European Affairs

We provide the following services in this field:

• Regional Policy Advice, Formulation and Appraisal
  Informed policy advice is essential for sound strategic and economic planning, and effective policy formulation.

  The company offers policy advice at every level for both public and private sector clients. We produce well researched in-depth analysis of trends and current practice and evaluate the impacts of policies and management decisions. We can devise and evaluate future policy and its consequences in a local, regional and European context.

  Successful strategic policy-making depends on two factors; understanding and performance. In practice, this means knowing the correct concepts that are needed, and how to implement them properly.

  We provide consultancy, research and analytical services to government and private sector clients on public policy formulation issues that include development of reports, and papers on a variety of issues at European, national, regional and local levels. Policy papers tend to be wordy, however, we specialise in short, clear and readable papers to enable political and administrative agents to see rapidly what the crux of the matter is so that they can make effective decisions.

• Funding Advice & Application Preparation
  Visit our Funding Packages page for more detailed information on funding advice and application preparation from a range of sources including the EU.

• Intelligence Services & Lobbying
  We can provide both one off and ongoing support to an agency or company seeking to be kept up to date with the latest intelligence, especially “inside” information, or seeking to lobby to influence policy change.

• Co-ordination & Technical Support
  We can provide a comprehensive information and intelligence service across a range of subject areas and provide briefing and background research papers on an ongoing basis as well as technical support and setting up meetings with key people in the European institutions.
• Other Specialisms
  Other specialisms include

  • Policy Advice on Maritime Safety Issues
  • Technical Advice on Fisheries Issues
  • Evaluation of Energy Funding Applications

Click here to see some example of work we have done in this area.