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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Daunt Books

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DEA S.p.A.

The Economist

Eli Lilly

Elisa Kangaskoski

Erasmus Booksellers

EU Bookshop

EU Observer

European Bookshop Ltd

Exxon Mobil Corporation

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FSF Ltd – Public Finance Magazine

The Fund for American Studies

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General Healthcare Group

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Hill & Knowlton

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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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