Samba Y. WANE has joined AALEP. Samba Y. WANE est un expert en représentation d'intérêts, lobbying, affaires publiques et relations gouvernementales. Résidant à Paris depuis 1999, il est le fondateur et président de GAPA- Global Advisory and Policy Advocacy, une société de conseil tournée vers les pays ACP, ayant pour mission d'aider les Etats, entreprises et leaders à développer leur influence sur la scène mondiale.

15 PROPOSITIONS POUR PROMOUVOIR LES RELATIONS ECONOMIQUES FRANCO-AFRICAINES

Auteurs : Lionel Zinsou (financier franco-béninois), Hubert Védrine (ex Ministre des Affaires Etrangères, Hakim el-Karoui (Economiste), Jean-Michel Severino (ex Directeur de l’Agence Française de Développement et Tidjane Thiam (Assureur Ivoirien)

European Agenda confirms the latest personnel changes in Brussels

The Secretary General's patronage is a non-material support which may be granted to any non-profit event which has a European dimension and is clear of political importance to the Council of Europe's activities or objectives. A limited number of events are granted by the Secretary General's each year. No financial undertaking is linked to the granting of patronage, as the Council of Europe has no budgetary resources beyond those which are used to implement its intergovernmental work programme. Requests for patronage must be submitted no later than 3 months before the event.

Patronage is a way for the European Parliament to associate itself with a selected number of events which satisfy the conditions for eligibility in order to increase public interest in, and visibility of , its activities and those of the European Union among citizens, the media and civil society. Patronage is a form of moral support and should not place Parliament under any financial or material obligation. The President of the Parliament decides whether Parliament is to lend its patronage to an event.

The Open Government Partnership (OGP) was launched in 2011 to provide an international platform for domestic reformers committed to making their governments more open, accountable and responsive to citizens. In all member countries, government and civil society are working together to develop and implement ambitious open government reforms.

Participating EU Countries

Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index scores 177 countries and territories on a scale from 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean). Many EU countries need to tackle corruption and build more transparent public institutions. Croatia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Italy, Romania, Bulgaria and Greece with scores below 50 are of particular concern.

Here below are the 7 Positive Aspects of Public Policy Advocacy. Please make certain to emphasize them when trying to explain the work we do and our contribution to the decision-making process.

1. Improve decisions transparency and actively contribute to decision-making.

2. Raise the quality of decisions by professional supply of information to decision-makers.

3. Change in mentality considering the relationship between decision-makers and society.

4. Offers information on who supports a certain issue, why and how this affects society.

A Survey conducted by Forum for International Communications and published in January 2012 by Authors  Dr. Dana Oancea Liviu, Mihăileanu and Aurelian Horja in a report entitled ‘Lobbying in Romania’ reveals the following:

Regulating lobbying by law is one of the most controversial discussions in Romania. Until now mainly specialized lobbying companies and employers organizations have had a louder voice and fought the issuing of a law which would regulate lobbying.

The Sunlight Foundation (USA) is advocating for a Lobbyist Disclosure Enhancement Act. This legislation would significantly increase public knowledge of influence wielding in Washington DC. The legislation would require lobbyists to disclose the names of the covered executive branch officials or Members of Congress lobbied (or the name of the employer if the lobbyist meets with staff), the dates of the meetings, and the issues discussed.