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Day: 23 February 2026

A Simple Checklist to Avoid Publishing Pointless Position Papers

23rd February 2026 by Aaron

I guestimate that the average position paper consumes between 100 t0 200 hours to prepare and get signed off. Committee drafting and signing off – the preferred mechanism for preparing position papers – is nothing but time-consuming. As a rule of thumb, that means many position papers cost between €15K to €30K to get the … Read more

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3 tools to make a lobbyists job a lot easier

23rd February 2026 by Aaron

These are the tools I recommend for tracking your regulatory, legislative and political files. For me, they serve as a second brain and backup. If in doubt on the state of play of a file, I can use them to check in. It frees up time for other parts of the job. They track public … Read more

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