Idiot’s guide to lobbyism. Essential addition

New nuances of Volha Stuzhynskaya’s deal on lobbying for reducing the EU’s travel blacklist have been revealed.

This information was obtained on the website of the Office for a Democratic Belarus.

A new organization – “Office for European Expertise and Communications” Educational Institution was registered in Belarus. The main purpose of the Office will be to contribute to development of partnership relations between the organizations in Belarus and EU and EC member-states, and also render them assistance in the development of joint programs and projects in social, cultural, ecological, legal fields.

The Office is going to carry out research in the mentioned fields; arrange seminars, conferences, and exhibitions with a view to contributing to the establishing and maintaining cooperation between the organizations in Belarus and other European countries.

In other words, the “office” was easily registered in Belarus, the fact to be envied by any democratic organization working in the country, one of the leaders of Free Belarus Now campaign Mikalai Khalezin notes on his blog.