ETHICORE

Global democratization has brought into sharp focus the intense debate over the role of institutions in public order and the growth in parliamentary expansion. Interchangeably used, legislatures, parliaments or assemblies are mirrors of their states and its political culture. As institutions established to represent a range of citizen interests and preferences, parliaments and legislatures are conferred an important governance role to literally legislate and amend laws and sanction and amend policy and policy shifts of the state, whilst holding the state accountable to citizens. They hold the power of the purse through enacting budgets, revenue and tax laws and to engage the citizenry and key non-state actors in exercising their decision-making and oversight.

Our Expertise: What makes us unique?

Strategically located on the doorstep of parliaments and legislatures in the territories in which we operate, ETHICORE’s Parliamentary and Legislative Affairs Practice is exclusively focused on providing a full-service customised parliamentary and legislative service and solution. We service clients affected by the reach and impact of parliamentary decision-making and oversight, as well assisting parliament’s and inter-parliamentary organisations to strengthen parliamentary practices and performance.

Our Value Offering: Benefits of our work

Our Parliamentary & Legislative Practice manages every aspect of parliamentary and legislative affairs for our clients, including the following elements.

Information and Intelligence:

> Timely and up-to-date parliamentary and legislative monitoring, alerts and updates

> Parliamentary, legislative and policy, research, analysis and impact assessment studies

> Surveys and assessment of Parliamentary trends, perceptions, attitudes and issues

Communication and Engagement:

> Professional and admissible parliamentary advocacy, lobbying, liaison and facilitation

> Parliamentary and legislative proposals, drafting, submissions and position papers

> Parliamentary reputation, relationship and stakeholder management

> Parliamentary and legislative media, commentary and correspondent services

Training and Capacity Building:

> Parliamentary, legislative, protocol, advocacy and lobbying counsel and training

> Strategic planning, capacity building and training for parliaments and legislatures

> Assisting parliament’s and legislatures to establish admissible forms for influencing parliamentary decision-making and forms of lobbying supervision

We boast a dedicated, well-rounded and multidisciplinary team of highly qualified and experienced parliamentary practitioners who are well known and respected in parliamentary circles and networks, with more than a decade of combined expertise and experience. Appointing ETHICORE as your parliamentary consultants, advisors, liaison and counsel, whether on a retainer or project specific basis can save you valuable time that it would otherwise take to come to terms with seemingly complex parliamentary and legislative process affecting your organisation. Most of all, by acquiring the services of ETHICORE, you will be harnessing and leveraging the expertise of a leading parliamentary practice that delivers impactful and insightful results.

Our Reach:

We have cultivated and maintain strategic relations, networks and linkages with key institutional focal points in the broader parliamentary and legislative environment at the political and administrative levels.

In the South African Parliament, our reach extends to and covers:

• National Assembly Programming Committee
• Parliamentary Bills Office, Constitutional and Legal Advisors
• Office of the State Law Advisor
• Presidential and Ministerial Parliamentary Counsellors
• Office of the Leader of Government Business
• 56 Committees across both house of Parliament
• 36 Portfolio Committees in the National Assembly
• 13 Select Committees in the National Council of Provinces
• 6 Special Joint Committees
• Parliamentary committee chairpersons, clerks and content advisors
• Party political parliamentary caucuses and study groups

 

Regional, inter-parliamentary and multilateral levels:

• Inter-Parliamentary Union
• Pan African Parliament
• SADC Parliamentary Forum
• South African Legislative Sector
• Parliamentary Network on the World Bank
• Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
• International Association of Business in Parliament
• AGORA Parliamentary Forum

Bilateral civil society parliamentary fora:

• ETHICORE – Business Unity South Africa Parliamentary Forum
• Parliamentary and legislative dialogue with organized business and civil society