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Inspiring GrowthThe Stockholm Network Annual Report 2007/08
Introduction Page 1
Shaping Policy Page 2
Global Outreach Page 6
The Fruits of Growth Page 8
The Road to Ideas Page 10
Building our European Network Page 12
SN Expansion:The Numbers Speak for Themselves Page 14
Our Supporters Page 16
Chief Executive and FounderHelen Disney
Director of ResearchDr Meir Pugatch
Chief Operating OfficerDr Cristina Palomares
Director of DevelopmentDr Tim Evans
FellowsPaul DomjanJacob Arfwedson
Head of Media and CommunicationsCara Walker
Network Development ManagerSusie Squire
Research TeamHelen Davison, Senior ResearcherSimon Moore, Research FellowDavid Torstensson, Research OfficerKristian Niemietz, Research OfficerGulya Isyanova, Research Officer
Office Manager and Events CoordinatorPaul Healy
AccountsNasrin Hassam
We permitted ourselves a brief retrospectivein 2007’s annual report to look back at theachievements of the Stockholm Networkover its first decade. In 2008, the emphasis is on rejuvenation and future growth. Ourreputation and our network are nowestablished – though never complacent – so the question is where is the Europeanpublic policy debate heading and where dowe want to go next to stay at the cuttingedge of influencing that debate?
Many of the core issues that prompted thefounding of the Stockholm Network remainlive.Yet in many ways debates are becomingmore practical and a comparative approachis sought after by reformers seeking ballastfor their arguments.The growing interest in‘evidence-based’ public policy means thatdecision makers are seeking ever morerobust research from think tanks.
Our work on Health Technology Assessment(HTA) and the launch of our HTA taskforceis instructive of this new focus. Here wehave combined our in-depth, high-qualityresearch material, produced in-house, withour ability to organise a range of eventstogether with network partners acrossEurope.The work focuses on one of the key questions affecting health systemsglobally: how can the latest medicines andtreatments be provided in an environmentof growing demand and limited publicmoney? Similarly, our Carbon ScenariosProject has not only provided new contentbut also new opportunities for cross-sectoral discussion of environmental policieswhich take account of the market andeconomic realities. In the fields of intellectualproperty (IP), competition and innovationwe have lived up to our own rhetoric oninnovation with new projects like our LisbonAgenda Barometer that not only measuresbut presents the Lisbon agenda goals in new ways. Our IP academy has broken new ground in the IP debate in Israel andwill shortly begin a new programme ofwork in Europe.
We have launched fresh newsletters andpublications directly related to the economicenvironment and reform prospects in theEU. Our updated edition of The State of theUnion covers the progress towards market-oriented reform in all 27 states of the EU,with expert contributions from many of our network member think tanks.
In order to disseminate our ideas in newand creative ways, we have recentlylaunched DVDs and multimedia kits aimed
at increasing understanding and awarenessof issues such as Intellectual Property Rights(IPRs), school choice and Health SavingsAccounts. Our new web site has resulted in a large increase in traffic.We haveexpanded staff capabilities which nowinclude a larger research team, a dedicatedChief Operating Officer and a host of hard-working young volunteers, helping to spreadour ideas far and wide and especially to the next generation of thinkers and leaders.We have also organised a greater numberand a wider variety of events.The GoldenUmbrella think tank awards, a black-tiedinner held to mark and celebrate theachievements and influence of our network,has now become our annual flagship event.
At its inception, the Stockholm Network’smission was to rejuvenate the public policydebate in Europe towards ideas whichwould stimulate economic growth andinnovation.We are delighted that many of the ideas we have nurtured are nowblossoming through our direct policycontributions. And while there is still somuch more fruit to be cultivated, we feel confident that our ideas will continueto rejuvenate the European public policydebate.
Helen DisneyChief Executive and FounderStockholm Network
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Introduction
An expanding team
The Wall StreetJournal Europe
Al Jazeera English
Health TechnologyAssessment Series
Golden UmbrellaThink Tank Awards
Carbon Scenarios
Stockholm Network-Economist Debates
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Shaping Policy
How do weinfluence thepublic policydebate?
