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Free Webinar - 12 June 2013 -1-2pm
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Free Webinar - 12 June 2013 -1-2pm
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WELCOME to the 4 th
FREE webinar
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ABOUT THE WEBINARSERIES
1
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EU Lobbying, Ethics &Transparency: "Do"-s and
"Don't"-s
Risk Regulation in theEU: Sectors, Advocacy and the Precautionary
Principle
Regulatory AffairsExplained: What you
must know about
implementing &delegated acts
How to Master EU
Interest Representation:The BM guide to EUlobbying best practices
7 Tips for Effective EU
Public Affairs: Practicalideas to reach the highestimpact for your issue
Digital Communication in
EU Affairs: How to masterTwitter, Linkedin & socialmedia in public affairs
EU Public Affairs Forecastuntil June 2014: What toexpect until the end of Barroso II and beyond?
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GOOD TO KNOW
2
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SPEAKER & ORGANISER
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SPEAKERKaren Massin:
Chief Operating Officer at Burson-Marsteller Brussels .
How to Master EU InterestRepresentation: The BM guideto EU lobbying best practices
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SPEAKER MODERATORKaren Massin Andrs BANETH
Chief Operating Officer at Burson-Marsteller Brussels Director European Training Academy
How to Master EU InterestRepresentation: The BM guideto EU lobbying best practices
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1-day EU training workshops onlobbying, communication &
decision-making
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THE PRESENTATION
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HOW TO MASTER EU INTEREST
REPRESENTATION: THE BMGUIDE TO EU LOBBYING BESTPRACTICES
Brussels, 12 June 2013
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Topic is High on the Public Debate
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Contribute to a betterunderstanding of what
makes good lobbying
What works, what doesnt
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2
5th B-MLobbying Survey
Online, phoneand face to face
interviews
Qualitativesurvey
+600respondents
Local pollingagencies run
the survey
Respondents:Politicians
(MPs and MEPs)
PSB analysed
the data
Respondents:Senior officials
(NationalGovernments and EU)
Dates of fieldwork:
Jan Apr 2013
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Methodology
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Who are Lobbyists?
The most recognised lobbyists overall are:o
66%: Trade associations
o 58% : Public affairs agencieso 57% : Professional organisations
A Brussels particularity: 73% of EU-level respondents deemtrade unions as lobbyists contrasting with the Europe-wide average ( 40% )
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Positive Aspects of Lobbying
No overwhelming agreement across Europe on themost positive aspect of lobbying
Ensuring the participation of social and economicactors and citizens in the political process
emerged as the leading response ( 37% )
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Negative Aspects of Lobbying
Lack of transparency remains the most prevalentweakness in lobbying practice
Giving undue weight in the process to elites andwealthy represents the 2 nd most negative aspect of lobbying but figures vary across Europe:
European average: 24% Norway: 55%
Hungary and Romania: both 40% Spain: 5% Italy: 3%
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Transparency
Nearly 9 out of 10 respondents across
Europe either strongly agree ( 25% ) or agree(64% ) with the statement that ethical andtransparent lobbying helps policy
development
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Transparency
The least transparent lobbyists : journalists(41% ) and law firms ( 38% )
The most transparent : Trade associations andfederations ( 65% ) and professional organisations(60% ), with companies ( 57% ), trade unions ( 56% )and NGOs ( 55% )
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Public affairs agencies performpoorly in comparison with the other
organisations
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The majority ( 56% ) of respondents across Europe
think that lobbying is notsufficiently regulated intheir country
Figures are high inPortugal, Spain, the CzechRepublic and Italy
93%
100%
87%
88%
Regulation of Lobbying
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This view is most strongly present in Portugal ( 88% ),Poland ( 87% ), Italy ( 83% ) and at EU level ( 79% )
Norway is the only country where more than half of respondents ( 51% ) do not think a mandatory register wouldbe useful
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Lobbying Effectiveness
Trade associations are perceived as themost effective in lobbying, with 62% of respondents across Europe ranking them
as effective or very effective
Exception in Germany: respondents foundNGOs (78%) and public affairs agencies
(71%) to be the most effective
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On a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 is not at all and 5 is very, how effectivewould you say corporate lobbying efforts are in each sector?
