THE EDUCATIONAL ROLE OF PROFESSIONAL LOBBYISTS’ ASSOCIATIONS

While many entities are offering lobbying courses the certificates and/or degrees they deliver are not a licence to practice nor do the entities that issues them have the ability to de-certify a lobbyist for either malpractice or illegal conduct.

Our profession needs to get its house in order and education and certification should be our first order of business. The challenge for the leaders of our profession is to develop a training requirement that is affordable and effective. Equally, it is a challenge to the European institutions to work with us to accomplish this goal.