DG ECFIN communicates on the euro largely via its website, and by making brochures and expert speakers available in countries which aim to adopt it as their currency. However, DG ECFIN was concerned the euro and the role the European Commission plays in this area was not recognised in the schools’ curricula across Europe. Therefore, DG ECFIN hired Gellis Communications to advise them on the development and distribution of new products targeted at schools and the educational sector in general, to support existing schools curricula across the EU 27 Member States.

DG Employment required services to inform a new communications strategy for the PROGRESS programme, and contracted Gellis to undertake a Scoping Study on the communication and networking activities of PROGRESS since the launch of the programme. Gellis sought to identify the best options for the programme’s communications strategy taking account of current opportunities and needs and ensuring that all communications are relevant, coherent, effective, efficient and sustainable. 

In 2005, it was perceived by stakeholders that the general public throughout Europe knew very little about the streamlined EU Social Protection / Social Inclusion process, and this lack of knowledge would affect its development. In light of this, the European Commission hired Gellis Communications to raise awareness of the role played by the European Union in the fields of Social Protection and Social Inclusion through the Open Method of Coordination. 

Gellis has worked with DG INFSO on a number of projects, creating editorial design and concept for various publications. The client decided that their prestigious annual publication, available both print and online, needed revisiting in order to ensure that the greatest possible breadth of research areas was featured, and that the graphic appeal, readability and user-friendliness of the publication was at peak. 

URBACT is an EU-funded programme aimed at facilitating the exchange of good practice in the field of urban development. The programme required a redesigned communications strategy with new, innovative means of promotion. In the context of a shift between two phases of the programme, Gellis carried out an evaluation of the communications strategy for phase one, and designed a seven-year communications plan for phase two. 

The EACI Marco Polo programme, aimed at shippers, transporters and logistic operators, is committed to finding a new, more sustainable way to transport goods across Europe. In order to be at maximum effectiveness, the communication strategy of the Marco Polo programme needed to be evaluated for strengths and weaknesses, and a new one designed exploring new opportunities for image enhancing and promotion.   

IDAY is a network of European and African civil society organisations committed to improving education and access to education in Africa. As a new organisation with a need to promote its agenda to political and civic leaders, NGOs, media, education activists and the wider public, and for the International Day of the African Childhood event to be of wide interest, Gellis agreed to develop a communication strategy for IDAY on a pro-bono basis. 

In preparation for the Financial Times ‘Best of European Business Awards’, Gellis was contracted to provide services in background research and stakeholder analysis, including the identification of award selection criteria, the development of a survey aimed at 150 CEOs, and the organisation and management of a high-level dinner and awards ceremony. 

One of the largest independent private equity firms in Europe, Doughty Hanson required media management services when it acquired a majority of shares of a Belgium-based carpet manufacturer in 2004. Gellis has provided a full-service press office, including strategic advice, crisis management, press releases, and translation.