| March 2, 2009 |
| 09:00 | Introduction. Evaluation of the questionnaires |
| 10:00 |
Lobby tools under scrutiny u Lobbying vehicles: how to intervene? As individual entity? As an existing association? As an ad hocassociation? As an umbrella association? u Building and developing your upstream and downstream networks u Coalitions: a strength or a weakness? u Leadership is essential u Communication tools, a new approach: position paper, amendments, luncheons, roundtables |
| 11:00 | Coffee & Networking Break |
| 11:15 | Comitology: the hidden power u What is comitology? u Why a reform? u The execution power split into two categories u A new balance between the Institutions u What impact on lobbying |
| 12:45 | Lunch |
| 13:45 | EU associations often lack influence. How to make
them vectors of influence u Analysing the efficiency and influence of an EU association u Credibility vs. representativeness u Characteristics of an efficient EU association u Re-engineering an EU association |
| 15:15 | Coffee & Networking Break |
| 15:30 | How to successfully combine EU and national action u EU and national intervention seen throughout the decision-making process u The value of lobbying input from the national branches rephrase u How can national networks bring added value to coalition-building (European Parliament,Council of Ministers)? u Tools to manage successfully a combined EU-national action: follow-up systems, steering groups, reporting system, consensus vs. majority decisions, … |
| 17:00 | End of the day |