Over a 3 year cycle, members of a GR Association would be required to complete 3 activities from any of the 4 following categories:

1. Contributions to the profession,
2. Peer and professional interaction,
3. Management/leadership training
4. Contributions to technical knowledge;

plus one formal course or one full informal course or self-directed study from either the management/leadership training or technical knowledge categories.

There are a number of key features of CPD that frame the delivery of effective programmes:

It is hereby recommended that GR Associations formulate a Continuous Professional Development (CPD) strategy and that individual GR professionals take personal responsibility for maintaining their skills and capabilities through lifelong learning.  

What is CPD?

As of May 2015, at least 20 countries worldwide have a specific lobbying regulation in place at the national level, though the quality of regulation varies widely. Even though lobbying regulations are found mostly in industrialised regions, they are relevant for any country: lobbying scandals all around the world including in developing countries are testimony to the need for better regulation and a number of publications launched in recent years are proof of the growing interest in lobbying regulation.

Back on 17 November 2015, the EP Committee on Constitutional Affairs (Rapporteur Sven Giegold) submitted a Draft Report on Transparency, accountability and integrity in the EU institutions (2015/2041(INI)). Here under are the recommendations made regarding lobbyists.

Introducing a legislative footprint, making the lobby register as mandatory as possible

Below are some of  the professional frames that structure what journalists can see and how they can present what they see.

Debates are supposed to be established to help the people get to know the candidates, and get to know what’s behind them, and what their thinking process is, what their philosophy is. Debates should be policy-focused where candidates are able to lay out a plan for something, and then be questioned about it, and then go to the next one, have them lay theirs out and then be questioned about it. 

The European Commission is launching a public consultation on the Transparency Register to gather stakeholder views on a future mandatory system for all EU institutions. On 1 March, the Commission launched a 12-week public consultation to gather input on the current regime for registration of interest representatives who seek to influence the work of the EU institutions and on its development into a mandatory lobby register covering the European Parliament and Council of the European Union as well as the Commission.

The Union of the Electricity Industry - EURELECTRIC is the sector association that represents the common interests of the electricity industry at pan-European level, plus its affiliates and associates on several other continents. It currently counts over 30 full members which represent the electricity industry in 32 European countries.

Mission and Objectives

Eurogas is a non-profit organisation that represents the interests of the gas industry in one strong voice towards European and global stakeholders. Its 43 members currently comprise companies, national associations and international organisations all engaged in the wholesale, retail and distribution of gas in Europe. The association aims to strengthen the role of gas in the energy mix by establishing an ongoing dialogue with European industry players, global producers of gas and relevant institutions such as the European Commission.

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