Shaping Policy: MEDIA
Policymaking today is a diverse andcomplex process with ideas coming fromall parts of society. In this environment,think tanks play an increasingly vital role asthe source of new and future policies.
Our research and content always seeks to shape and influence policymaking in asbroad and meaningful a way as possible.Over the past year our direct impact hasbeen extensive – the Stockholm Networkhas contributed to formal governmentconsultations and met, both on and off therecord, with senior policymakers of allpolitical stripes. In addition to our regularevents featuring national, European andinternational politicians and policymakers,
we have held numerous one-to-onemeetings with key decision-makers. Amongothers we have met with Lord Triesman,then Parliamentary Under-Secretary ofState for the Department for Innovation,Universities and Skills; Meglena Kuneva,the EU Commissioner for ConsumerProtection; Anze Logar, Spokesperson ofthe Slovenian EU Council Presidency;Boris Johnson MP and Mayor of London;Ed Vaizey MP and Conservative ShadowCulture Minister; Dr Liam Fox MP andConservative Shadow Defence Secretary;Dr Vince Cable MP and Liberal DemocratDeputy Leader and Shadow Chancellor ;and C. Boyden Gray, US Ambassador to the EU.
In the international arena we havepartnered with organisations such as theWorld Intellectual Property Organizationand UNCTAD.Together with Queen MaryIntellectual Property Research Institute,University of London, and the Faculty ofLaw, Maastricht University, we have set up a grants programme for exceptionalpostgraduates researching in the field ofIntellectual Property Rights.
In order to achieve maximum exposurewe disseminate our content through threedifferent channels: the media, publications,and events. Some of the highlights arepresented below:
There is no doubt that the media is themost visible stage for public policy debates.The Stockholm Network has thereforedeveloped its communications team,bringing it in-house and focusing it onbuilding up our links with the media,conducting highly targeted media launchesand publishing our key messages. Themedia increasingly makes use of ouroriginal content as well as our network,in the form of experts and spokesmenfrom across Europe.
The diagram below shows some ofour media highlights over the lastyear and illustrates the diverse rangeof coverage that we increasinglyachieve on a global scale.
• BBC World Service• 18 Doughty Street• Al Jazeera English • La Chaîne de l’Info
• Managing Intellectual Property• Public Finance• Pharma Times• Arzt & Wirtschaft
• Financial Times Online• Economist.com• Telegraph Online• The Hindu Business Line• Vlada Republike Slovenije
• Instapundit• Samizdata• Conservative Home• Libertarian Alliance
• The Wall Street Journal Europe• Financial Times• The Times• The Independent• Hürriyet (Turkish newspaper)• Evening Standard• London Lite
• The Economist• European Voice• PR Week
“An influential Europeanthink tank …specialising inintellectual property issues.”Financial Times, describing the Stockholm Network,October 2007
“The Stockholm Networkmakes an important andconstructive contribution tothe public policy discussionacross Europe.”José María Aznar, former President of theSpanish Government (1996-2004) and Presidentof FAES Foundation
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Shaping Policy: PUBLICATIONS Shaping Policy: EVENTS
Our books and papers provide the mainplatform for our content.The StockholmNetwork publishes a wide variety ofprinted and written materials throughoutthe year. Below is a selection of some ofthese publications.
Our conferences, workshops, debates anddinners allow us to share knowledge,discuss and debate policies and providenetworking opportunities.The StockholmNetwork has an outstanding reputation forits high level events, which are alwaystopical, popular and well publicised.
Below is a sample of the events we holdand the type of audience they target.
“I find Stockholm Network research to always be of the highest standard,comprehensive and thought provoking.”Professor Martin Campbell-Kelly, University of Warwick
“Whether it be a glamorousawards ceremony or a seriouspolicy forum, the StockholmNetwork events are alwaysfun and of the highest quality.”C. Boyden Gray, US Ambassador to the European Union.
