{"id":16599,"date":"2019-02-18T16:16:32","date_gmt":"2019-02-18T15:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uchceu.es\/publicidadyrrpp\/?p=16599"},"modified":"2020-11-04T10:38:42","modified_gmt":"2020-11-04T09:38:42","slug":"lobbying-is-transforming-something-you-cant-do-anything-about-into-something-you-can-act-upon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uchceu.es\/publicidadyrrpp\/en\/lobbying-is-transforming-something-you-cant-do-anything-about-into-something-you-can-act-upon\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Lobbying is transforming something you can\u2019t do anything about into something you can act upon&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Do you know how European laws are made? What the proportion of European laws discussed in your national parliaments is? Why there is lobbying in the European Union? And the difference between corruption and lobbying?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16604\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16604\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16604 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uchceu.es\/publicidadyrrpp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/lobbying-eu-ceu-valencia-eu.jpg\" alt=\"seats at EU parliament\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uchceu.es\/publicidadyrrpp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/lobbying-eu-ceu-valencia-eu.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/blog.uchceu.es\/publicidadyrrpp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/lobbying-eu-ceu-valencia-eu-315x177.jpg 315w, https:\/\/blog.uchceu.es\/publicidadyrrpp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/lobbying-eu-ceu-valencia-eu-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/blog.uchceu.es\/publicidadyrrpp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/lobbying-eu-ceu-valencia-eu-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uchceu.es\/publicidadyrrpp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/lobbying-eu-ceu-valencia-eu-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/blog.uchceu.es\/publicidadyrrpp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/lobbying-eu-ceu-valencia-eu-747x420.jpg 747w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16604\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">There are over 25,000 lobbyists working in Brussels, which is more than in Washington<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Rik Otten teaches at\u00a0<span class=\"TextRun BCX0 SCXW235145108\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW235145108\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW228270062 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW228270062 BCX0\">the <strong>Artevelde University College<\/strong> in Ghent,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Belgium, the country of the European Parliament. On Tuesday 26th February, he\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun BCX0 SCXW235145108\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW235145108\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW228270062 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW228270062 BCX0\">told fourth-year<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchceu.com\/en\/studies\/communication-area\"><strong> PR &amp; Advertising students<\/strong><\/a> about <strong>policy making and lobbying in the European Union<\/strong> in the frame of the <strong>International Days.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>What is lobbying?\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Rik Otten started by asking the students what they thought lobbying was. Then, he told them that it consists in\u00a0<strong>defending the interests of an organization<\/strong> in the public sphere by managing information. From the beginning of the lecture, Rik Otten stated: \u201cIt can be very harmful for societies. So,<strong> ethics is important<\/strong>. Lobbying ends where corruption begins.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Why is there lobbying in the European Union?\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Students learned more about why lobbying is important in Brussels. Rik Otten explained that this activity exists because organizations, like civilians, face politics and the rules (regulations for the workers, taxes\u2026). But unlike individuals <strong>they have no right to vote. <\/strong>Thus,<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<strong>&#8220;Lobbying is transforming something\u00a0you can\u2019t do anything about into something\u00a0you can act upon&#8221;.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16602\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16602\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16602 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uchceu.es\/publicidadyrrpp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/lobbying-eu-ceu-valencia-professor2.jpg\" alt=\"teacher giving lecture about lobbying\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uchceu.es\/publicidadyrrpp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/lobbying-eu-ceu-valencia-professor2.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/blog.uchceu.es\/publicidadyrrpp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/lobbying-eu-ceu-valencia-professor2-315x177.jpg 315w, https:\/\/blog.uchceu.es\/publicidadyrrpp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/lobbying-eu-ceu-valencia-professor2-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/blog.uchceu.es\/publicidadyrrpp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/lobbying-eu-ceu-valencia-professor2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uchceu.es\/publicidadyrrpp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/lobbying-eu-ceu-valencia-professor2-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/blog.uchceu.es\/publicidadyrrpp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/lobbying-eu-ceu-valencia-professor2-747x420.jpg 747w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16602\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rik Otten taught students about EU institutions and lobbying<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Four major reasons<\/strong>\u00a0explain why Brussels is an important place to lobby:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><strong>75% of the laws in EU members parliaments are European laws<\/strong> being reformulated into local ones.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>There is a <strong>distance<\/strong> between the citizens and the European political institutions. Thus, lobbying in the European Union is about hiring people to defend your rights.\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li>The <strong>complex law-making process <\/strong>has for effect that it takes years to take it from the idea to the law. And because it is a long process, there is time to lobby.\u00a0 <span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Because the <strong>scale of regulation<\/strong> is huge, the stakes are high.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0That&#8217;s why there are 25,000 lobbyists working in Brussels; which is even more than in Washington!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3><strong>How to lobby<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Students had the opportunity to learn the ropes of lobbying. Rik Otten explained that in order to lobby, one had to have a strategy. This consists in answering the following questions: <strong>Where and when can we intervene, with which allies, in which way, on what matter?<\/strong><\/span><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16600\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16600\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16600 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uchceu.es\/publicidadyrrpp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/lobbying-eu-ceu-valencia-students-1.jpg\" alt=\"students listening to lecture\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uchceu.es\/publicidadyrrpp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/lobbying-eu-ceu-valencia-students-1.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/blog.uchceu.es\/publicidadyrrpp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/lobbying-eu-ceu-valencia-students-1-315x177.jpg 315w, https:\/\/blog.uchceu.es\/publicidadyrrpp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/lobbying-eu-ceu-valencia-students-1-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/blog.uchceu.es\/publicidadyrrpp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/lobbying-eu-ceu-valencia-students-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uchceu.es\/publicidadyrrpp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/lobbying-eu-ceu-valencia-students-1-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/blog.uchceu.es\/publicidadyrrpp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/lobbying-eu-ceu-valencia-students-1-747x420.jpg 747w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16600\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PR &amp; Advertising students learned about policy making and lobbying in the EU<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In order to have a strategy, Rik Otten told the students that they had to have <strong>knowledge of the institutions, of the state of the industry<\/strong> (monitoring newspapers&#8230;),\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and also<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0have a good <strong>network<\/strong>. In terms of <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">skills, Rik Otten emphasized the importance of knowing several languages (the best lobbyists know three to four languages fluently) and added:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cYou need to be clever, well-informed, and creative.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Finally, students learned about the<strong>\u00a0tools of the lobbyist. <\/strong>They are either direct methods (lobby to body: getting access, as a result of networking, attend hearings, organise meetings&#8230;) or indirect methods (position papers, press releases&#8230;).<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cSo\u201d, Rik Otten said at the end of the lecture, \u201cAnyone wants to work in lobbying?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>As part of PR (Public Relations) and more precisely PA (Public Affairs), lobbying is an important subject for<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchceu.com\/en\/studies\/communication-area\"> PR &amp; Advertising students<\/a>. They were interested in this talk and introduced to the basics of policy-making and lobbying in the EU. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience, Rik Otten!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you know how European laws are made? What the proportion of European laws discussed in your national parliaments is? Why there is lobbying in the European Union? And the difference between corruption and lobbying?\u00a0 Rik Otten teaches at\u00a0the Artevelde University College in Ghent,\u00a0Belgium, the country of the European Parliament. 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