1. GA News Global Alliance E-Newsletter: June 25, 2010
New GA Board Elected for 2010-2011
GA Publishes 2009 Annual Report WORLD PUBLIC RELATIONS FORUM 2010
GA Supports Members With Association Stockholm Accords Endorsed: PR Moves into the Future
Management Training Over 400 communication professionals from 29 countries came
GA Curriculum Research Reveals Global - together in Stockholm from June 13 to 15. The conference
Commonalities, "Local" Variations delegates interacted with a long list of visionary speakers,
finalized by a capstone address by Dr. Klaus Schwab, founder
Industry News and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum. Other
Global Measurement Standard Drafted Forum speakers included Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt;
Ex-commissioners Face Conflict of Interest Global Reporting Initiative chair Mervyn King; Bjorn Edlund,
Accusations former vice president of communications at Royal Dutch Shell;
Commission and Parliament Relaunch Talks and social media expert Brian Solis.
on Joint Register and Code of Conduct for
Lobbyists
GA Highlights
GA Opens
Bidding for
Hosting of 2012
World Public The WPRF participants endorsed a global call
Relations Forum to action on the role of public relations in the evolving digital
(WPRF)
society. "The Stockholm Accords" are a milestone in the
development of the global public relations profession and a call to
UN Proclaims action for organizations everywhere to use public relations to
2011 strengthen their relationships and reputation and to achieve
'International
Year of Forests'
sustainable success", said John Paluszek, Chair of the Global
Alliance. Read more
A World Economic Forum Perspective: A Network Future
Rising
PublicAffairsAsia
Publishes First
State of Industry
Report
Advertise with the GA "The world has outgrown nation states and complexity must
info@globalalliancepr.org be tackled" – Dr. Klaus Schwab, World Economic Forum.

2. GA Platinum Sponsors & Partners A complex networked future in which public relations
professionals must build trust and create sustainable communities
through continuous interactivity was at the heart of the compelling
capstone address to the WPRF by Dr Klaus Schwab, founder and
executive chair of the World Economic Forum. He described
public relations as the mutual understanding between two parties
and the creation of mutual trust, before sharing his thoughts on
the financial crisis, ways in which the world might move forward
and how to avoid an intergenerational crisis. Read more
World Public Relations Forum Resources
The Stockholm Accords (Final Draft)
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United Nations Global Compact Meeting: Dialogue,
Partnering Critical in New Era of Sustainability
As registered non-governmental-
organizations at the United Nations, The Global Alliance For
Public Relations and Communication and its member association,
The Public Relations Society of America, were represented at the
current U.N. Global Compact Leadership Summit in New York
City.
Repeated calls for two-way communication, dialogue, “listening to
each other”, and partnering among stakeholders resonated at the
United Nations Global Compact Leadership Summit. Read more
NEWS FROM ASIA
GA at World Islamic Economic Forum (WIEF) Kuala Lumpur
More than 200 entrepreneurs and
professionals from around the world mainly from the US, UK,
Istanbul, Spain, India , Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia

3. gathered at the International Institute for Islamic Thinking &
Civilisation (ISTAC), International Islamic University
Malaysia(IIUM) for a Workshop in conjunction with the World
Islamic Economic Forum officiated by the Chief Secretary to the
Government of Malaysia, Tan Sri Mohd Sidek Hassan. Read
more
NEWS FROM EUROPE (GLOBAL ALLIANCE-CERP)
Commission Must do 'Much Better' on Communications
The European Commission should be
"much better" at communicating European issues to citizens,
Claus Sørensen, director-general of the EU executive's
communications department, has said, admitting that Brussels
bureaucracy was hindering its efforts.
"The house is burning and we don't have time for a Europe of 'we
love each other'," said Sørensen, speaking during a debate
hosted by the European Foundation Centre in Brussels. The
Danish director-general of the Commission's communications
directorate said that Europe must focus all its efforts on economic
recovery if it is to emerge from the crisis and compete effectively
with the giants of the future, like China and India. Read more
CONTINUED EDUCATION
Global Alliance Offers Four Scholarships for Experienced
Communication Professionals
Support from the Global Alliance for Public Relations and
Communication Management (GA) is making four scholarships
available for international communications specialists to continue
their education at the Università della Svizzera italiana‘s part-time
international Executive Master of Science in Communications
Management (MScom) starting in January 2011. The MScom
program is a part-time, postgraduate program for experienced
communications professionals. Application deadline for the
scholarship is October 20, 2010. Read more

4. About the Global Alliance
The Global Alliance for Public Relations and Communication Management is the international organization linking Public
Relations professional associations around the world. By partnering with associations in more than 70 countries, the Alliance
works to increase professionalism in Public Relations and enhance the global influence of the profession. The Alliance's activities
focus on raising standards, sharing knowledge, advocacy for the profession and strengthening associations of Public Relations
practitioners. www.globalalliancepr.org