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Title: Welcome to ICCO


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Welcome to ICCO
  • The Voice of Public Relations Around The World

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Contents
  • Our Mission
  • What We Do
  • Who We Are
  • Our Members
  • Organisational Structure
  • Management
  • The Working Parties
  • Core Activities
  • Membership
  • Join Us!
  • Appendix (List of Members)

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Our Mission
  • ICCO represents the worlds public relations
    consultancy business.
  • We work to develop greater consistency of
    standards across member countries so that clients
    will benefit from higher quality services that
    are clearly defined, professional and ethical.

4
What We Do
  • Provide a global organisation for national or
    regional public relations consultancy trade
    associations and support the creation of similar
    associations in countries where the profession is
    sufficiently mature

Continuously raise professional and ethical
standards
Provide forums for discussion of issues facing PR
consultancies worldwide and for sharing best
practice
Represent the PR consultancy industry in global
debates and seek to influence how they will
impact on our members
Provide a focal point for those seeking
information about the public relations
consultancy sector
Continuously seek commercial and business
opportunities for the consultancies affiliated
with our member associations so that they may
grow and thrive
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Who We Are
  • A not-for-profit, global entity established in
    1988
  • An umbrella organisation for more than 1,000 PR
    firms affiliated through their national trade
    associations
  • 28 member countries, including 26 Full Members
    and 2 Observers
  • Membership from Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle
    East and North America

6
Our Members
ICCO members
  • Australia
  • Austria
  • Belgium
  • Bulgaria
  • Croatia
  • Czech Republic
  • Denmark

Nigeria Norway Poland Portugal Russia Slovakia Slo
venia
Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Arab
Emirates United Kingdom United States
Finland France Germany Greece India Ireland Italy
Observer
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Organisational Structure
8
Management
  • The ICCO Executive Committee

President Lou Capozzi
Past President John Saunders
Treasurer / Finance Chair Christian König
Ethics Membership Chair Jean-Leopold Schuybroek
Marketing Promotion Chair Kathy Cripps
ICCO Summits Chair Prema Sagar
Industry Data Chair Richard Houghton
Executive Director (staff) Virginia Hague
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The Working Parties
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Ethics Membership
  • Regularly reviews the ICCO charter (currently the
    Stockholm Charter)
  • Ensures that existing members conform to the ICCO
    by-laws
  • Recruits new members and reviews applications
  • Assists Observer Members on the path to full
    membership
  • Supports worthy efforts to establish trade
    associations in developing markets

11
Marketing Promotion
  • Drives the production of publications and
    maintenance of website content
  • Creates and oversees implementation of an annual
    marketing and editorial production plan
  • Defines the ICCO brand policy and monitors its
    implementation
  • Drives relationships with international
    organisations or professions relevant to the PR
    industry

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ICCO Summits
  • Defines the theme and format of each ICCO Global
    Summit, identifying content and speakers
  • Oversees production of each Global Summit
  • Serves as a point of reference and offers
    guidance on ICCO Regional Summits, in cooperation
    with member trade associations

13
Industry Data
  • Determines which data ICCO member organisations
    should supply and provides assistance as needed
  • Supervises the collection of industry data,
    interpreting it for publication
  • Establishes appropriate relationships with
    international governmental organisations as
    relevant to the public relations industry

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Finance Partnerships
  • Assists the Treasurer in performing his or her
    tasks
  • Oversees the annual budgeting process and
    monitors financial progress
  • Reviews the economic merits of proposed
    partnerships considered for the development of
    ICCO activities, e.g. for media or events
  • Reviews the membership dues structure on an
    annual basis to ensure balance and fairness

15
CMS
  • A temporary Working Party that
  • Regulates the Consultancy Management Standard and
    its application, limited to ICCO-affiliated firms
    in each country
  • Drives the promotion of the standard to relevant
    entities or parties
  • Is responsible for the international roll-out of
    CMS certification, including agreement of a
    global framework contract between ICCO and the
    independent auditor

16
Core Activities
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Regional Global Summits
  • The ICCO Global Summit, occurring every 2 years,
    convenes leaders of the PR consultancy industry
    to share knowledge and market information, debate
    current issues and enhance their professional
    networks
  • ICCO Regional Summits are produced in conjunction
    with local member associations and focus on the
    development of the PR industry and issues in the
    relevant region

18
The Stockholm Charter
  • The Charter specifically addresses
  • Objective counsel advocacy
  • Society
  • Confidentiality
  • Integrity of information
  • Delivering promises
  • Conflicts
  • Representation
  • Governance business practices
  • Code of ethics signed by all ICCO members in 2001
  • Replacement for the original Rome Charter
  • Core document ensuring commitment to high
    standards of ethics, transparency and
    professionalism providing confidence to clients
    and agency partners alike

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CMS Consultancy Management Standard
  • A highly regarded badge of professionalism in
    public relations
  • Devised by the PRCA UK in 1997 and accessible to
    ICCO members worldwide
  • Combines elements from ISO 9000 and Investors
    in People with criteria specific to the PR
    industry
  • 8 key business areas assessed by independent
    auditor DNV, one of the worlds leading risk
    management firms
  • Helps improve consultancy businesses while
    assuring both clients and employees that audited
    firms provide superior quality and performance