Results in %, showing only 4- 5 effective
M EU CZ DK ET FI FR DE GR HU IT LA LI NL NO PO PT RO ES SE UK
Energy 68 68 77 54 94 80 79 88 64 50 90 87 65 56 69 57 39 60 69 47 76
Healthcare 60 64 71 51 54 37 76 93 64 50 80 60 69 45 52 43 28 45 61 43 87
Financial services 53 52 56 32 86 54 57 70 42 60 67 94 47 34 52 53 50 45 61 15 70
Agriculture 52 75 35 49 47 57 66 82 36 35 43 87 57 55 58 36 17 45 44 40 83
IT / telecoms 48 57 71 27 60 24 57 55 52 45 60 60 50 28 41 37 39 30 54 34 63
Defence 46 48 63 13 33 37 62 60 58 30 57 27 15 44 59 20 28 50 54 43 76
Trade 42 52 58 32 40 73 33 26 19 45 40 46 41 55 45 13 23 60 47 22 63
Transport 39 57 52 17 33 26 35 52 13 35 43 54 40 39 52 13 28 45 47 28 66
Chemicals 37 66 16 19 20 53 41 56 33 55 63 34 28 23 31 23 22 25 47 6 60
Mining 36 43 56 11 40 40 29 44 45 20 36 0 31 28 27 30 28 65 44 25 53
Sports 31 28 56 17 40 30 16 30 29 25 30 33 44 22 41 16 22 35 29 22 50
Retail 24 36 8 17 7 33 14 30 19 20 23 27 25 28 34 13 28 30 15 15 63
Consumer goods 23 41 23 6 0 26 22 26 38 35 20 0 28 34 17 10 12 20 22 3 57
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On a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 is not at all and 5 is very, how effectivewould you say NGO lobbying efforts are in each sector?
M EU CZ DK ET FI FR DE GR HU IT LA LI NL NO PO PT RO ES SE UK
Environment 52 68 50 52 60 63 64 55 55 40 40 47 66 33 44 50 39 35 46 50 66
Human rights 49 66 33 34 47 50 69 52 45 40 47 47 60 39 48 40 39 45 47 47 70
Energy 38 36 27 25 53 36 50 78 32 10 47 47 24 39 62 26 33 20 29 31 57
Healthcare 37 44 25 23 60 26 26 55 32 20 37 60 50 50 41 30 39 25 31 43 57
Agriculture 37 54 10 39 47 40 36 44 22 25 40 80 43 33 55 13 28 30 19 44 63Social affairs 33 48 25 19 47 23 24 52 42 30 24 27 31 28 42 10 22 35 37 40 63
Financial services 25 19 6 15 47 7 34 34 25 15 30 73 22 33 45 20 28 10 27 15 40
Mining 24 37 14 10 13 37 33 30 36 5 23 0 18 28 24 17 17 45 17 15 50
Transport 23 27 21 15 20 17 12 37 9 15 30 33 28 28 41 10 6 20 9 25 50
Chemicals 22 38 12 13 0 16 19 49 25 20 34 14 6 12 24 13 17 10 27 9 44
IT / telecoms 22 23 14 17 40 13 21 15 25 15 27 53 18 12 31 20 28 10 19 19 27Sports 21 16 27 17 40 17 12 19 20 30 13 40 37 22 38 10 23 25 12 21 23
Trade 20 28 6 11 13 13 19 7 12 15 30 40 12 39 34 10 23 15 14 15 50
Defence 20 23 16 9 7 7 14 37 29 5 23 0 9 17 55 10 12 20 9 22 50
Consumer goods 15 34 6 6 7 13 9 19 25 25 20 7 12 28 21 13 6 10 15 12 13
Retail 13 14 6 17 7 6 7 11 19 30 20 34 6 22 24 10 12 15 5 6 13
Results in %, showing only 4- 5 effective
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Poor Practices
A significant number of lobbyists in both the corporate(37% ) and NGO ( 39% ) sectors have difficultyunderstanding the political and legislative process
Around a third of respondents said that each sector comes into the process too late or too early
One in four respondents said that there is still asignificant problem with corporate lobbyists offeringwhat are perceived to be unethical inducements
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M EU CZ DK ET FI FR DE GR HU IT LA LI NL NO PO PT RO ES SE UK
Not sufficientlytransparent aboutthe interestrepresented
48 55 71 30 27 40 60 48 61 55 57 27 59 28 17 57 50 50 54 41 30
Failing to understandprocess andprocedure
37 43 10 49 53 27 33 52 39 20 50 60 9 50 55 43 39 40 27 34 40
Being too aggressive 35 48 52 21 27 40 36 37 29 15 17 40 56 50 31 20 17 30 41 38 40
Being too early ortoo late in theprocess
32 34 15 40 67 33 24 22 29 35 53 60 9 33 48 43 33 20 27 34 23
Basing a position onemotion rather thanfacts
27 25 27 21 60 43 21 30 23 40 10 33 12 44 21 57 17 20 29 22 17
Inappropriatebriefing materials 25 30 19 32 7 27 29 33 23 35 33 27 31 11 52 13 22 15 12 16 30
Offering unethicalinducements 25 14 38 2 7 3 45 33 42 5 20 0 56 17 0 43 22 30 27 12 43
Lobbying by pressrelease 20 11 10 17 53 40 14 22 19 15 10 13 44 17 14 23 17 10 24 16 30
Other 2 5 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 3 3
Thinking about poor practice in lobbying, which of the followingwould you say are the most frequently committed by the corporate sector?
