AALEP has been called to organize a high level lobbying seminar in Jakarta in January 2012, initiated by Student-to-student Networking (STUN) in their programme of "Focus on Youth Leadership". The seminar which will span over 5 days will deal with the practice of managing, planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluating lobbying campaigns.

The relationship among ASEAN member nations ( Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam) has evolved from a group of countries that compete for foreign investments into an assembly that mutually reinforces progress through greater linkages and trade. 

Policy influence may be broken into four types : expanding policy capacities, affecting policy debates, affecting policy regimes, and developing new policy regimes :  

The World Economic Forum's Center for Global Competiveness and Performance reviews the business operating environment and competitiveness of 142 economies worldwide. The report identifies the advantages as well as the impediments to national growth. Among EU countries only  Sweden, Finland, Germany, Netherlands, Denmark and the United Kingdom rank among the top 10 out of 142 countries.

The mood in Europe and North America is deeply sombre, as business leaders, economists and policymakers alike expect the economic climate to get worse before it gets better. Therefore, the business-government relationship is of particular relevance. Business advocacy in trade policy can improve the competitive position of EU exporters in foreign markets by helping governments work out better trade strategies. EU firms need to push for improved foreign market access of their products and support regulations that improve their competitive position.

Fiscal Austerity means that the state  must engage in “fiscal consolidation.” In economic parlance, this implies that the state must cut spending and increase taxes in order to “service” its debt by reducing its annual deficit. Thus, the ‘conditions’ for receiving a loan demand “fiscal austerity” measures being implemented by the debtor nation. This is supposedly a way for the lender to ensure that their loans are met with appropriate measures to deal with the debt.

Investors are hoping for something big from European leaders at the EU Summit on 23 October and the Group of 20 on 3 November. Here below are some of the measures that most likely will be revealed in order to avoid the sovereign debt problems dragging the world into recession.

Millions of Americans have lost their jobs, homes, and life savings as the middle class has undergone an unprecedented collapse. 

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The European Parliament and the European Commission introduced a new joint register on 23 June, scrapping existing annual passes altogether. Instead, they put in place a new fast-track system for registered lobbyists to obtain one-day passes, based on accreditation valid for 12 months. However, many lobbying organisations remain unaware of how the new system works.