Description of the project and Services provided:
The overall objective is to deepen and broaden the EU-Australia partnership using the EU-AUS FA as a reference point and to ensure that other opportunities for engagement are further expanded, including the broadening of the political, research and innovation, economic and trade investment relationship, also with a view to the prospective EU-AUS FTA.
The specific purposes of this contract are:
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To raise the profile and the importance of the EU-AUS relationship across all sectors of Government, Parliament, business, civil society, academia and the media.
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To effectively influence the agenda-setting of the official EU-Australia relationship, as well as of selected Senior Official Dialogues, through ideas and informed input generated by the Senior Leaders Forum/Emerging Leaders Forum, and by the Sectoral Policy Workshops.
The results of the project are:
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Through the provision of a highly prestigious platform (Senior Leaders Fora/Emerging Leaders Fora), ensuring greater awareness, interest and ownership of EU-AUS relationship amongst key decision makers and emerging leaders from the EU and Australia coming from Government, Parliament, business, civil society, academia and the media.
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Greater interest and knowledge generated amongst key decision makers and emerging leaders regarding the concept, benefits and consequences of a possible EU-AUS FTA.
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Concrete ideas generated for the concrete implementation of the FA and FPA and Horizon 2020 and other areas of cooperation, including new ones.
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Informed input for Senior Officials Dialogue generated by Expert Policy Workshops.
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Press releases on the benefits and opportunities of the EU-AUS relationship, as well as of the place and role of the EU in the region and in the world, published.
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Established network of senior and emerging leaders across all sectors (politics, civil society, private sector, academia and the media) and of policy experts actively engaged in promoting the EU-AUS relations.
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Baseline study providing an up to date information base on EU-AUS relations, mapping the perceptions of Australian and European media and establishing baseline information and indicators to monitor the progress of EUALF and of the EU-AUS relationship.
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One publication on EU-AUS relations and one publication on the results of the EUALF project.
The services provided are:
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Know how transfer
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Policy advice
