Monday 19 March 2012

Start of Erasmus IP on lobbying and government relations

Good to hear from the Greenwich MA PR students and academics via Twitter in Belgium.   They along with 50 other Masters students studying PR and communications from 7 universities across Europe have just started on a two week Erasmus IP studying -  Public Relations: Government Relations and Lobbying in a European perspective, based in Ghent, as well as visiting Louvain-la-Neuve and Brussels.

I will be joining them next week in Ghent which will include a day when Greenwich hosts a day's workshop on lobbying by the financial sector.   We are delighted to be welcoming; Florence Ransom from the European Bankers Federation; Karel Van Hulle from EU Internal Markets (DG MARKT); Hannah Grant from Insurance Europe  and Hans Hank from FTI Consulting.

I am also giving a talk on Legitimacy and Transparency earlier in the week and found Susanne Holmstrom's chapter in Public Relations Research a great starting point.  Looking forward to joining the programme on Sunday.   Also to see this Erasmus IP develop further in 2013/14.