The challenge of change in EU business associations ; [a selection of keynote contributions to a Conference on "The Challenge of Change in EU Business Associations" held in Brussels from May 7 to 10 2002

Key practitioners who work in and with EU business associations come together with leading policy makers from the EU institutions and researchers to analyze change factors for the associations and their role in EU policy making and implementation. Contributors include the Head of the team responsible for the EU White Paper on Governance, the Chair of the UK CBI Trade Association Forum, the Chair of the UK Political Studies Association, and the longest serving Secretary General of UNICE. In This Book Key Practitioners Who Work In And With Eu Business Associations Come Together With Leading Policy-makers From The Eu Institutions As Well As Research Academics To Analyse Change Factors For The Associations, Their Role In Eu Policy-making And Their Future. The Collection Covers Topics Never Previously Aired In Public, Such As Eu Competition Law And Trade Associations; The Impact Of The Governance White Paper On Associations; The Role Of The Secretary General; The Legal Framework For Associations; Recruitment And Retention Of Members From The South Of Europe And Enlargement Countries; Perspectives From Public Interest Groups And Contested Environments; And The Role And Value Of Trust In Associations.--jacket. Foreword / Philippe Busquin -- Introduction / Justin Greenwood, Alfons Westgeest -- Horizontal Business Associations At Eu Level / Werner Teufelsbauer -- Eu Institutions -- How The Architecture Of The Eu Political System Influences Eu Business Associations / Edgar Grande -- The White Paper On Governance: Challenges And Opportunities For Eu Business Associations / Jerome Vignon -- The Challenge Of Managing Relations With The European Parliament: How Well Do Eu Business Interest Associations Do? / John Russell, Paul Adamson -- Eu Competition Law And Trade Associations / Alan Reid -- Sectoral Characteristics -- Primary, Concentrated And Regulated Sectors: Steel / David Rea -- Textiles / Michiel Scheffer -- The Construction Industry / Ulrich Paetzold -- Operating In Contested Environments: The Experience Of The Chlorine Industry / Barrie Gilliatt -- Internal Environment -- David Against Goliath: Are Big Lobbying Organisations More Efficient Than Smaller Ones? / Daniel Gueguen -- Juggling Resources And Autonomy: Issues And Opportunities For 'specialised Associations' / Alfons Westgeest, Bruno Alves -- The Role Of The Secretary General / Zygmunt Tyszkiewicz -- Establishing An Eu Business Association Under Belgian Law / Dirk Lontings -- Trust -- In The End The Only Thing That Matters--is Trust / Ian Locks -- Trust: A Sceptical View / Wyn Grant -- Geographical Perspectives -- The Challenge Of Geography: Recruiting And Retaining Members From The South In Eu Associations / Irini Pari. Edited By Justin Greenwood. A Selection Of Keynote Contributions To A Conference On 'the Challenge Of Change In Eu Business Associations' Held In Brussels From 7-10 May 2002--introd. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 250-257) And Index. Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 6 List of Tables and Figures......Page 8 List of Abbreviations......Page 9 Notes on the Contributors......Page 12 Acknowledgements......Page 14 Foreword......Page 16 Part I Overviews......Page 18 1 Introduction......Page 20 2 Horizontal Business Associations at EU Level......Page 50 Part II EU Institutions......Page 60 3 How the Architecture of the EU Political System Influences EU Business Associations......Page 62 4 The White Paper on Governance: Challenges and Opportunities for EU Business Associations......Page 77 5 The Challenge of Managing Relations with the European Parliament: How Well Do EU Business Interest Associations Do?......Page 81 6 EU Competition Law and Trade Associations......Page 91 Part III Sectoral Characteristics......Page 108 7 Primary, Concentrated and Regulated Sectors: Steel......Page 110 8 Textiles......Page 120 9 The Construction Industry......Page 132 10 Operating in Contested Environments: The Experience of the Chlorine Industry......Page 140 Part IV Internal Environment......Page 154 11 David against Goliath: Are Big Lobbying Organisations More Efficient than Smaller Ones?......Page 156 12 Juggling Resources and Autonomy: Issues and Opportunities for ‘Specialised Associations’......Page 167 13 The Role of the Secretary General......Page 178 14 Establishing an EU Business Association under Belgian Law......Page 188 Part V Trust......Page 206 15 In the End the Only Thing that Matters – Is Trust......Page 208 16 Trust: A Sceptical View......Page 214 Part VI Geographical Perspectives......Page 222 17 The Challenge of Geography: Recruiting and Retaining Members from the South in EU Associations......Page 224 18 The Organisation of Business Interests in Central and East European Countries for EU Representation......Page 230 Part VII Public Interest Groups......Page 244 19 The Challenge of Managing Relations with the European Parliament: Insights from a Public Interest Group......Page 246 Part VIII Outlook......Page 250 20 Outlook......Page 252 Appendix: The International Association – New Belgian Legislation of 2 May 2002......Page 263 Bibliography......Page 267 C......Page 275 E......Page 276 J......Page 278 P......Page 279 U......Page 280 W......Page 281 In this book key practitioners who work in and with EU business associations come together with leading policy-makers from the EU institutions as well as research academics to analyse change factors for the associations, their role in EU policy-making and their future. Contributors include Jerome Vignon (head of the team responsible for the EU White Paper on Governance), Paul Adamson and John Russell from Weber Shandwick Adamson, the Chair of the CBI Trade Association Forum, and the Chair of the UK Political Studies Association. They also include a host of Secretary Generals of EU and national business associations past and present. The collection covers topics never previously aired in public, such as EU competition law and trade associations; the impact of the governance White Paper on associations; the role of the Secretary General; the legal framework for associations; recruitment and retention of members from the south of Europe and enlargement countries; perspectives from public interest groups and contested environments; and the role and value of trust in associations. Key practitioners who work in and with EU business associations come together with leading policy makers from the EU institutions and research academics to analyze change factors for the associations and their role in EU policy making and implementation. Contributors include the Head of the team responsible for the EU White Paper on Governance, the Chair of the UK CBI Trade Association Forum, the Chair of the UK Political Studies Association, and the longest serving Secretary General of UNICE. Key practitioners who work in and with EU business associations come together with leading policy makers from the EU institutions and research academics to analyse change factors for the associations and their role in EU policy making and implementation