International political initiatives can have an impact on every business today, both large and small. Koreneef Public Affairs will identify the strategies that need to be developed in response, and translate these into manageable actions that you can implement in your own business.

In our ‘small world’, more and more issues are being managed at an intergovernmental and at a global level. Issues are debated in United Nations’ agencies and multilateral structures, in trade bodies and regional government organisations. These will impact your business either directly or through your value chain.

Intergovernmental organisations prefer to operate within frameworks to introduce legislation that has international or global impact. Effective management requires businesses to build and maintain an understanding of how these frameworks operate, and how they can cross-over into other international and regional treaties and create further regulatory initiatives. For example, ‘climate change’ treaties, Human Rights standards, European Union directives or any international trade agreements require norms, guidelines and secondary instruments to be drawn up in order to take effect at national level. And there will always be more to come.

The complexity of intergovernmental policy-making can be baffling and far removed from the national political arena. Dealing with international policy-making requires a strategic approach to Public Affairs. Koreneef Public Affairs can help you to develop an approach that suits your business, whether you have resources in house or whether you rely on sector co-operation.

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