential partnership between the European Commission, the public representatives, private industry, civil society, networks and academia by assigning them tasks in order to act as enablers of the established priorities.

1. Streamlining the regulatory and administrative framework impacting tourism at European level, but also at national, regional and local level.

1. Arctic Forum Foundation: Statoil, Shell and ENI
2. European Energy Forum (EEF): BP, ExxonMobil, Shell, Statoil, Total, Chevron, EDF, Euracoal, CEEP, Dow, CEFIC
3. European Forum for Manufacturing (EFM): Volvo, Alstom, Caterpillar, Siemens, AFME, CEFIC
4. European Forum for Renewable Energy Sources (EUROFORES): Bosch, European Biomass Association, European Copper Institute, European Wind Energy Association

Citizen diplomacy, also known as “track two” diplomacy, is the idea that unofficial contacts between ordinary people can eventually pave the way for official or “track one” diplomacy. The contacts between people can build mutual understanding, trust, and cooperation, which proves to be highly beneficial when official negotiations and government interactions occur. As citizen diplomats, the individual citizen has the power and right to influence the image of their native country abroad.

The Public Policy Advocacy Assessment Framework is built around nine conditions viewed by practitioners as essential to a successful policy campaign.

Public Policy Advocacy is both misrepresented and misunderstood. Practitioners are represented as the mythical, powerful vested interests that dictate rather than influence and inform policy. This misrepresentation perpetuates a public misunderstanding that we need as an industry reverse.

Public Policy Advocacy plays a vital role in promoting effective representative government. By providing focused expertise and analysis to help public officials make informed decisions, Public Policy Advocates sustain and advance the policy process.

The committee stage of the legislative process begins when a proposal is received from the European Commission and concludes when the committee adopts its final report. The committee’s formal rules divide the passage of legislation into three distinct phases, each of which provide Public Policy Advocates with opportunities to influence the final position. At each phase, Public Policy Advocates and committee members alike are confronted with a new or revised legislative agenda.

After receiving the Commission's proposal, the President of the European Parliament refers it to the relevant parliamentary committee for examination. The lead committee will be responsible for producing a report amending the Commission's proposal. Other relevant committees may also issue an 'opinion' on the Commission proposal. These 'opinions' are included in the final draft of the lead committee's report.

If you are following a specific Communication or proposal which is going through the ordinary legislative procedure, some of the key people you might to influence are:

It cannot be said too many times that having an effective organization is crucial to successful legislative advocacy. You have to gather your allies, create a coordination structure, do your homework on the issue, define your message, establish and maintain a communication network, and cultivate media relationships so that you can use everything you have when you need it. Finally, legislative advocacy demands that you take the long view, and expect that you'll be at it for a long time.

Step 1: Marshaling your llies

Lobbying as a term has negative connotations in many countries and is used to define the practice of advancing narrow interests by using non-transparent means. In short lobbying is often being accused by lobbying targets and civil society organisations. While the term ‘interest representation’ or ‘political representation’ is seen more positively, we consider it to be too broad as everyone has de facto an interest to represent. Furthermore, it fails to take account of the different specialisations associated with patterns of interest representation.