by Tomas Vitas | Feb 2, 2021 | Advocacy & Political, Digital & Social, News
GovTech II: Portugal assumes EU presidency & goes digital “People only accept change when they are faced with necessity, and only recognize necessity when a crisis is upon them,” wrote Jean Monnet, one of the founding fathers of the European Union, in his Memoir...
by Héloïse Martorell | Jan 27, 2021 | Advocacy & Political, Digital & Social, News
DSA: The Future of Content Regulation On 13 January, Fourtold and Access Partnership combined communications and policy to jointly host a webinar on the Digital Services Act. The DSA was a defining trend in 2020, as the European Commission kicked off its ambitious...
by Tomas Vitas | Oct 13, 2020 | Advocacy & Political, Digital & Social, News
GovTech I: Lithuania’s tech savvy governance With the launch of the GovTech Lab, the Baltic nation of Lithuania has taken some early steps towards creating an innovative public sector environment. “Lithuania is a relatively young democratic country and that gives us...
by Christina Fee | Jan 6, 2020 | Advocacy & Political, Brand & Reputation, News
At the start of a new year and new decade, as part of what is naturally a reflective period, we may find ourselves reviewing and analysing the main events of the last era and what can be learned from them. It’s a time of renewal, allowing for a fresh start all...
by Darren Ennis | Oct 23, 2019 | Advocacy & Political, Issues & Crisis, News
Just under a year ago, I wrote a post arguing that a UK General Election was the only way to resolve Brexit once and for all. It now looks like two Prime Ministers later, three so-called ‘meaningful’ votes and 12 months of negotiations, Boris Johnson and...
by Darren Ennis | May 31, 2019 | Advocacy & Political, Issues & Crisis, News
The European Union’s own version of ‘Game of Thrones’ kicked off this week following the weekend’s European Parliament elections. The Liberal ALDE parties, and to a lesser extent the Greens, became the king and queen-makers in the formation of the new assembly and...