Know IPMonthlynewsletter onintellectualproperty
Gesundheit!Bi-monthlynewsletter on health andwelfare policy
Climate ofOpinionBi-monthlynewsletter on energy andenvironmentalpolicy
SN Experts’Series onIntellectualProperty andCompetition
SN Experts’Series onPharmaceuticalIPRs
Private PensionProvision: What an Ageing EuropeCan Learn from a Latin Tiger
Beyond Lisbon –Reviewing EUPolicies on IP,Competition and Innovation
The State ofthe Union The Progress ofMarket-OrientedReform in theEU
A HealthyMarket? HealthTechnologyAssessment inContext
CarbonScenariosBlue Sky Thinkingfor a GreenFuture
PromotingTechnologyTransfer inDevelopingCountries
Healthy IPRsA Forward Look at PharmaceuticalIntellectualProperty
A StatisticalAnalysis of theGowers Review
HealthTechnologyAssessment in the UK and Germany
Global policymakersand think tanks
London, publicpolicy experts andthe general public
Brussels-basedpolicymakers
Young movers andshakers from the worldof politics and finance
Policymakers in Europe and the world
Expanding our influence in Brussels
HEALTHTECHNOLOGYASSESSMENTTASKFORCE
GENEVAINTELLECTUALPROPERTY EVENTS
STOCKHOLM IN THE CITY
GOLDEN UMBRELLATHINK TANKAWARDS
STOCKHOLMNETWORK-ECONOMISTDEBATES
AMIGO SOCIETY
MEP DINNERS
Internationalpolicymakers, civilsociety and academia
Type of audience
London, publicpolicy experts
HEALTH SAVINGSACCOUNT DEBATE
As policy debates have become globalised,the value of our comparative approachnow has an ever-wider appeal.The work ofthe Stockholm Network today reachesbeyond the shores of the Europeancontinent. Our research projects and ournetwork extend outwards, no longerexclusively within and between European
countries – although this remains centralto our mission - but also beyond theirborders.
The Stockholm Network is now creatingfresh dialogue and a new exchange ofpolicy ideas between Europe and otherparts of the globe, in both the developedand the developing world.
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1 We presented a conference paper at The International Forum on theCreative Economy in Ottawa, Canada,a conference sponsored by Canadian Heritage
2 Our paper, Free Use or Fair Use?,examined the legal, economic andtechnological dispute betweeninternet mediators and contentproviders in the US and Europe
3 The Heritage Foundation, CatoInstitute and The Wall Street Journal,co-sponsored our inaugural GoldenUmbrella think tank awards
4 Our paper, Private Pension Provision,examined the lessons to belearned from the Chilean privatepension system
5 Dr Meir Pugatch, our Director of Research, was interviewed for daily newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo, Brazil
6 Our paper Promoting Technology Transferin Developing Countries, looked at Africa,China, South America, India and SouthEast Asia
7 The SN IP Academy in Israel wasorganised with the generous support of the Merck Foundation
8 Our documentary, Saving theHealth of the Nation – Introduction to Health Savings Accounts,referred to the Singaporeanmodel of health care financing
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Global Outreach“The Stockholm Network, in addition to its extensiveinvolvement in the European policy debate, is nowincreasing its coverage in the rest of the world, my Chileincluded.That is great news to all lovers of freedom.”Dr José Piñera, former Minister of Labour and Social Security (1978-1980), Chile, and founder of The International Centre for Pension Reform
Satellite image: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov
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To reach our full potential, success needsto be enduring and built on over time.Thanks to the support of our sponsorsand an increasing number of think tankmembers, the Stockholm Network hasbeen able to grow and further develop.We are now able to specialise even morein our current fields of expertise, as well asto diversify into new policy areas.
