| February 3, 2009 |
| 09:00 | 1st Pillar: Business lobbying: myth or
reality? u Budgets, strategies, organisation and leadership u EU trade associations, industrial platforms and enterprises u Working with the "enemy"? - NGO and industry relations |
| 10:45 | Coffee & Networking Break |
| 11:00 |
2nd Pillar: What is new (and generally unknown)
in the EU decision making process? u Policy making versus lobbying: upstream advocacy techniques u The Drafting Phase: Public consultations, Impact assessment, Inter-service procedures u The Adoption Phase: Council working groups and COREPER, common position (between the 1st and the 2nd reading), conciliation u Working with the European Parliament |
| 13:00 | Lunch Break |
| 14:00 | 3rd Pillar: The New Comitology and its strategic
consequences on lobbying u Comitology ‘stricto sensu’ u Quasi-legislative measures u Consequences on lobbying |
| 15:30 | Coffee & Networking Break |
| 15:45 | 4th Pillar: Working with the Press in the EU Context u Press and Lobbying u Dos and don'ts for working with the Press |
| 17:15 | End of the day |