The Challenge of Change in EU Business Associations

ISBN-13: 9781403906533 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 264 str.

Justin Greenwood

Opis

Key practitioners who work in and with EU business associations come together with leading policy makers from the EU institutions and research academics to analyze change factors for the associations and their role in EU policy making and implementation. Contributors include the Head of the team responsible for the EU White Paper on Governance, the Chair of the UK CBI Trade Association Forum, the Chair of the UK Political Studies Association, and the longest serving Secretary General of UNICE.

Spis treści

PART 1: OVERVIEWS Introduction; J.Greenwood & A.Westgeest Horizontal Business Associations at EU Level; W.Teufelsbauer PART 2: EU INSTITUTIONS How the Architecture of the EU Political System Influences EU Business Associations; E.Grande The White Paper on Governance: Challenges and Opportunities for EU Business Associations; J.Vignon The Challenge of Managing Relations with the European Parliament; J.Russell & P.Adamson EU Competition Law and Trade Associations; A.Reid PART 3: SECTORAL CHARACTERISTICS Primary, Concentrated and Regulated Services: Steel; D.Rea Textiles; M.Scheffer Construction Industry; U.Paetzold Operating in Contested Environments: The Experience of the Chlorine Industry; B.Gilliatt PART 4: INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT David Against Goliath: Are Big Lobbying Organisations More Efficient Than Smaller Ones?; D.Guéguen Juggling Resources and Autonomy: Issues and Opportunities for 'Specialised Associations'; A.Westgeest & B.Alves The Role of the Secretary General; Z.Tyszkiewicz Establishing an EU Business Association under Belgian Law; D.Lontings PART 5: TRUST In The End The Only Thing That Matters - Is Trust; I.Locks Trust: A Sceptical View; W.Grant PART 6: GEOGRAPHICAL PERSPECTIVES The Challenge of Geography: Recruiting and Retaining Members from the South in EU Associations; I.Pari The Organization of Business Interests in Central and East European Countries For EU Interest Representation; N.Borragan PART 7: PUBLIC INTEREST GROUPS The Challenge of Managing Relations with the European Parliament; J.Murray PART 8: OUTLOOK Outlook; A.Westgeest & J.Greenwood Appendix: The International Association: New Belgian Legislation of 2 May 2002; L.Stolle & A.Westgeest

O autorze

PAUL ADAMSON Chairman of Weber Shandwick Adamson BRUNO ALVES Consultant with Ernst and Young Management Association BARRIE GILLIATT Executive Director, EU Chlorine, Euro Chlor EDGAR GRANDE Professor of Politics, Technical University of Munich WYN GRANT Professor of Politics, University of Warwick DANIEL GUÉGUEN Managing Director of the Brussels based CLAN Public Affairs IAN LOCKS Chief Executive of the Periodical Publishers Association & Chairman of the UK Trade Association Forum DIRK LONTINGS Member of Brussels Bar and Managing Partner of Lontings and Partners JIM MURRAY Director of BEUC the European Consumers' Association ULRICH PAETZOLD Director General of FIEC, the European Construction Industry Federation NIEVES PÉREZ-SOLORZANO BORRAGAN Lecturer in Politics, University of East Anglia IRINI PARI Head of the Brussels Office of the Federation of Greek Industries DAVID REA Director of UK Steel ALAN REID Lecturer in European Law, Robert Gordon university Aberdeen JOHN RUSSELL Chief Executive of Weber Shandwick Brussels MICHIEL SCHEFFER CEO of Noeton Knowledge Management BV LUC STOLLE Advocate with the Law firm Peeters & Co WERNER TEUFELSBAUER Professor of Economics, Wirtschaftskammer, Austria ZYGMUNT TYSZKIEWICZ President of Swiss-based Lanckoronski Foundation and from 1985-1998 Secretary General of UNICE JEROME VIGNON Head of Governance Team at the Secretariat of the European Commission until 2001, now Director for social protection and inclusion in DG employment ALFONS WESTGEEST Partner of Ernst and Young Association Management, Brussels