Europe 2005-2025: Visions and Contributions from Think Tanks – What European Policy Outlines for 2020?

Third European Think Tank Forum in Paris, September 19-20, 2008

21.09.2008

Participation and speech at the Third European Think Tank Forum organized by Notre Europe, Institut Aspen France and Fondation pour l'Innovation politique (Fondapol) in Paris on September 19-20, 2008 with the partnership of the OECD. The conference entitled "What European Policy Outlines for 2020?" took place at the OECD and hosted around fifty participants.

Among the other speakers were Hugo Brady, Research Fellow at Center for European Reform, Vasco Cal, Bureau of European Policy Advisers, European Commission, Nicole Gnesotto, Former Director of the Institute for Security Studies, European Union, Elisabeth Guigou, Member of the French Parliament, Paul Hofheinz, President of The Lisbon Council for Economic CompetitivenessJean-Pierre Jouyet, Secretary of State, responsible for European Affairs, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, Former Minister of Finance - Italy and President of Notre Europe, Michel Pebereau, President, BNP Paribas, and Jean Pisani-Ferry, Director of the Bruegel institute.

Following the closed sessions a public conference was held on Saturday 20, 2008 at the Centre de Conférence Internationale Avenue Kléber. This was the only public event held in Paris within the framework of “Paroles d’Européens” organized by the French EU Presidency. Following the propositions made by the think tank forum, it gave the public the opportunity to have a debate on the different challenges that Europe will face in the future.

The discussions at the Third European Think Tank Forum were to a large extend based on the TGAE report, which was produced in the framework of a project organized by Notre Europe and the Fondation pour l’Innovation Politique. The Think Global – Act European (TGAE) project brought together a group of European think tanks with the aim of making recommendations to the EU's trio presidency including France, the Czech Republic and Sweden (July 2008 - December 2009). The project included 13 renowned think tanks including ELIAMEP, which contributed five papers to the final report. The other think tanks participating in the TGAE project were Bruegel, CEPS, CER, demosEUROPA, DIIS, ECFR, EPC, EUROPEUM, SIEPS, SWP.

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Programme – Third Think Tank Forum, Paris, September 19-20, 2008

List of Participants – Third Think Tank Forum, Paris, September 19-20, 2008