The training course is tailored to provide considerable insight into the study of EU lobbying and to offer a methodical understanding of the interface between EU institutions and lobbyists. After an introduction of the relations between the EU institutions and lobbies, the programme will focus on an in-depth study of which skills and strategies lobbyists must adopt to increase their influence over the EU policy-making process. Indeed, the course is designed to develop professional techniques to engage and lobby EU institutions, as well as to give the methodology and tools required to devise strategies for successful lobbying campaigns.The programme of the course is divided in three modules.The first module is the introduction about the concept of lobby and it shows the close relations in the Brussels systems between the lobbies and the EU Institutions. Indeed, after an overview about the main actors of the EU lobby system, this section explains the specific role of the lobbies in European legislation cycle. The main types of lobby activities with an effective lobbying campaign and the accreditation procedures at the European institutions are illustrated through examples by an expert.Second section is more practical: through practical exercises, participants develop their skills for an effective lobby activity. A particular emphasis is given on the networking, both among lobbies and with the EU institutions.  The communication skills are also developed thank to some simulations with a media expert. Finally, this session aims to create a lobby strategy, analyzing the context and the stakeholders, defining the objectives and methodologies and setting the actions to be taken.The last module is characterized by meeting with expert and examples of lobby activities in Brussels: NGOs, regional representation, private companies, lobby experts.Enrollment deadline: 15 May 2013.