1. Evaluation: Detached or objective evaluation of the issue-client-organisation before determining if it merits lobbying.
2. Priority: Once the practitioner has assume the role of advocate, the interests of the client or organisation are valued above those of others involved in the public debate.
3. Sensitivity: Balancing of client priority on the one hand with social responsibility on the other.

1. Situation: 75% of the time, lobbyists engage in an evaluation process before determining whether to take on a new client or interest. After lobbyists engage in the initial evaluation of the issue, client, or organization, effects on other interests are considered and clients are made aware of such effects.

Lobbying in Cyprus remains unregulated and shrouded in secrecy. There is no legislation or regulation of lobbying activities. Due to the lack of any lobbying regulation, there is no specific obligation to register lobbyists or publicly disclose the interaction between public officials and lobbyists. There is also no self-regulation of lobbyists' activities and Cyprus has no professional association of lobbyists.

Written by Dr. Andrew Lilico, Chairman at Europe Economics.  Dr. Andrew Lilico is a Fellow of the Institute of Economic Affairs and Chairman of the IEA/Sunday Times Monetary Policy Committee. As Chief Economist of Policy Exchange from 2009-10 he produced what the BBC has described as the "essential theory" behind the Coalition's initial deficit reduction strategy.

The strong position of the Eurogroup, which goes beyond a simple sketch of a “European Economic Government”, gives rise not only to significant accountability but also leads to legal problems.

Both Chancellor Merkel and François Hollande stress that Saturday's Eurogroup meeting will be the decisive moment in the negotiations and see no need for another eurozone leaders' summit.

The Eurogroup is a meeting of the Finance Ministers of the eurozone. It's current President is Dutch Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem. The President of the European Central Bank (Mario Draghi), the European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs (Pierre Moscovici) and the President of the Eurogroup Working Group (Thomas Wieser) attend the meetings as observers.

Election of the Host City

Following a final Candidate City presentation and a report by the Evaluation Commission Chair, the IOC members vote by secret ballot and elect the host city. The voting panel is made up of 101 Elected members, 33 Honorary members and one Honour member. IOC members include former Olympic competitors, international royalty, and assorted luminaries. Subsequently, the newly elected host city then signs the Host City Contract with the IOC.

IOC Elected Members

Rules of Conduct for the Olympic Games 2024 Bid Process

Article 1 Scope of application

1.1 These Rules of Conduct are applicable as soon as they are published on the IOC website. They replace the previous Rules in force and incorporate the spirit of the Olympic Agenda 2020 adopted by the 127th IOC Session in December 2014. The candidature procedure is constituted of three phases: the Invitation phase, the Applicant City phase and the Candidate City phase.

Inter-Governmental Organizations