How to make a transparent registration in the European Commission Register of Interest Representatives
Basic information
- Type: Self-Assessment
- Year established: 2008
- Status: Active
- Thematic area: Advocacy / lobbying
- Summary: How to make a transparent registration in the European Commission Register of Interest Representatives is a proposed initiative which provides guidance for EU lobbying groups (including NGOs) to register with the European Commission in a transparent way. The proposal encourages the disclosure of minimum information such as the names of lobbyists, the finances involved in lobbying efforts and the specific lobbying issues.
Contact details
- Host organisation: Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation in the EU
- Acronym: ALTER-EU
- Website: www.alter-eu.org
- Email: coordinator@act4europe.org
- Phone: +32 (0) 2 511 17 11
Areas addressed
- Principles or standards: Standards-based
- Communications / advocacy / fundraising:
- General commitment to transparency
- Lobbying standards
- Cross-cutting thematic areas:
- State - CSO relations
Participation
- Reasons for participation
- Enhancing credibility, quality or reputation
Compliance
- Description of monitoring mechanism: Self-assessment toolkit
No monitoring
Assessment
This initiative, which brings together civil society organisations as well as lobbying firms and EU academics, provides an important example of using CSO self-regulation for the purpose of encouraging government regulation. ALTER-EU is working to raise standards among its members in the hopes that these standards will eventually be required of all EU lobbyists.