20
ICCO Reports Original Research
  • Country Reports
  • Quantitative and qualitative industry data
    contributed by member associations and reproduced
    by ICCO or in conjunction with a partner
    publication
  • The World Report
  • Consolidated country data combined with
    information from partner organisations to offer
    unique insight into the global PR industry,
    released annually
  • ICCO Research
  • Original research into fundamental issues
    affecting the PR industry and of interest to ICCO
    members, produced in partnership with leading
    industry organisations and academics
  • Recent examples a benchmarking of PR
    expenditure, a study on recruiting retaining
    Talent, an audit of ICCO and analysis of
    similar organisations

21
Partnerships
  • ICCO proactively seeks to collaborate with
    leading organisations in the communications
    industry in ways that directly benefit ICCO
    membership.
  • Some our high-profile partners include

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Communication With Members
  • Given our role as a representative body and the
    industry in which we operate, it is critical for
    ICCO to maintain open channels of communication
    with member associations, affiliated
    consultancies and the outside community. We do
    this via
  • The ICCO website (www.iccopr.com) with a
    members directory, news, events listings, space
    for knowledge sharing....
  • The ICCO quarterly newsletter distributed by
    e-mail to all member firms and posted to the
    website, containing industry news and thought
    pieces from leading PR practitioners
  • Regular electronic mailings to the Secretariat
    representatives of member associations for
    gathering and distributing industry data,
    discussing ICCO projects, etc.
  • Twice annual meetings with Board of Management
    representatives from each member country

23
Membership
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Membership Categories
  • Full Member
  • National or regional trade associations of PR
    consultancies are eligible if they
  • Are a Trade Association representing PR
    consultancies in their country or territory in
    case of multiple organisations, membership will
    be granted to the association that
  • Shows compliance with all aspects of the present
    bylaws, and
  • Represents the largest share of the countrys PR
    consultancy business in total fees over the
    previous three years
  • Have statutes and a management structure
    reflecting legal autonomy and a Code of Practice
    acceptable to ICCO
  • Can prove financial stability with audited
    accounts of the last two fiscal years
  • Have their members agree to abide by the ICCO
    Stockholm Charter
  • Have a minimum of ten members
  • Agree to the Memorandum Articles of Association
    and the Bylaws of ICCO
  • Agree to produce statistics and information as
    requested
  • Agree to host Board of Management and/or
    Executive Committee meetings when requested
  • Ensure that a representative attends all Board
    meetings
  • Ensure that their representative plays an active
    role in at least one Working Party
  • Ensure that they keep ICCO updated on relevant
    changes to their organisations
  • Ensure that they pay all subscriptions when due

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Membership Categories
  • Observer Member
  • A PR consultancies trade association may be
    granted Observer status when
  • It has not established itself as an independent
    trade association, has not yet reached a
    membership of ten or cannot yet demonstrate
    financial stability
  • The trade association is not yet able to ensure
    compliance by its members with the ICCO Stockholm
    Charter but nonetheless shows enough compliance
    and effort for the Observer status to be deserved
  • The trade association wants ICCO to support it in
    order for its authority to be established as a
    representative organisation of the profession
  • A majority vote of the ICCO Board of Management
    supports the recommendation of the Executive
    Committee member appointed to review the
    application
  • __________________________________________________
    _____________________
  • Observer Member status is for a maximum of two
    years, after which Full Member status will be
    granted or Observer Member status terminated
    according to a majority vote of the Board
  • Observer Members are represented by one delegate
    to the Board of Management, without voting
    rights, and may participate in one Working Party
  • Observer Members pay no membership dues in the
    first year and 50 in the second

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Benefits of Membership
  • To Trade Associations
  • Badge of credibility and professionalism for the
    PR industry in the home country
  • Recognised standards to be handed down to member
    firms
  • Forum for addressing industry issues as well as
    sharing knowledge and best practice with peers
  • Vehicle for expressing opinions on key industry
    issues to the outside world with a unified voice
  • Support and guidance from established members on
    operational and other association matters
  • Trusted network for exploring international
    activities

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Benefits of Membership
  • To Member Firms
  • Channel for additional business opportunities as
    potential clients use ICCO to locate
    consultancies internationally
  • Tangible demonstration to clients and employees
    of professional integrity and high ethical
    standards
  • Trusted network for finding agency partners
    abroad
  • Exposure to leading industry thinkers and best
    practice methodologies via ICCO summits and
    communications
  • Access to proprietary industry research and
    knowledge
  • Conduit for raising awareness and voicing
    opinions on key issues in public relations
  • Discounts and other economic benefits from ICCO
    preferred partners

28
Dues Structure and Costs
The dues structure takes into account the
collective fee income of an associations member
firms, as shown here
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Join Us!
  • To find more information about us, our activities
    or our members, visit the ICCO website at
    www.iccopr.com.
  • Applications for membership are available for
    download.
  • If your organisation is interested in exploring
    partnership opportunities with ICCO, contact
  • Virginia Hague, Executive Director
    virginia.hague_at_iccopr.com 31.613.262.584.

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Appendix
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List of Members
Observer
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List of Members
Observer
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