Freedom, Security, Justice and Citizenship Projects Regulation of Lobbying as a Right Direction to More Transparent and Corruption-Free Legislative ProcessRegulation of Lobbying as a Right Direction to More Transparent and Corruption-Free Legislative Process
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Project Manager: Radomír Špok
Timeframe: completed (September 2009 – December 2010)
Executive summary:
The reason for this initiative was the absence of any legal rules governing this area. General public's concept of lobbying or advocacy is often confused with corruption, which is considered a major social problem (eg, CR 18th place out of 27 EU countries in the Corruption Perceptions Index - CPI last year). EUROPEUM believe that the legal framework and the conduct of lobbying is an integral part of the political process and the promotion of group interests in society. The aim of this project is to promote a particular regulation at parliamentary level through public debate, and by many experts in this field.
Outputs:
The outputs of this project were studies about regulation lobbying in different countries.
- Regulation of lobbying in Poland
- Law regulation in selected countries (only in Czech language)
- Strengthening the transparency of the legislative process in the Chamber of Deputies (only in Czech language)
- Liberal democracy, lobbying and civil society (only in Czech language)
Donors:
CEE Trust - Trust for Civil Society in Central and Eastern Europe
Articles
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09-12-2011
Regulation of Lobbying in the Czech Republic. History, Debate and Perspective -
09-12-2011
Transparency in Lobbying: Comparative Review of Existing and Emerging Regulatory Regimes -
12-10-2011
The Blurring Border Between Police and Military: A Debate without Foundations -
20-02-2011
Regulation of lobbying in Poland -
22-12-2010
The Law on Lobbying in Hungary and Its Effects
Projects
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29-09-2011
Transparency in Lobbying in CEE Member States of the EU -
22-12-2010
Regulation of Lobbying as a Right Direction to More Transparent and Corruption-Free Legislative Process -
24-09-2009
Relation between Selected Legal Instruments Adopted within Framework of Police and Judicial Co-operation in Criminal Matters and International Law Obligations of the Czech Republic in Area of International Co-operation in Criminal Matters. -
22-06-2009
Contributing to the Debate on the Intelligence Services Reform in the Czech Republic: Working Panel on of the Reform Agenda -
23-11-2006
Fundamental Rights Agency - views from the new Member States and Germany
Publications
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Civil Society Aspects in the Discussion on the EU Constitutional Treaty
This publication contains the proceedings from the conference, organized by EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy in the Senate of the Czech Parliament on 8 October 2004. It contains the interventions of the respective speakers and panelists as well as samples from the discussion. The publication is available to download here.