Washington-based government and corporate PR shop the Harbour Group, which has maintained a long-running pact with the United Arab Emirates, has been hired to develop communications plans for that country’s specialized government agency the Executive Affairs Authority.
THG will provide communications counsel and consultancy services for the government authority’s ongoing work in the United Kingdom, according to Foreign Agents Registration Act documents filed in November. Those services are slated to include communication message and plan development; identifying and engaging key stakeholders; media relations strategy; spokesperson training; participation in meetings; and media and online monitoring.
Abu Dhabi-based EAA advises policy to the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and provides that country’s executive council policy and advice on matters pertaining to economics, government affairs, legal and risk management and communications.
THG’s contract with the AEE runs until June 2019.

GrayRobinson has signed a $35K per month contract to provide government affairs services to the Embassy of Bahrain.
Development Counsellors International has landed the Tourism Authority of Thailand as a tourism and business event destination account.
Former Georgia Republican Congressman Tom Graves is representing the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, positioning the country as a reliable partner with the US.
Bridges Partners is running an influencer campaign on behalf of Israel to promote the cultural interchange between it and the US.
San Diego’s Show Faith by Works is spreading pro-Israel messaging to Christian groups in the western US on behalf of the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.



