Internship on Business Relations
The role of Special Advisors to Government on business issues
in the 27 Countries of the European Union
Details of work:
The internship assistance will involve identifying websites of
governments, trade associations, companies doing business in
Europe, press articles and other sources of information to
contribute to a study of the different approaches of the 27 EU
Member States to the recruitment of special advisors, especially in
the business sector.
The work is particularly relevant because of significant current
interest and activities around the role of Parliament as opposed to
Ministers in the development of Government legislation.
Background:
Professor Drew, at the Institute of Contemporary European
Studies (iCES) wishes to follow up a recent research on “European
Business Responses to the Global Financial and Economic Crisis”.
Its provisional conclusions were:
- Companies are doing mostly the same things across the EU to
respond to the crisis
- Governments are helping companies through fine tuning the
framework in which they operate, but are not coordinating their
activities at EU level
Read the preliminary report by Professor John Drew on Contemporary Europe
This follow-up research is aimed at reviewing how EU governments
take decisions on issues such as “quantitative easing.” From where
do they obtain their advice? In particular do they have Special
Advisors as in the United Kingdom? Apart from the usual sources,
the UK government over recent years has come to rely on Special
Advisors. What is their role? How are they appointed? What is their
influence? How are they managed? What is their cost? How are they
perceived by other sources of advice to government? What experience
do they have of business and management?
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