Key projects
Over the years, Schuttelaar & Partners has successfully completed hundreds of projects, both large and small, at the international level as well as close to its headquarters in The Hague. Below is a small sample of projects that we are working on or have recently completed — just to give you an idea.
Stakeholder dialogue, communications: Increasing global access to medicine
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According to WHO estimates, improving universal access to medicine could save 10 million lives each year. The Access to Medicine Index measures and ranks the efforts of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies to help solve the problem. Schuttelaar & Partners assists the Access to Medicine Foundation by helping to shape its global web communications, media relations, public affairs and fund raising efforts. » visit the Access to Medicine Index website |
Stakeholder dialogue: Issues in biotechnology
| Brussels-based EuropaBio is Europe’s largest association of biotechnology companies. At the organization’s annual Open Day, Schuttelaar & Partners set up a debate in which many participants, including NGOs and EC representatives, passionately discussed some of the sector’s key issues: public communication, biofuels’ impact on food, EU regulation and its effect on SMEs, and reimbursement of biotech drugs. » read EuropaBio’s report » watch the beginning of the debate |
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Process management: Helping consumers make healthier choices
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The Choices programme is a world-wide industry initiative set up to make the healthier choice the easy choice. It has introduced a simple front-of-pack stamp for food products that meet a set of qualifying criteria. Those criteria are designed by an independent scientific committee on the basis of international dietary guidelines. Schuttelaar & Partners has assisted in setting up the Choices International Foundation. We manage the secretariat, represent the foundation to outside parties and handle its communications. » visit the Choices International website |
Stakeholder dialogue: The global future of food
| What does the world want to eat? Schuttelaar & Partners just released the report of the first Future of Food seminar, that took place in November 2008 in Brussels. Its stakeholder dialogue resulted in some interesting questions, such as: is it time for a global food debate? » Read more at the Future of Food website » download the seminar report (pdf) |
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Communications: From press release to annual report
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For a rapidly growing number of clients, it is important to get their message out on an international stage. Schuttelaar & Partners can be instrumental in getting that done. We will draft and send press releases, write advertorials, brochures, annual reports, and, of course, websites. |
Facilitate debate: EU regulation and free trade
| Sanitary and phytosanitary standards formulated by the European Union sometimes prove controversial in global trade. What’s more, the European Commission (EC) and Member States sometimes will read those standards differently. At the EC’s Directorate-General of Trade, Schuttelaar & Partners facilitated a high-level debate between the EC Commissioner and representatives of the European Parliament and Member States. » download the report (pdf) |
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Project management: School feeding Initiative Ghana Netherlands (SIGN)
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In the SIGN project, dozens of partners in Ghana and The Netherlands boost agricultural Ghanese markets by subsidizing school lunches that are locally produced. Schuttelaar & Partners brought together Dutch partners from the public as well as the private sector. We helped build the organisational infrastructure in The Netherlands, and frequently publish newsletters to keep all stakeholders closely involved. » visit the SIGN website |
Stakeholder dialogue: Brussels Biotechnology Forum
| The application of biotechnology in European agriculture and food and feed markets remains complex. For all stakeholders in the supply chain, it is important to meet and keep up with developments and trends. For many years, Schuttelaar & Partners has brought together many stakeholders and facilitated their interaction in Brussels. |  |
Issue Management: Helping food industries pick up new trends
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For public affairs executives at leading multinational food and feed companies, Schuttelaar & Partners hosted a multi-day conference in Brussels to reflect on the industry's reputation and to identify the main issues facing it. Homing in on health and sustainable raw materials as dominant issues, the meeting enabled companies such as Unilever, Cargill, and Südzucker to adjust their long-term strategies early on. |
Stakeholder dialogue: Finding drugs against neglected diseases
| Many players have entered the game of developing drugs and vaccines against HIV/AIDS, malaria and other poverty-related diseases. But resources are scarce and working together efficiently is daunting. Schuttelaar & Partners helped bring together representatives from government, industry, non-governmental organizations and public-private partnerships worldwide to discuss how to better connect the links of the pharmaceuticals development chain. » meeting report: 'Connecting the Chain' |
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