Illustrated here are some of the ways wehave built on our success:
The Fruits of Growth
“The founding of the Stockholm Network planted the seedfor the growth of market-oriented thinking in Europe. Overa decade later, the roots and branches of this new policytree are beginning to spread more deeply and widely”Helen Disney, Chief Executive and Founder, Stockholm Network
Comprehensive,year-roundinternship
programme
More SNMembers andSupporters
In-house staff training
15 membersof staff
Additionalresearchers
Media expertise
Research skills
IT skills
SN-produced DVDs
Eye-catchingexecutive summariesand postcards
Full time NetworkDevelopmentManager
New ChiefOperatingOfficer
Public Relations andCommunications teambrought in-house
New platformsfor content
Postgraduate IP Grants
programme
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Innovative thinking,new concepts
Demystifying, revisiting andrevitalising policy ideasand concepts
The paper – Free Use or Fair Use – set the tone for discussing the protectionof IPRs for online contentand the role of internetmediators
Our Experts’ Series on IP and Competition provides acomprehensive and refreshinglook at the interactions andtensions between these twopolicy fields
Introducing the field ofpolitical economywithin Health TechnologyAssessment
DVDsNew media are now an essential part of our research andcommunications
Lisbon Agenda Barometerand White Paper set out tomeasure Europe’s progressin achieving the LisbonAgenda goals.
Carbon Scenariosusing scenario-building tofind practical solutions tobattling climate change
To contribute successfully to the creationof policy a think tank needs to ensure thatits ideas are pertinent to contemporarypolicy debates. At the Stockholm Networkwe spread our ideas through two distinctbut complimentary approaches:
• We contribute new and innovative ideas andthinking, as well as improving and revitalisingtraditional arguments; and
• We always seek to demystify and explaincomplex issues in the most accessible manner.
Below is a flowchart of how we view theSN’s road to ideas.
Innovating and DemystifyingThe Stockholm Network’s Road to Ideas
“Old or new, great ideas can only be put to use ifthey are made relevant to their times.The StockholmNetwork’s work consistently lives up to this.”Dr Ján Carnogursky, former Prime Minister of Slovakia (1991–1992)
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Over the past year our voluntary networkof affiliated think tanks and thinkers hasgrown in number, influence and stature.Our own growth, both in content and ininfrastructure, is allowing us to reach outto this network and support member thinktanks in new and innovative ways too.The
launch in 2007 of our Golden Umbrellathink tank awards is just one example ofhow we can now recognise and celebratethe achievements of the wider think tankmovement on an annual basis. Ourquarterly journal Eye on Europe has beenre-designed and expanded to include
more space for information on memberthink tanks and we now have a dedicatedmember of staff devoted to networkliaison, partnership projects and events.
Building our European Network
“The Stockholm Network’s activities, both in Brussels andacross Europe, bring free market debate into the publicarena through strong relationships with high profile thinktanks, politicians, media and policy making bodies.”Chris Heaton-Harris, MEP
1 Adam Smith Institutewww.adamsmith.orgUnited Kingdom
2 Adam Smith Societywww.adamsmith.itItaly
3 Adriatic Institute for Public Policy www.adriaticinstitute.orgCroatia
4 Albanian Liberal Institutewww.alblib.org Albania
5 Anders Chydenius Foundationwww.chydenius.netFinland
6 Association for Liberal Thinkingwww.liberal-dt.org.trTurkey
7 Association for Modern Economywww.ame.org.mkMacedonia
8 Avenir Suissewww.avenir-suisse.chSwitzerland
