Of change, training and public affairs in Europe

Author: Tom Spencer

Source: Journal of Public Affairs, Volume 4, Number 4, November 2004 , pp. 406-409(4)

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Abstract:

European public affairs practitioners need to be increasingly professional in their reactions to an EU undergoing transformational change. The paper offers a comprehensive summary of the subtleties of institutional change in Commission, Parliament and Council in 2004. In particular, the author argues that expansion from 15 member states to 25 has fundamentally changed the nature of the Union's politics and the skills required to influence it. This new EU requires more of practitioners than experience and amateur instinct: to achieve results and avoid restrictive regulation, the public affairs community must adopt effective training strategies, challenging competence targets and regular self-assessment of its performance and ethics.

Keywords: EU enlargement; inter-institutional relations; public affairs training; professionalism

Document Type: Miscellaneous

Publication date: 2004-11-01

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