Results in %
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Thinking about poor practice in lobbying, which of the followingwould you say are the most frequently committed by NGOs?
M EU CZ DK ET FI FR DE GR HU IT LA LI NL NO PO PT RO ES SE UK
Basing a position onemotion rather thanfacts
56 75 73 49 67 23 57 48 39 65 40 67 62 61 41 73 67 30 68 31 77
Failing tounderstand processand procedure
39 34 38 38 47 73 31 11 29 50 33 47 56 17 34 43 33 30 34 53 53
Being too early ortoo late in theprocess
37 50 35 36 80 27 31 19 26 45 53 47 41 17 59 40 17 20 27 34 50
Being too aggressive 28 34 35 19 27 10 40 59 26 10 30 27 25 22 17 23 28 25 32 28 20
Not sufficientlytransparent aboutthe interestrepresented
23 18 19 4 20 37 31 37 32 45 23 20 19 11 10 33 28 40 24 16 10
Lobbying by press
release20 23 15 6 40 33 19 19 16 25 30 20 28 22 10 27 17 20 17 12 17
Inappropriatebriefing materials 19 14 25 15 13 33 26 30 26 20 23 20 25 6 38 13 11 15 5 9 10
Offering unethicalinducements 7 0 8 4 7 10 12 26 6 0 3 0 9 0 3 13 0 20 0 6 10
Other 2 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 10 0 0 0 3 0 10 0 0 0 2 3 3
Results in %
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Channels of Influence
The Europe-wide data suggests that the sources of information that respondents find most useful areinternal meetings and documents from nationalauthorities
Social media and traditional media, including mediawebsites, appear to be seen as not particularlyhelpful
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How important is it that you are approached in your own languageon an issue of national interest?
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59
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55
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50 50
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50 50
35
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18
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79 5 4 4 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 6 10
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M EU CZ DK ET FI FR DE GR HU IT LA LI NL NO PO PT RO ES SE UK
Don'tknow
Notimportant(1-2)
Neutral (3)
Important(4-5)
Results in %
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M EU CZ DK ET FI FR DE GR HU IT LA LI NL NO PO PT RO ES SE UK
If the topic is my fieldof expertise 52 77 27 62 67 60 64 70 35 45 60 53 44 56 24 70 33 45 20 62 67
If the lobbyist istransparent 51 64 50 34 93 70 52 56 65 50 50 20 44 67 41 73 50 30 34 44 53
If the topic is of interest 42 55 33 23 80 70 55 56 35 10 27 27 22 39 69 47 22 30 24 50 67
In the consultationprocess 33 34 17 38 73 50 52 15 19 10 30 13 3 61 59 73 33 35 24 6 40
I have an obligation tospeak to anyonecalling me
30 18 40 32 53 20 21 4 26 45 7 60 56 28 28 33 39 35 56 9 7
If the lobbyist is well
prepared24 27 10 26 87 53 29 41 10 20 27 0 12 17 28 30 6 15 7 16 33
If I know the lobbyist 24 27 8 30 67 37 40 33 23 20 17 20 16 28 24 27 6 0 2 25 33
If the lobbyist ispublicly registered 19 57 8 4 53 20 17 7 16 20 27 0 19 0 0 60 11 15 7 12 17
I never speak tolobbyists 3 0 8 2 0 0 0 4 6 0 0 7 0 6 7 0 0 0 7 0 3
Which of the following factors would influence your decision to speakto a lobbyist?
Results in %
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The Use of Social Media
Policy-makers often consult company websites (43% using them daily or at least once a week), industryassociation websites (41% ), NGO websites (37% ) andWikipedia (38% )
Nearly a fifth of the respondents use Facebook daily, and asimilar proportion uses Twitter every day (although 49% never use it)
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Summary of EU institutions Insights
Lobbyists are more likely to get a meeting if -They provide relevant useful information ( 77% )-They are publically registered ( 57% )-They are transparent ( 64% )
Due to weight given to transparency, there is agrowing demand for a mandatory register ( 79% )
The most effective Corporate lobbyists are in thefollowing sectors: agriculture ( 75% ), energy ( 77% ),healthcare ( 71% ) and chemicals ( 66% )
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Website
www.lobbyingsurvey.eu
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