the good lobby team - andrea boccuni - citizen lobbying workshop budapest
TRANSCRIPT
Welcome to
for a Citizen Lobbying Journey
Let’s land before taking off!
your attention and intention
AIMS
glimpse into
knowledge-sharing
experiential learning
FORMAT
Get-to-know-each-other
3-word intro 👍
WHO ARE YOU
WHAT
WHY
(Alberto: Academic – Learn/Share – Get inspired)
What is
How many of you feelthe same?
I do.
so knowledgeable
so powerless
paradox
richer
live longer
more educate
less deferential
Spectators. Not
actors.
Consumers. Not
citizens.
in the meantime
inequalities
civic empowerment gap
Statistically insignificant
David and goliath battle
distrust in political system
digitally hijacked
belong to the 2 billion whose minds
are hijacked by tech companies
lack of countervailing forces
business community
media
political system
Who counters?
advertisers targeting children
engineers keeping us (2 billion) hooked on FB
politicians targeting closest friends on socials to gain our votes
How to fix that?
engagement
demand need
our theory of change
• generating societal impact through:
– More active citizens, collectively mobilizing and engaging in the policy process;
– More accountable policy process with more equal representation of interests; and
– More informed citizens, aware of how government works and equipped to make themselves heard by decision-makers
A citizen lobbyist is someone who, in the absence of remuneration, participates in the
policy process by tapping into their own skills, talents and expertise as well as in the repertoire of various lobbying techniques
within existing participatory channels.
citizen lobbying
Research assertive citizens
@TheGoodLobby www.thegoodlobby.com
a social movement
wins
Who pays?
Restrictions on plastic bags
• Average consumption of single-use plastic bags was found to be at 176 bags per person per year in 2010.
• EU Commission wants to propose legislation limiting use
Let’s imagine that you’ve a stake in this legislative initiative….
(who ?)
60-sec
Who Are You
What You Care About
Why
✸what stops you
clusters
6 teams on 6 battles
Citizen Lobbying:the tool-box
Alberto Alemanno
@TheGoodLobby
Think as a lobbyist
What should be your priority issues?
(brainstorm session)
Brainstorm session
• SUBSTANTIVE
–Process?
–Competence ?
–What do we want?
• Policy options ?
• Legal
• PROCEDURAL
–Pre-legislative process
–Actors involved
– Legislative process
What’s the process?
IDEA
PROPOSAL
ADOPTIONIMPLEMENTATION
ADJUDICATION
@TheGoodLobby www.thegoodlobby.com
Who is competent to act?
Not super-hero
How can you determine whether the EU is competent to act?
Read Article 1 TEU
High Contracting Parties establish the EU on which they confer competences to attain
objectives they have in common
Principle of conferral
The EU has no competences by its own right:
• the Union shall act only within the limits of the competences conferred upon it by the MemberStates in the Treaties to attain the objectives set out therein;
• competences not conferred upon the Union in the Treaties remain with the Member States.
Who are the actors?
advocacy landscape
• Chemical industry (upstream market): CEFIC
• Plastic bag manufacturers: Plastic Europe
• Plastic bag seller: Plastic Retailers
• Plastic bag buyer: supermarkets
• Greenpeace
• WWF
• Plastic Free Ocean
• Plastic Pollution Coalition
stakeholder mapping
alone or accompanied?
Advocacy plan
pick your avenue
many avenues of participation
little know, underused
How to communicate?
Who can help you?
online campaigning
I am not the elite!
Join
IDEA
PROPOSAL
ADOPTIONIMPLEMENTATION
ADJUDICATION
@TheGoodLobby www.thegoodlobby.com