Back in 2012 GRECO (The Group of States Against Corruption) at the Council of Europe published an evaluation report of Estonia dealing with Corruption Prevention in respect of Members of Parliament, Judges and Prosecutors.

Taiwan is the only country in the East and South East Asian region that regulates lobbying.  The Lobbying Act was ratified by the Legislative Yuan in July 2007  and officially took effect on 8 August in 2008.

The New Zeeland House of Representatives usually consists of 120 Members of Parliament (MPs), sometimes more due to overhang seats. 70 MPs are elected directly in electoral seats and the remainder are filled by list MPs based on each party's share of the party vote. The form of New Zeeland government essentially follows the Westminster system and the government is led by the Prime Minister and cabinet who are chosen from amongst the members of the House of Representatives.

South Africa is a constitutional democracy with a three-tier system of government and an independent judiciary. The national, provincial and local levels of government all have legislative and executive authority in their own spheres, and are defined in the Constitution as "distinctive, interdependent and interrelated". Operating at both national and provincial levels are advisory bodies drawn from South Africa's traditional leaders. It is a stated intention in the Constitution that the country be run on a system of co-operative governance.

422 votes in favour, the European Parliament elected Jean-Claude Juncker in a secret ballot on 15 July as President of the new European Commission to take office on 1 November 2014 for a five year term. The minimum number of votes required was 376.

For the first time in the history of the EU, the European Parliament elected - and not merely approved - the President of the European Commission following a proposal by the European Council, according to the rules laid down in the Lisbon Treaty (December 2009).

There are several types of Delegations:

The BRICS Business Council was established during the BRICS Head of State Summit of 26-27 March 2013 held in Durban, South Africa. The BRICS Business Council consists of 25 entrepreneurs from the five BRICS countries (five from each country). All the 25 council members represent key enterprises in their own country which have global influence in a certain industry.

The Sixth BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) Summit will take place on 15 July in Fortaleza, Brazi. Leaders of the five BRICS nations fueling global economic growth will discuss strengthening ties within the bloc and rallying emerging economies to play a greater role in world affairs, economic and political. The theme of the 2014 summit is “inclusive growth: sustainable solutions”.

On 15 July, MEPs will hold a plenary debate with Mr Juncker in Strasbourg, before voting on his nomination to become Commission President. He will need at least 376 of 751 votes to win an absolute manjority.

In order to increase the transparency of their  public policy advocacy efforts, organisations  should take the following 10 steps regarding their efforts to influence public policy formation.

Step 1: Make public policy advocacy part of the corporate social responsibility (CSR) policy