1. Google
2. Apple
3. Facebook
4. The Walt Disney Co. (includes ABC, ESPN, Disney theme parks)
5. 21st Century Fox (includes Fox film studio and television network, Star TV, Sky); News Corp. (includes Dow Jones, the New York Post, The Wall Street Journal)
7. WPP Group

The European Journalism Centre (EJC) is an independent, international, non-profit foundation dedicated to the highest standards in journalism, inter alia through the further training of journalists and media professionals. Building on its extensive international network, the Centre operates as a facilitator and partner in a wide variety of journalism related projects.

The main goals of the EJC are to:

Tourism promotion means trying to encourage the actual and potential customers to travel a destination through the spreading of information. Promotion is one of the most effective marketing mix elements used in marketing a tourist product. The objectives of promotion consistent with the general marketing plan is to identify the target group to which the promotion is conducted, to find out the effective advertising, sales support and public relations programmes to be planned, and to select the best methods to be used to control and assess the promotion operation.

The Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) requires that all American citizens working to influence U.S. policy on behalf of foreign governments register with the Department of Justice and to disclose information on any and all political activity in which they engaged for foreign clients. This includes filing, within 48 hours, any informational materials disseminated to two or more people.

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If you are trying to drive and shape the agenda, you need to have someone on the ground to make sure you are in the right discussions.

There are a number of factors that influence this decision. They are:

Every organization deserves to have its voice heard in Brussels whether it’s to shape current or pending legislation, protect existing or secure new funding, or simply build relationships that can facilitate the growth or viability of your entity. Unfortunately, doing this on your own requires a substantial commitment of time, energy, and resources, and pulls your  focus away from the daily operations of your organization.

Many foreign nations need to get a say at EU level and lobbyists can be helpful to countries that don’t have large embassies in particular. Smaller, poorer countries that have less European/International clout tend to be the ones most in need of external assistance in Brussels even if they are the nations that can least afford the expenditures.

1. Afghanistan (Belgium, Estonia, Latvia Lithuania)
2. Algeria (Belgium, Luxembourg)
3. Andorra (Belgium)
4. Angola (Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands)
5. Argentina (Belgium)
6. Armenia (Belgium)
7. Australia (Belgium, Luxembourg)
8. Azerbaïjan (Belgium, Luxembourg)
9. Bahamas (Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom)
10. Bahrain (Belgium)
11. Bangladesh (Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland)
12. Barbados (Belgium, France, Germany, Italy)
13. Belarus (Belgium)
14. Belize (Belgium)

Index Description: The components help assess a CSO’s ability to research issues, the ability to track reaction to crucial events and decisions. Also crucial is the CSO’s ability to define its own position and to commit material and financial resources in order to organize information campaigns in the community, as well as working to influence political decisions.

Each of the index component should be rated on a scale, such as the following 5 point scale, where 1= none or very little capacity, 5= extensive or very strong capacity. Components of the index are the following:

The Institute was set up in 2015 as an independent body with the mission to scrutinise the evidence base for proposed and active legislation.  It provides impartial scientific and factual analysis on policy and legislative proposals, secondary legislation, amendments, active regulations, evaluations and other relevant policy studies.  The term "Impact Assessment" covers the entire policy process, from Inception Impact Assessments at the introduction of a new policy, through Ex-ante Impact Assessments accompanying policy/legislative proposals to Ex-post Impact Assessments for evaluations.