MASTER PROGRAMME: SCIENCES PO, FRANCE

The leading French Institute’s Master Programme in Public Affairs lasts for two years and provides knowledge and analytical skills with regard to public affairs at the local, national and global levels, with an emphasis on comparative perspective. It includes courses in economics, quantitative analysis, political science, organizational sociology and public management. The Master Programme curriculum was reorganised and changed for the 2012/2013 academic years.

MASTER PROGRAMME: LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE (LSE), UK

In 2011, the Public Affairs Institute at the LSE was established as a multidisciplinary initiative that brings together specialists from different areas for the purpose of education in public policy under the Master Programme’s flag in Public Affairs. The Master Programme targets to meet the educational market’s emerging demands of highly educated specialists and professionals in the forming, analysis and implementation of policies, including professionals in political decision-taking.

MASTER PROGRAMME: BERLIN UNIVERSITY FOR PROFESSIONAL STUDIES (GERMANY)

The Berlin University offers a Master Programme, titled European Public Affairs - Advocacy, Lobbying, and Networking. The Master Programme lasts two years and prepares professionals to be acquainted in excellence with the work of the European institutions and to be able to draft strategies for professional advocacy and lobbying on various public and private organizations at European level.

CAPTURING ASIAN OPPORTUNITY FOR EU BUSINESSES

Customer Value

Asian consumer tastes and preferences differ by country and by demographic, culture and income group. Commercial customers’ requirements also vary across Asia with the level of economic development, the pace of industry growth and the commercial and regulatory context. The economies of regional scale and networks often advantage firms that service multiple markets. EU firms need to find a balance between customization of their products or services and regional scale.

Local Differences, Regional Advantages

THE CASE FOR AN AUSTRALIA-EU FTA

There are several good reasons for considering the case for an Australia-EU FTA.

MAKING DECISIONS ON EUROPEAN POLICY: GERMAN BEST PRACTICE

Nowadays European policy covers all policy fields. To be an effective advocate of Germany’s interests in Brussels, Germany needs an efficient policy coordination within the Federal Government.

EU PERM REPS STRUCTURE

Permanent Representations are basically the Brussels arm of national Government Departments, with Permanent Representatives predominantly coming from their countries’ Foreign Service. Most staff nevertheless come from a range of Government Departments, including Trade and Industry, Finance, Employment and Agriculture. In seconding staff to Permanent Representations, Government Departments choose people of good quality. This is partly because of their effectiveness while they are in Brussels; Governments require skilled individuals that are able to negotiate effectively in meetings.

PERM REPS TO THE EU: WHO’S WHO

Austria Permanent Representation to the EU

  • Mr. Walter Grahammer, Ambassador, Permanent Representative
  • Mr. Gregor Schusterschitz, Deputy Permanent Representative

 Belgium Permanent Representation to the EU

  • Mr. Dirk Wouters, Ambassador, Permanent Representative
  • Mr. Olivier Belle, Deputy Permanent Representative

Bulgaria Permanent Representation to the EU

EU AGENCIES LANDSCAPE

The EU agencies need a robust framework to match their important role in the decision-making process.

The EU agencies were set up to provide expertise on some of the issues that Europeans care most about – from health and social policy to foreign and security policy. They help the EU institutions make the right decisions by delivering legal, technical and – in some cases – scientific back-up.

EU PERMANENT REPRESENTATIONS AS INSTITUTIONAL LOBBYISTS

EU governments willingly provide policy briefings to their own national delegations in the European Parliament. Traditionally, much national briefing was essentially formal, taking the form of written memoranda outlining the view of national administrations on Commission proposals, or on parliamentary reports once tabled for the EP’s plenary. What has changed in recent years, however, is that national officials and politicians have started to seek to influence EP proceedings more intensively, at an earlier stage, and in tandem with their evolving position in the Council of Ministers.

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