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Kenyan Ministry of Information, Communication and The Digital Economy meet with Global Alliance
Kenyan Ministry of Information, Communication and The Digital Economy meet with Global Alliance

Principal Secretary of the Ministry of Information, Communication and The Digital Economy of Kenya, Mr. Stephen Isaboke hosted Prof. Justin Green, President and CEO of the Global Alliance for Public Relations and Communication Management, and Mr. Peter Mutie, Chairman of the College of Fellows at the Public Relations Society of Kenya (PRSK).

During the one-hour meeting, President Green officially briefed the Principal Secretary on the upcoming World Public Relations Forum (WPRF) 2026, which will be hosted by the African continent in Nigeria next November by the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations and powered by African Public Relations Association. The President extended a formal invitation for Mr. Isaboke to attend the Forum, which is expected to attract over 3,000 global delegates, including communication professionals, academics, and industry leaders from around the world.

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Global Alliance Celebrates Esther Cobbah’s Historic Appointment as First African Woman President of IPRA, Beginning October 2025
Global Alliance Celebrates Esther Cobbah’s Historic Appointment as First African Woman President of IPRA, Beginning October 2025

It is with great excitement and a profound sense of pride that I share with you a remarkable milestone—not only reached, but truly conquered.

As President of the Global Alliance for Public Relations and Communication Management, I am honoured to invite our 360,000 professionals across 126 countries to join me in celebrating the historic appointment of Ms. Esther Cobbah, President of the Institute of Public Relations Ghana, as the first-ever African woman to serve as President of the International Public Relations Association (IPRA). Ms. Esther Cobbah term will commence from October 2025.

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Global Alliance Education, Training and Development Month 2025 — A Month of Global Learning, Collaboration, and Continued Growth
Global Alliance Education, Training and Development Month 2025 — A Month of Global Learning, Collaboration, and Continued Growth

The Global Alliance for Public Relations and Communication Management successfully concluded another meaningful edition of the Education, Training and Development Month (GAETDM) 2025. Throughout April, GAETDM once again served as a unique platform for global learning, knowledge exchange, and professional engagement, strengthening Global Alliance’s commitment to advance public relations and communication management education and practice worldwide.
Carrying the overall theme “Reimagining PR and Communication: Ignite, Learn, Transform,” GAETDM 2025 once again provided an inclusive and collaborative space where professionals, educators, researchers, and students from around the world gathered to share expertise, exchange knowledge, and explore the evolving direction of the profession.

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Leading & Celebrating our Profession - 25 years of Growth & Resilience
Leading & Celebrating our Profession - 25 years of Growth & Resilience

Leading & Celebrating our Profession - 25 years of Growth & Resilience

Prof Justin Green, President & CEO, Global Alliance - Annual Report 2024

As we enter our 25th year (marked as the ‘silver jubilee’ in some cultures), it is my great honour to present the 2024 annual report of your Global Alliance for Public Relations and Communication Management. With your steadfast support and active involvement, 2024 was another year of growth for our Alliance in terms of our membership, our service offering, and the reach and impact achieved through our global advocacy.

As I reflect on another year of accomplishment with your support, I am also reminded that it is now almost six years since I had the tremendous privilege of being elected Global Alliance President in 2019. You will recall that a global pandemic came into all of our lives soon after that. This meant my early months and years as President coincided with a major public health emergency that challenged all of us to think differently about how we lived and worked.

Global Alliance evolved our member offering to better reflect the new realities of global business and that journey continues.

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Shaping the Future of Communication: A Dialogue Ahead of the European Summit in Venice
Shaping the Future of Communication: A Dialogue Ahead of the European Summit in Venice

Shaping the Future of Communication: A Dialogue Ahead of the European Summit in Venice

AI, ethics, and the future of communication: a dialogue ahead of the Global Alliance’s European Summit and AI Symposium, set to take place in Venice this May.

This interview opens the communication campaign leading up to the European Communication Summit and the AI Symposium taking place in Venice on 16 May 2025.

Bonnie Caver, SCMP, IABC Fellow, - former chair of the International Association of Business Communicators, board member of the Global Alliance for Public Relations and Communication Management and co-facilitator of the session that will shape the Venice Pledge, a global commitment to ethical and responsible AI in communication — is interviewed by Lorenzo Canu, a Master’s student at the University of Amsterdam, currently writing a thesis on the EU’s Trusted Flaggers mechanism and General Coordinator of FERPILab.

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Time to Take Leadership: Trust and Transparency in the Era of the Green Regulation
Time to Take Leadership: Trust and Transparency in the Era of the Green Regulation

Time to Take Leadership: Trust and Transparency in the Era of the Green Regulation

by Petteri Lillberg

Five years ago, I co-authored a pioneering book on the role of brand and communications professionals in addressing the climate crisis. While the book was reflective and critical, its tone was optimistic and encouraging. It made the case that private enterprise and the business community, rather than governments or nation-states, were the most effective actors in tackling climate challenges.

Fast forward five years, and two things are clear. We have yet to solve the climate crisis, and instead of free markets leading the charge, the European Union is placing increasing faith in regulation. While markets outside Europe may operate under more relaxed regulatory environments, my recent discussions with partners, clients, and experts in the U.S., Latin America, and China confirm that the EU Green Claims Directive is redefining the rules of engagement. As a top business school professor I talked to in New York poignantly put it, the directive has "the potential to become a world law for all and any business wishing to expand internationally."

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