This reports includes all frequencies and percentages for all variables of face to face interviews of survey Formation of Policy Networks and Lobbying in Slovenia 2012. For the comparison also frequencies for first wave of survey Formation of Policy Networks and Lobbying in Slovenia 2012 from year 1996 are added.
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COBISS.SI-ID: 31521885The study material includes materials developed at the international conference on interest groups research in Central and Eastern Europe. The research group together with established researchers: Terry Cox, Zdenka Mansfeldova, Petra R. Guasti in Gallai Sandor discussed about position of civil society in this part of Europe, explored the possibilities of comparative research on interest groups in Slovenia, Hungary and the Czech Republic, explored possibilities of using already existed data for comparative analysis and developed a first draft of interview guide for comparative research. At the same time, the participants of the workshop were looking for opportunities for further cooperation and possibilities for joint publication.
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COBISS.SI-ID: 31937629In January 2013 research group organised a stakeholder meeting with the most active interest groups in Slovenia. Researchers presented preliminary survey results and confronted them with opinions and view of the most active interest groups which helped us verify the research results. In December 2013 research group INTEREURO in collaboration with project Jean Monnet Chair(lead by dr. Damjan Lajh) organised also a professional consultation on Coordination of EU affairs and role of officials, civil society, interest groups and experts on forming national position on EU legislations. Consultation was attended by executive officials, legislative officials, civil society representatives and organised interest. Participants discussed about coordination of EU affairs and formation of national position (COBISS ID- 32520957), tendencies to the dominance of the executive power in processes of making common European politics (COBISS ID- 32421469) and presented preliminary results of empirical survey on forming national position on European legislative proposals (COBISS ID- 32421213).
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COBISS.SI-ID: 31844957This article contributes to the literature on the impact of Europeanization on national interest groups in general, and in a post-communist context in particular. We analyse the data from two surveys of Slovenian interest groups active in eleven policy fields, conducted in 1996 and in 2012 within the framework of the INTEREURO project. This data offers an insight into (1) the dynamics of interest-group types, and (2) the interrelation of Europeanization and the typology of interest groups based on the characteristics of interest group activities. Our key finding is that there is some evidence of a causal link: "the more Europeanized interest groups are the more active they are". Although there may be clear domestic reasons why interest-group activity evolves over time in the national milieu, it is important (particularly in the post-communist context) to understand that EU links with interest groups do make a difference to the national interest-group politics.
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COBISS.SI-ID: 32665181The research team of the international comparative research project INTEREURO- Comparative research on interest groups politics in Europe attended the project’s annual meeting in Brussels on 1 and 2 December. On this occasion, was organized scientific conference at the Centre for European Policy Studies, where the research findings on applicative manner were presented to policy-makers, European interest groups, the media, and postgraduate students. The team presented the latest findings on strategies to influence policy-making, the impact of non-state actors, the frameworks used by different stakeholders in communicating their messages and the differences between EU member states involved in the project. The Slovenian project team also presented the key findings of the research on the development strategies of lobbying in multi-level and multi-institutional systems. The event has received international attention and was warmly accepted by participants.
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