Steering compliance with existing regulation and comitology procedures
Advising and coaching throughout the policy-making and regulatory creation processes
Improving efficacy and cost-effectiveness of socio-political issue management
Management organisation & processes
In all democratic countries, political decision-making is built upon negotiation within well-defined procedures. In the EU, such practices, both within and between the key EU institutions, play an equally important role in reaching a final compromise. EU decision-making is made more complex because of the need to attain a qualified majority of national governments in the Council, and between Council and Parliament under the co-decision procedure.
It is imperative therefore that companies wanting to engage successfully and constructively with the EU institutions have the proper internal organisation and decision-making processes in place. EPPA specialises in this aspect of management: we analyse the organisation of our clients’ public affairs, governmental and regulatory operations and we investigate the linkage with key commercial functions of the company. We evaluate the respective contributions to the organisations’ public policy-making efforts, including an analysis of the timing of the intervention and the overlap with the established political procedures.
Another key organisational challenge that needs effective management is the coordination of policy work between a company’s headquarters and its operations at national level. Increased coordination and mutual support makes a significant contribution to successful operations, at both EU and national levels.
EPPA's management know-how is widely recognised and allows us to contribute actively as a member of the European Federation of Management Development.