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About AKOS

The Russian Communications Consultancies Association (ÀÊÎS) was founded in 1999 as a union of fundamentally new type for the Russian public relations market and has united the most respected and reliable independent players of Russian PR market. At the moment AKOS consolidates 28 first-rate Russian PR-consultancies, whose common market share exceeds 50%. Collectively AKOS members employ more than 1500 PR specialists.

 ÀÊÎS is a member of ICCO (International Communications Consultancy Organisation), the only member representing the Russian public relations consultancy market. ICCO founded in 1986 and today comprises national trade associations representing independent public relations consultancies in thirty countries around the world: from Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, the Americas and Australia. affiliated trade associations collectively have over 1,000 PR consultancies as their members, who between them employ some 25,000 staff. All over the world ICCO membership is a recognized proof of company's professionalism and accordance with international ethical standards.

Primary ÀÊÎS goals are development of highly professional, transparent and effective industry of Russian PR market, establishment of high ethical standards, development of the PR formation,representation of public interests of PR industry.

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AKOS members

Full members:
3.14R, AGT, Communications & Network Consulting (CNC), FD, Fleishman-Hillard Vanguard, ImadgeLand Edelman PR, ICCG (Image-Contact Consulting Group), lmh consulting, Insiders, KROC, Maslov PR, Mikhailov & Partners PR Agency, Mmd, NEWTON.PR&COMMUNICATIONS, Niccolo M,  PR Inc., Primum Mobile, PROpaganda, PRO-Vision, Sokur & Partners, SPN Ogilvy, Tainyi Sovetnik.

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Associated members:
BC Communications, Eventum Premo, Gurov PR, Point Passat, Kaibanov&Associates, R&I Group.

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AKOS NEWS
31 December 2009
Louis Capozzi, president ICCO, congratulates AKOS  

4 December 2009
Russian PR market volume in 2009: updated AKOS forecast  

3 December 2009
AKOS celebrates 10th anniversary with interviews with heads of biggest PR agencies in Russia  

23 September 2009
Second International Conference PR&IT — in the Russian Internet Week  

 
COMPANIES NEWS
22 January 2010
Lenovo and Fleishman-Hillard Vanguard organized press tour to Lenovo HQ in Beijing, China  

19 January 2010
Lenovo and Fleishman-Hillard Vanguard organized meeting of Russian journalists with Arthur Wei, VP, Lenovo Group  

21 December 2009
M&P turns 16  

17 December 2009
Yulia Reyser, Head of Fleishman-Hillard Vanguard Healthcare practice, joined the expert board of Recipe of the Year 2009 award  

 
 
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