9 Bulgarian Society for Individual Libertywww.libertarium.netBulgaria
10 Captuswww.captus.nuSweden
11 Causa Liberalwww.causaliberal.netPortugal
12 Centre for Economic Developmentwww.ced.bgBulgaria
13 Centre for Economic Developmentwww.cphr.skSlovakia
14 Centre for Economics and Politicscepin.czCzech Republic
15 Centre for Entrepreneurship and Economic Developmentwww.visit-ceed.orgMontenegro
16 Centre for European Policy www.cep.euGermany
17 Centre for European Reformwww.cer.org.ukUnited Kingdom
18 Centre for Institutional Analysis andDevelopmentwww.cadi.roRomania
19 Centre for Liberal Strategieswww.cls-sofia.orgBulgaria
20 Centre for Liberal-Democratic Studieswww.clds.org.yuSerbia
21 Centre for Policy Studieswww.cps.org.ukUnited Kingdom
22 Centre for Political Thoughtwww.omp.org.plPoland
23 Centre for Research into Post-CommunistEconomieswww.crce.org.ukUnited Kingdom
24 Centre for Social and Economic Researchwww.case.com.plPoland
25 Centre for Social Justicewww.centreforsocialjustice.org.ukUnited Kingdom
26 Centre for the New Europewww.cne.orgBelgium
27 Centre for the Study of Democracywww.csd.bgBulgaria
28 Centro Einaudiwww.centroeinaudi.itItaly
29 Centrum im.Adama Smithawww.smith.pl Poland
30 Center for Policy Studies (CEPOS)www.cepos.dk Denmark
31 Cercles Libérauxwww.cerclesliberaux.comFrance
32 CFACT Deutschlandwww.cfact.euBerlin
33 Civic Institutewww.obcinst.czCzech Republic
34 Civitawww.civita.noNorway
35 Civitaswww.civitas.org.ukUnited Kingdom
36 Club 2015www.club2015.orgBosnia
37 Conservative Institute of M. R. Stefanikwww.institute.sk Slovakia
38 Council on Public Policywww.council.uni-bayreuth.deGermany
39 E.G.West Centre UKwww.ncl.ac.uk/egwestUnited Kingdom
40 European Centre for International PoliticalEconomy (ECIPE)www.ecipe.orgBelgium
41 Economic Policy Research Institutewww.epri-macedonia.org Macedonia
42 Society for Social and Economic Studies(EKOME)www.ekome.grGreece
43 Eudoxawww.eudoxa.seSweden
44 Euro 92www.euro92.comFrance
45 European Ideas Network (EIN)www.epp-ed.org/europeanideasnetworkBelgium
46 Finnish Business and Policy Forum (EVA)www.eva.fiFinland
47 F.A. Hayek Institutewww.hayek-institut.atAustria
48 FAES – Fundación para el Análisis y losEstudios Socialeswww.fundacionfaes.org Spain
49 Fondation pour l’Innovation Politique www.fondapol.orgFrance
50 Foundation for Market Economywww.fme.huHungary
51 Friedrich August von Hayek Stiftungwww.hayek-stiftung.deGermany
52 Frédéric Bastiat Stichtingwww.bastiatstichting.nlThe Netherlands
53 Forum Rozwoju Edukacji Ekonomicznej(FREE) www.free.org.plPoland
54 Free Market Centrewww.fmc.org.yuSerbia
55 Free Minds AssociationAzerbaijan
56 Friedrich Naumann Stiftungwww.fnst.deGermany
57 Friedrich von Hayek Gesellschaftwww.hayek.deGermany
58 Fundació Catalunya Obertawww.fco.catSpain
59 Gdansk Institute for Market Economicswww.ibngr.edu.plPoland
60 Global Visionwww.global-vision.netUnited Kingdom
61 Hamburg Institute for InternationalEconomicswww.hwwi.orgGermany
62 Hayek Foundationwww.hayek.ruRussia
63 Health Consumer Powerhousewww.healthpowerhouse.com Belgium
64 Health Policy Institutewww.hpi.skSlovakia
65 Health Reform.czwww.healthreform.czCzech Republic
66 Hellenic Leadership Institutewww.hli.grGreece
67 French Institute for Research into PublicAdministration (iFRAP)www.ifrap.orgFrance
68 Institute for Economic and Social Reforms(INEKO)www.ineko.sk/english Slovakia
69 Institución Futuro www.ifuturo.orgSpain
70 Institut Constant de Rebecquewww.institutconstant.chSwitzerland
71 Institut Économique Molinariwww.institutmolinari.orgBelgium
72 Institut Hayekwww.fahayek.orgBelgium
73 Institut Montaignewww.institutmontaigne.orgFrance
74 Institut Turgotwww.turgot.org France
75 Institute for Economic Studies Europewww.ies-europe.org France
76 Institute for Free Enterprisewww.iuf-berlin.deGermany
77 Institute for Free Societywww.isloboda.skSlovakia
