Intelligence gathering and forecasting

We go beyond simply monitoring the events and activities of the various bodies within the European Union and individual Member States to provide our clients with detailed analysis as to how decisions taken in Europe might affect their organisation using public sources, political intelligence and personal contacts. We monitor a diverse range of sources, ranging from debates in the European Parliament, meetings of the Council of the EU and discussions within the European Commission’s specialised committees, to technical and scientific meetings of specialist European agencies. This analysis, identification of political risk and political forecasting allows us to recommend the best and most appropriate course of action to our clients.

Stakeholder mapping

At the heart of our work in Europe is comprehensive stakeholder mapping to identify and prioritise with whom our clients must be communicating across the European Union, including its institutions and agencies, as well as industry bodies and member states. Our stakeholder engagement strategies include relevant Members of the European Parliament (MEPs), European Commission officials, EU agencies, and EU-wide stakeholders including individual member states, industry groups and consumer organisations.

The Whitehouse Consultancy is also adept at building and maintaining partnerships with other stakeholders across the EU, including industry groups, consumer organisations and NGOs. This work has proven invaluable when amplifying a client’s voice and strengthening its position and reputation on the international policy-making stage.

Strategic advice

Our dedicated European team includes multilingual experts in European policy and European law. We provide our clients with bespoke consultancy and senior counsel on how they can best engage with the bodies of the European Union, based on our knowledge and understanding of the issues they face and the legal and political ramifications at both European and national levels.

We can help translate complex technical issues to key political messages that effectively contribute to policy discussions in Brussels and Member States to the benefit of our clients.

Intelligence gathering and forecasting

We go beyond simply monitoring the events and activities of the various bodies within the European Union and individual member states to provide our clients with detailed analysis as to how decisions taken in Europe might affect their organisation. We monitor a diverse range of sources, ranging from debates in the European Parliament, meetings of the Council and discussions within the Commission’s specialised committees, to technical and scientific meetings of specialist European agencies.This analysis, identification of political risk and political forecasting allows us to recommend the best and most appropriate course of action to our clients.

Event organisation

We also support client objectives by offering our clients a range of policy-focused event organisation services – standalone events services, events with supporting engagement campaigns or events as part of a wider ongoing service offer – in a range of Member States. We have experience of working closely with clients to manage budgets for events taking place in different member states and that focus on EU or international topics. This includes delivering an end-to-end event, from working with suppliers across Europe to identifying key stakeholders and speakers and managing the event and all logistics on the ground.

Further information

For further information about our work in supporting clients’ engagement with the EU please click here.

For our specific work on Brexit, please see Project Brexit – The Whitehouse Consultancy’s dedicated microsite analysing the progress and problems of Britain’s negotiations to leave the EU.

The Whitehouse Consultancy is registered on the EU’s Transparency Register, an EU initiative to promote full transparency in the European decision-making process. This allows our team to engage with all the EU institutions, thereby helping our clients reach key decision-makers while complying with all ethical rules.