Description
Public Affairs is about the way in which all kinds of organisations engage in lobbying and in securing a good reputation with policy makers. In the world of policymaking, organisations and groups with a specific interest try to influence decisions to their favour. They may try to get an issue on the agenda, or prevent it if this threatens their interest. How do they do this, what strategies they use, and with what effects? How can we understand the myriad of business corporations, professional associations, NGOs, citizen groups and increasingly also public organisations that gets involved in lobbying? How do policymakers respond to claims made by interest groups? What about the transparency of lobbying, and the implications for democratic representation?
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The workshop will also narrow down on how to make the tools of Public Affairs relevant to the needs of research and education professionals at the national and European level. This would focus on the greater sphere of ‘the Digital Agenda’ and understanding what such a concept means.
Workshop objectives
At an introductory level, this workshop provides you a view on the diversity of organisations engaged in interest representation, their strategies and tactics, and the effects of their activities on policy decisions and their public reputation.
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The final objective of the workshop is to enable the participants to develop a strategy in Public Affairs for their own institutions.
Workshop Schedule
The workshop will be conducted in an interactive format. The workshop will start with an opening round, at which the participants will have the chance to voice their expectations of the workshop, which will be reviewed again at the end.
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Timing | Topic | Who? |
Day 2 |
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08:45 - 09:00 | Welcome Day 2 |
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09:00 - 10:00 | Session IV – The Perspective of the Policy Maker | Edit Herczog (GÉANT) |
10:00 – 10:30 | Session V – Task Presentation: A (fictional) Scenario for Public Affairs | Léonie Schäfer (DFN), Hendrik Ike (GÉANT) |
10:30 – 10:45 | Coffee Break |
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10:45 – 12:00 | Session VI – Working Groups | All |
12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch |
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13:00 - 15:30 | Session VII - Working Groups | All |
15:00 – 16:00 | Session VIII – Use Case Presentations (20min per Working Group) | All |
16:00 - 16:30 | Round-Up Day 2 & Conclusions |
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Preparational Task for participants
- Get info about the Digital Agenda of your country
- Assess in how far your NREN is in-line with the Digital Agenda
- Get info about lobbying activities in your country
- Which lobbying associations are powerful? How do they work?
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https://www.politico.eu/article/a-decade-of-change-in-eu-public-affairs/
Target Group
Participants from Emerging NRENs or NRENs in the process of transformation. Management Level.
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