78 Institut dr. Jozeta Pucnikawww.ijpucnik.siSlovenia
79 Institute for Market Economicswww.ime-bg.orgBulgaria
80 Institute for Strategic Studies and Prognosiswww.isspm.org Montenegro
81 Institute for Transitional Democracy and International Securitywww.itdis.org Hungary
82 Institute of Economic and Social Studieswww.iness.skSlovakia
83 Instituto Juan de Marianawww.juandemariana.org Spain
84 Instytut Globalizacjiwww.globalizacja.orgPoland
85 Instytut Liberalno-Konserwatywnywww.ilk.lublin.plPoland
86 Interticwww.intertic.orgItaly
87 Istituto Acton www.acton.org Italy
88 Istituto Bruno Leoniwww.brunoleoni.itItaly
89 Jerusalem Institute for Market Studieswww.jims-israel.orgIsrael
90 Liberales Instituteng.libinst.chSwitzerland
91 Liberální Institutwww.libinst.czCzech Republic
92 Libertarian Alliancewww.libertarian.co.ukUnited Kingdom
93 Libertaswww.libertas.dkDenmark
94 Liberté Chériewww.liberte-cherie.com France
95 Liberty Ideaswww.liberalismus.atAustria
96 Lithuanian Free Market Institutewww.freema.orgLithuania
97 Ludwig von Mises Institute Europewww.vonmisesinstitute-europe.orgBelgium
98 Ludwig von Mises Institute Polandwww.mises.plPoland
99 Ludwig von Mises Institute Romaniawww.misesromania.org Romania
100 Liberal Flemish Students Organisation(LVSV)www.lvsv.beBelgium
101 M.E.S.A. 10www.mesa10.skSlovakia
102 Magna Carta Foundationwww.magna-carta.itItaly
103 New Economic Schoolwww.economics.geGeorgia
104 New Social Market Economy Foundationwww.insm.deGermany
105 Nova Civitaswww.novacivitas.orgBelgium
106 Nova Res Publicawww.novarespublica.orgItaly
107 Nurses for Reformwww.nursesforreform.comUnited Kingdom
108 Open Europewww.openeurope.org.ukUnited Kingdom
109 Open Republic Institutewww.openrepublic.orgIreland
110 Poder Limitadowww.poderlimitado.orgSpain
111 Policy Exchangewww.policyexchange.org.ukUnited Kingdom
112 Policy Institutewww.policyinstitute.infoUnited Kingdom
113 Politeiawww.politeia.co.ukUnited Kingdom
114 Project Empowermentwww.project-empowerment.orgUnited Kingdom
115 Ratio Institutewww.ratio.seSweden
116 Reformwww.reform.co.uk United Kingdom
117 Riinvest Institute for DevelopmentResearch www.riinvestinstitute.orgKosovo
118 Romania Think Tankwww.thinktankromania.roRomania
119 Centre for Social and Economic Research(RSE)www.rse.isIceland
120 Sauvegarde Retraiteswww.sauvegarde-retraites.orgFrance
121 SME Unionwww.sme-union.czCzech Republic
122 Sobieski Institutewww.sobieski.org.plPoland
123 Social Affairs Unitwww.socialaffairsunit.org.ukUnited Kingdom
124 Stiftung Marktwirtschaftwww.stiftung-marktwirtschaft.deGermany
125 Stiftung Ordnungspolitikwww.sop-cep.deGermany
126 Taxpayers’ Alliancewww.taxpayersalliance.comUnited Kingdom
127 The Copenhagen Institutewww.coin.dk Denmark
128 The F.A. Hayek Foundationwww.hayek.sk Slovakia
129 Thomas More Institutewww.institut-thomas-more.orgBelgium
130 Timbrowww.timbro.seSweden
131 Venezie Institutewww.venezie.orgItaly
132 Veritaswww.hi.is/~hjorturg/veritasIceland
133 Walter Eucken Institutwww.eucken.de Germany
134 Work For Allwww.workforall.orgBelgium
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Web Statistics
Last year, the Stockholm Network producedmore publications than ever before.As wellas producing innovative research papers, wehave a number of regular newsletters, andperiodicals that we distribute throughout theyear.These included:
Eye on Europe newsletterStockholm Network weekly updateClimate of Opinion newsletterKnow IP newsletterGesundheit! newsletterThe State of the UnionExperts’ Series on Pharmaceutical IPRsExperts’ Series on IP and Competition
The Stockholm Network has 134 memberthink tanks from across Europe located in 39 different countries. Our network coversmost of the European Union reachingincreasing numbers of its citizens.Throughour network we communicate in over 40 different languages.
