Interest groups play a big role in the functioning of the democracy of the EU. These players that lobby for different interests can make a positive, but also a negative contribution to EU politics. The influence of the interest groups on the EU institutions can vary, and some will always be more influential …

Haaien en roggen nemen wereldwijd al jaren in aantallen af. Binnen Europa hebben verschillende natuurorganisaties zich deze afname aangetrokken, de lobby van deze organisaties heeft geleid tot actie van het Europees Parlement. Een van resultaten van deze actie is de opname van haaien en roggen in de …

Burgers en politici hebben behoefte aan verantwoording over ingezette middelen voor ontwikkelingshulp en de bereikte doelen. De resultatenrapportage van het Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken biedt in theorie een mooi overzicht dat ten dele inzicht verschaft. Het rapport schetst echter een te mooi beeld. …

Fairfood International zet zich in voor de verduurzaming van de voedingsmiddelenindustrie. Op deze manier wil de organisatie vechten tegen armoede en honger in de wereld. Het hoofdkantoor van Fairfood is gevestigd in Amsterdam. Daarnaast heeft Fairfood nog kantoren in Berlijn, Londen, San Fransisco, …

Since the establishment of the Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations (SOMO) in 1973 many factors have changed. Communication, mobility and accessibility being a part of an on-going technological progress have created new challenges and opportunities. In order to facilitate new strategies …

There has probably never been such an intense debate about the layout of the countryside as the one that is currently raging. There are serious concerns about the landscape, which is being rapidly transformed by urbanization and everything associated with this process, and not only in the Netherlands …

Sub-national authorities [SNAs] have seen a great development in their influence in the European up from the 1980s, due to several processes at work in Europe. Multi-level governance [MLG], a theory derived from studies on European Integration, explains for instance the changing interaction between different …

Due to emancipation process there is need for information on Deaf culture - Is there a Deaf Culture in the Netherlands? - If so – what is it? How can we define it? - What are priorities in research? - How best disseminate results in Deaf community? - Lobby for rights of Deaf people (Unesco 1994; UN Convention …

This paper is an analysis of how Non - Governmental Development Organisations (NGDO) lobby the European Parliament. NGDOs employ various lobbying tools to exert influence during the legislative process at the European Parliament. In order to assess how these organisations lobby, it needs to be established …