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Political/Policy Monitoring, Analysis & Advocacy

Knowing and understanding the complex political settings and policies at play is an important advantage for every business. Political analysis is a key part of informed decision-making and strategic planning. Monitoring and assessing the political developments on a national, regional and international level is crucial for developing a viable strategy.
We advise and assist our clients in identifying and understanding the relevant policies and political trends, as well as the positions of the policy-makers. On this base we provide comprehensive counsel how to act or react on the political process; monitor the developments and adapt the respective approaches.
Our goal is to provide our clients with the best understanding of the political environment and its potential impact on their business/organisation. We can help understand the real nature of specific policy making and make our client’s voice heard at the right time, in the right way, and among the right people. Our approach is not only to assess our client’s issues in the proper context, but also to develop a proper context for the needs of our clients.

Public Relations & Reputation Management

[:BG]Knowing how to communicate effectively with the key audiences and stakeholders and how to create powerful groups of advocates is the very essence of successful institutional policy.
We provide evidence-based approach and customised PR service, applying them to our clients’ current needs and future plans. Our approach toward reputation management features in-depth analysis, offline and online tools to manage and maintain reputation and a complex approach toward the various audiences.
We rely on and encourage our clients to perform the two-way communication approach – listening carefully and engaging in public discussions and debates. This is in addition to, and even more important than, disseminating information.

Medium is the message[:en]Knowing how to communicate effectively with the key audiences and stakeholders and how to create powerful groups of advocates is the very essence of successful institutional policy.
We provide evidence-based approach and customised PR service, applying them to our clients’ current needs and future plans. Our approach toward reputation management features in-depth analysis, offline and online tools to manage and maintain reputation and a complex approach toward the various audiences.
We rely on and encourage our clients to perform the two-way communication approach – listening carefully and engaging in public discussions and debates. This is in addition to, and even more important than, disseminating information.[:]

Media Affairs

Media established themselves as an equal or even ‘a superior’ player in contemporary politics, business and social affairs. Timely access to information and being at the forefront of current issues are of vital importance for the success of any initiative. Media can work effectively for those who, understand how they work.
We can develop and maintain an effective network of media contacts, which rely on long-term perspective of the relations. Our approach is simple – we do not simply turn information into news, we always strive to create news on your behalf.
We can provide a wide range of media and policy monitoring and analytical services suited to the specific needs of each client. We help our clients understand the environment in which they operate and guide them through the media and political discussion.

Key Messages Development

Key messages are ‘the skeleton’ of comprehensive and effective communication – these clear, short and concise pieces of relevant information, which create the sustainability of perception among various key audiences – from the employees to the broad public.
We cooperate with our client’s management and communication team on developing specific, memorable and persuasive key messages. Combined with analysis of the target audiences and the particular context of communication, we provide a reliable integrated approach. Our communication experts will be ready to adapt these into numerous media – desk statements, speeches, fact sheets, Q&As and many other communication instruments.

Stakeholders’ Analysis

Identifying the key stakeholders in any given sector and analysing the complex interactions between stakeholders and their outcomes is among the key factors for the sustainable perspective. The intense media and political discussion makes the stakeholders’ and influencers’ identification process ever more complex.
Mapping out the people, the actions and the processes relevant to our client’s specific case; delivering these in a comprehensive and tangible form creates an environment of public confidence. Thanks to our wide-reaching network, we are able to investigate the situation in depth and spot potential obstacles or opportunities, crucial for achieving the aims and objectives of our clients.
We can help identify those stakeholders that really matter, assess their relevance to the issues of interest and present our clients with a complete analysis and recommendations on how to shape their strategy and gain support for achieving their goals. Our services include, but are not limited to: Stakeholders identification & analysis; Stakeholders’ profiles; Strategic & tactical planning for dealing with stakeholders’ clusters.

Institutional Development Consultancy

Leadership or team focus? Incentives or restrictions? Revolutionary or evolutionary change? These and many other typical institutional dilemmas seem to have too many ‘magical’ answers but quite a few of these are working in practice. Moreover, universal solutions tend to become overall problems – this is where the story of the ‘guru-suspicious’ presenters ends and it’s time to get to the real hard work of shaping optimal institutional structure…
Our team has a vast experience in providing functioning solutions for synchronizing teams and leaders and their domains in the respective environments. Our flexible approach reaches from rapid analyses of the key factors in a particular organisation to long-term involvement in the organisation’s restructuring and development. Our staff has a track record of successes in management consultancy, change management and leadership coaching.

Crisis Management

The constant increase in the amount and the speed of information flow creates new demand for crisis protection and mitigating the negative effects of already occurred contingencies. Planning the reaction in such situations can be crucial for further damage control.
We develop practical guides for our clients’ institutions, ranging the levels of risk in any particular case and clearly outlining the basic and the specific measures for mitigating the negative public reaction – spontaneous or driven. Scenario planning, regularly updated Q & A handbooks, etc. are some of the tools we develop for our clients. A set of practical trainings for the spokespersons of the organisation in a ‘stress-test-mode’ is complementing our approach toward managing crisis.

Strategic Networking Consultancy

Strategic networking is not a glittering generality – it is a new way of developing a set of relationships and information sources for leaders that create a better perspective for the future. Putting emphasis on new valuable contacts and sustainable relations helps the leaders to achieve better understanding and to create supporting coalitions.
We analyse our client’s current strategic network status and advice how to expand it and improve its efficiency. This service aims at both outlining and structuring the needed levels of network influence, as well as targeting specific individual stakeholders, potential clients and influencers.

Training Programs

Involving officers and managers in a process of constantly learning and acquiring new skills is a clear example of functioning synergy. It leads to an improved human capital but also the very process of training the teams creates new powerful impulses in the people to improve working processes, reconsider their performance and feel tremendously empowered.
We can provide a broad range of topical, tailor-made trainings, which are aimed at our client’s specific organisation challenges and plans, related to the real capacity demands of its staff. Professional tutors, coaches, university professors and renowned practitioners are part of our advanced platform for great training experience.