Programme of the 24th session of EIPAL

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Summary overview of topics included in the 24th session

• Principal Basics of European Law
  Pia Conseil
  
• The Development of Budget, Financial Control and Internal Auditing within the European Union
  Alan Pratley
  
• Negotiating a European Directive and How to Approach the European Institutions
  Françoise Havelange
  
• Europe and the Consumers
  Monique Goyens
  
• Perspectives in Trade Relations between China and Europe
  Xiaotong Zhang
  
• Differences in Sensitivities, Cultures and Social Relations in Europe
  Richard Hill
  
• Do the European Social Partners want a Social Europe?
  John Monks
  
• Europe and the Information Society
  Yves Domzalski
  
• European Competition Policy
  Bernard Vanheule
  
• Collecting and Distributing European Information
  Olivier Jehin
  
• The European Commission and the Concept of Comitology
  Antoine Buchet
  
• The new Common Agricultural Policy -CAP
  Guy Van Haeverbeke
  
• Round Table: The Increasing Role of Networks
  Pascal Day, Giacopo Lombardi, Jamy Notermans, Paolo Caricato
  
• The profile of the Lobbyist and the costs of Running an Office in Brussels
  Sören Haar
  
• The Role of Consultancy in Public Affairs
  Martin Saecki
  
• Round Table: Access to European Information, Transparency and Anti-Fraud, & Politics of Anti-Corruption
  François Vincke, Gérard Legris
  
• Relations between NGOs and European Institutions
  Ozgur Oner
  
• The Organisation and Relations with the Press
  Jacques Lechat
  
• American Lobbying: Methods and Actions
  Christian de Fouloy
  
• European Lobbying: Methods and Actions
  Salvatore Rosetti di Valdalbero
  
• Round Table: The Increasing Influence of Think-Tanks
  Pierre Defraigne, Giles Merrit
  
• Round Table: The Influence of Diplomacy in Settling Climatic Issues
  François Roudié, Chris Beddoes, Jacques Kummer, Isabelle Chaput, Jean-Philippe Ducart
  
• Strategies and Methods to Obtaining European Funding
  Marc Loher
  
• The relationship between Brussels-Capital and the European Institutions
  Marie-Laure Roggemans
  
• Approaching the European Commission
  Michel Maroy
  
• Organising a European Event
  Christian Le Clercq
  
• The Lobbies’ Assault on Europe
  Bernard Lecherbonnier
  
• Where is Europe Heading?
  Pascal Lefèvre
  
• European Perspectives
  Ricardo Petrella
  
• The European Commission: Functions, Powers and Means
  Willy Hélin
  
• How does the European Parliament Work, and How to Approach it?
  Ian Philipps
  
• The Council of the European Union
  Marianne Christensen-Dahl
  
• The Role of Permanent Representations
  Jean de Ruyt
  
• The Committee of the Regions as an EU Body
  Branislav Stanicek
  
• The European Economic and Social Committee
  Jean-Pierre Faure