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Join UsPreamble Democracy needs the professional representation of interests. The external view and expertise enhances the political decision-making process. The role of Public Affairs professionals to build up links between civil society, economics and politics is not only legitimized as a fundamental principle of pluralist democracy. It fulfils an undeniable, important function within the political, social… View Article
Read MoreThe third conference of PACE, the Public affairs community of Europe that gathers the national lobbying associations and Public Affairs professionals of the EU Countries, was held in Paris on May 23th- 24th, hosted by AFCL, the French Association of lobbying consulting. During two days of discussions, the participants shared the experiences of lobbying activities… View Article
Read MoreToday we publish the link to the “Special Issue of the Journal of Pubblic Affairs – The State of Public Affairs in Central & Eastern Europe” paper, edited by Professor Carla C.J.M Millar and Dr. Peter Koeppl. Please click on the link below to read contents. CfP JPA Special Issue on CEE Call for Papers
Read MoreToday we publish the link to the second volume of OECD’s study on lobbying that examines regulation and self-regulation of lobbying. Please click on the link below to read contents. bit.ly/OakmD2
Read MoreToday we publish the final paper from the Krynica XXII Economic Forum. Please click on the link below to view th PDF. Krynica XXII Economic Forum-final paper ES-lobbying versus transparency and corruption
Read MoreToday we publish an article written by Giuseppe Mazzei about PACE Community and lobbying in Europe. Please read below or download it from here: Download Lobbying in Italy, unfortunately, is affected by a strong negative perception due to prejudices and a lack of information that prevent to identify what ‘public affairs’ consist of…. View Article
Read MoreToday we publish an article from the recent issue of the British “Public Affairs News†regarding new law on Lobbying-registration in Austria. Please download the PDF from here: Download
Read MoreOn the 6th and 7th of May 2011,Il Chiostro and APRI launched an unprecedented and historic initiative in Europe bringing together  the representatives of all public affairs associations, which represent professional lobbyists in each one of the EU countries. The goal was to create a stable network which could coordinate the activities of all these… View Article
Read MoreThe new PACE Public Affairs Community of Europe website is online. Public Affairs Community of Europe (PACE) has been established on the 7th of May in Rome as a common platform of all national organizations of European public affairs professionals and lobbyists. The 27 member states and the European public affairs industry were represented by… View Article
Read MoreAPRI and “Il Chiostro” are glad to announce the 2nd International Meeting of P.A.C.E. – Public Affairs Community of Europe – that will take place in Madrid, on the 11th and 12th May 2012, Â with the ” 2nd Eu Conference of PA Professionals”. The first event, held in Rome in May 2011, gathered PA Professionals… View Article
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