SN Expansion:The Numbers Speak for Themselves
In August 2007, the Stockholm Networklaunched its new website which aims tohelp journalists, policymakers, think tanksand academics access the information theyneed. Features of the new site include animproved interactive map of our memberthink tanks, a video player that allows
viewing of Stockholm Networkdocumentaries, and a think tank librarythat enables visitors to browse our ownand our members’ policy publications fromacross Europe.This website has alreadyreceived over one million webhits since itwent live just under a year ago.
More publications, more thoughts, more results
More friends
Stockholm-network.org hits (from August 2007, at re-launch of website, until March 2008)
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Adam Smith Institute
Amazon EU
Beacon Books
Bertrams Books
BGN Distributie
Blackwell’s Book Service UK
Blackwell’s Business & Law Bookshop
Bookshop J Story Scientia
BUPA
Burson Marsteller
The Business
Cato Institute
Civita A/S
Coronet Books Inc
Coutts Information Services
Daunt Books
Dawson Books
DEA S.p.A.
The Economist
Eli Lilly
Elisa Kangaskoski
Erasmus Booksellers
EU Bookshop
EU Observer
European Bookshop Ltd
Exxon Mobil Corporation
Fachbuchhandlung fur Sprachen
FSF Ltd – Public Finance Magazine
The Fund for American Studies
Gardners Books
General Healthcare Group
Gilead Sciences Inc.
GlaxoSmithKline
GML
Hannay Booksellers
Heffers Booksellers
Hill & Knowlton
Holt Jackson Book Co.
IFPMA
Institute of Directors
KLIO Bookshop
Kueper International Booksellers
LCS Consulting
Lehmann - Mulheim
Luther Pendragon
Marsh Inc
Massman International Booksellers
Max Consult Group
The Merck Foundation
Merck Sharp and Dohme
Microsoft
Motion Picture Association
Motion Picture Association of America
Muenstergass-Buchhandlung
Novartis International AG
Nuffield Hospitals
OLFZI
Patrick Barbour
Pfizer Inc.
PhRMA
Precise Public Affairs
Schering Plough AB
Schweitzer Sortiment Wien
The Spectator
Starkmann Ltd
Strassner GmbH
TSO Bookshop
Uitgevrerij Peeters
UST Public Affairs
Yankee Book Peddler Ltd.
The Wall Street Journal
VeriSign Inc
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Established in 1997, the Stockholm Network is Europe’s leading think tank and network of market-oriented think tanks.
The Think TankThe Stockholm Network produces original,high-quality content in areas of public policy translating it into practical policyrecommendations. In addition to our overallmission of promoting economic growth and market reforms, we specialise in thefollowing key areas: intellectual property,competition, innovation, health systems,welfare, energy and the environment.Weprovide policymakers and our memberswith a dispassionate and rigorous, yetpractical and accessible, analysis of a givenpublic policy problem or debate.This isachieved by being able to link the big ideason public policy with specific, more technicalissues, and support them with concretepolicy suggestions. Overall our aim is to dothe following:
• Bring significant added value and influenceto European policy discussions within ourareas of interest both in Europe andinternationally;
• Demystify and communicate complex issuesin order to bring them to as wide anaudience as possible; and
• Connect policymakers and stakeholdersaround Europe in order to foster a moreconstructive and inclusive dialogue on publicpolicy issues.
The Stockholm Network provides a forumin which the opinion formers from acrossthe spectrum of ideas can effectively andinformally interact to shape the policyagenda of today and tomorrow.
The NetworkThe Stockholm Network now spans almost40 countries and over 130 think tanks.Via our network we are able to amplify the market based concepts and ideas ofour members both within Europe andbeyond. In addition we act as a facilitatorand coordinator customising these policyideas into locally relevant messages.
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