Summary
This OECD Council Recommendation provides a normative framework for member and adhering countries on how to regulate and oversee lobbying and influence activities with greater transparency and integrity. It likely updates or supersedes earlier OECD guidance in this area, reflecting evolving governance challenges around corporate and special-interest influence on public policy. The document is a formal legal instrument of the OECD and represents a consensus position among member governments rather than an empirical research study.
UK applicability
As a current OECD member, the UK is subject to this Recommendation and may use it as a benchmark for evaluating and reforming its own lobbying transparency regime, including the operation of the Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists. The Recommendation is directly relevant to ongoing UK debates about the adequacy of lobbying disclosure rules and the influence of agri-food and other commercial interests on policy.
Key measures
Recommended principles for lobbying disclosure frameworks; institutional integrity standards; transparency mechanisms; conflict-of-interest safeguards
Outcomes reported
The document sets out recommended principles and standards for governments to ensure transparency, accountability, and integrity in lobbying and influence activities. It addresses disclosure requirements, codes of conduct, and institutional safeguards to protect public decision-making from undue influence.
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