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Chartwell Strategy Group, which opened for business last month, is repping the Government of Georgia for public affairs work under an oral agreement valued at $50K per-month.
The DC firm will support Georgia’s outreach to the US Congress and White House in an effort to generate political support for the former Soviet Union republic.
It will lobby for more direct foreign assistance and push bolster bilateral trade relations.
Chartwell and Georgia are in the process of writing up a formal contract for the PA effort, which will run for a year.
Variety (Feb. 9) reported that Georgia, “a rugged and beautiful nation nestled between the Caucasus Mountains and the Black Sea,” has been making a pitch to lure international filmmakers to shoot in the country.
It offers incentives such as a 20 percent rebate on local spending.
Edelman is providing communications support to Panama’s Ministry of Commerce and Industries under an agreement capped at $97,100 per month.
Ballard Partners has recruited State Department veteran Matt Bryza as a senior policy advisor.
Teneo has extended its contract with the Salama Bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation for an additional four months to July 31, adding another $1.8M in fees to the New York firm’s coffers.
The Syrian Kurdish militia recruits Jim Dornan Strategies to press Congress for continued support in their battle against ISIS and Syrian president Bashar Assad.
The Government of Hungary has hired Strategic Improvisation Inc. to generate positive media coverage and combat negative press coverage of the Central European country. (6 reader comments)
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