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LAST NOVEMBER, the StockholmNetwork organised a pan-Europeanlistening tour for White HouseDeputy Director of Public Liaison,Tim Goeglein. In a whirlwind triplasting ten days, Mr Goeglein visitedmember think tanks in Belgium,Sweden, the Czech Republic, Poland,Germany, Italy and the Netherlands.

The tour provided the White House with a unique opportunity to gauge Europeanreaction to its policies, and garner a deeperunderstanding of the political situation inEurope. Similarly, Mr Goeglein was willing tofield questions on a range of domestic andinternational issues, allowing the attendees atthe many events and dinners a rare chance to

converse frankly with a senior administrationofficial. Everyone involved considered the trip to be a great success, and an invaluable firststep in opening a dialogue between Washingtonand European opinion formers.

The Stockholm Network has continued todevelop its relationship with the Office ofPublic Liaison this year, and in April were invitedto bring a delegation to the White House.Helen Disney, the Director of the StockholmNetwork, led the deputation, who presented toSenior White House staffers on economic andforeign policy issues.

The other members of the delegation were Cécile Philippe, director of the InstitutMolinari in Brussels;Tim Evans, Director of

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POLL POSITIONWHAT DO EUROPEANS reallyunderstand by terms commonly used by politicians across Europe,such as ‘patient choice’? Does Europe’spolitical élite grasp what patients wantfrom their health systems now and in the future and, if not, how large isthe gap in expectations?

To find out, the Stockholm Networkcommissioned Populus, pollsters for The Timesof London to survey the views of 8000citizens across Britain, the Czech Republic,France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands,Spain and Sweden.

Healthcare experts from each country polled were commissioned to comment onthe national findings and place them within the context of current and proposedhealthcare reforms, as well as the broader

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EXPANDINGTHENETWORK

As you will see from our new map of themember think tanks, the Network’s reach and influence is also growing.We now have119 member organisations in 34 countriesfrom Albania to Ukraine. Many of themembers are young organisations seeking toinject market-oriented thinking into new partsof Europe and we hope that our networkingevents, pan-European research and informationsharing will allow them to grow and flourish.

The past 6 months have already been busyones. In February the Stockholm Network co-hosted a major conference with TheEconomist in London on the subject ofcorporate and social responsibility, whichattracted an audience of 120 leading opinionformers and business people. A publicationresulting from the conference will be published

soon under the title ‘An Apology for Capitalism?’.We have also continued our work on healthcarereform and in June we published a major pollof European attitudes to healthcare reform,which was launched to the media across the EU.

We have many exciting projects and ideas for the autumn and into 2005 so please dokeep an eye on the weekly newsletter and the website for more details of our activities.In the meantime, welcome to our newmembers and I hope you enjoy the first editionof our quarterly newsletter.We’ll be keeping awatchful eye on European policy and on theactivities of Europe’s market oriented thinktanks and thinkers in the coming months somake sure we notice you.

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‘‘The Stockholm Networkdoes invaluable work inadvancing the cause offreedom across Europe,old and new. Its conferencesare always stimulating and the participants it attracts are of the highest standard.As a working journalist, I findthe Network invaluable as asource of ideas, stimulationand new voices.’’Michael Gove, Assistant Editor, The Times

THE EUROPEAN UNION is not theonly pan-European organisation toexperience enlargement in 2004.This year has also been a period ofmajor expansion for the StockholmNetwork. In January we moved tonew offices in Islington and broughton board 2 new staff, our OfficeManager and Event Co-ordinator,Sacha Kumaria and our Director ofDevelopment, Nicole Gray Conchar,who has over 10 years experienceworking with public policy think tanks.

the Centre for the New Europe in Brussels;Rick Nye, Director of Populus, pollsters forThe Times;Vicente Boceta Alvarez, Secretary-General of the Circulo de Empresarios inMadrid; Julian Morris, Director of theInternational Policy Network in London;Mattias Bengtsson, President of Timbro inStockholm, and Alberto Mingardi, Director of the Istituto Bruno Leoni in Milan.Threemembers of the delegation, Messrs Evans,Boceta and Bengtsson were privileged tomeet George W. Bush later that afternoon,as the President returned to the White Houseon his military helicopter, Marine One.

Following the success of these reciprocalevents,Tim Goeglein returned for a secondlistening tour in May, visiting Britain, France,Austria, Denmark, Lithuania, Russia, Greece,Switzerland and Spain in a ten day tour.The Stockholm Network hosted an openinglunch in London before Mr Goeglein departedfor Paris.The event was attended by 30 guests from the fields of media, public policy,international business and politics. Followingsome opening remarks, Mr Goeglein threwopen the floor to questions, provoking a lively discussion.

Over the course of the tour, Mr Goegleinattended dinners in Copenhagen,Vilnius,Moscow and Athens, a brunch in Madrid, acocktail function in Geneva, and held informalmeetings with senior journalists and policyfigures in Paris and Vienna.

We look forward to many more fruitfulpartnerships as we continue to act as theconduit for American friends and policyexperts visiting Europe.

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The trip was a great success,and an invaluable first step inopening a dialogue betweenWashington and Europeanopinion formers

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political climate.The results should be ofinterest to anyone with a stake in the future of European healthcare.

As any follower of Europe’s healthcare debateknows, there is no such thing as a Europeanhealth system, only national systems, embeddedin their cultural and historical contexts. Europeangovernments are, however, struggling with manycommon problems in the arena of healthcare.

As far as European patients are concerned,without doubt what unites them is animpatience for change and a fear that withoutreform their health services can only get worse

over the next ten years. As many as 81%believe the quality of healthcare will stand stillor decline in the next 10 years without reformand 84% now think that change is urgent ornecessary.Yet, although they are aware ofproblems ahead, they also fear any departurefrom the status quo.The emotive nature ofhealthcare as a policy issue remains a strongbarrier to change and one that politiciansignore at their peril.

Europe’s traditional preference for a strongwelfare state, providing healthcare and socialcare from cradle to grave is central to itspolitical identity. But it is now faced with arange of pressures which seem to be

threatening its existence – or at the very least the generosity of its entitlements.

This diverse collection of health systems hasone key factor in common: a strong belief inthe importance of providing a safety net forthe poor. Any reform proposal mustincorporate this belief in social solidarity – and the fear of losing it - if it is to have anychance of being taken seriously by voters.

Our survey of the attitudes of patients across 8 European countries has been conducted at a critical stage in the development of Europeanwelfare systems. A rapid rise in patientexpectations is putting national health systemsacross Europe under pressure, with usersquestioning their lack of access, choice andquality.The advancement of medical scienceand technology is also moving ahead muchmore rapidly than the growth in tax fundingand resources will allow. Just to aggravate theproblem, Europe is sitting on a demographictimebomb.

The results of our survey show that Europeansare becoming ever more concerned aboutwhat will happen to their healthcare provisionin future if reform is not carried out urgently.They demonstrate a large gap between whatpatients want and what their political elite isdelivering. And they suggest that increasingconsumers’ access to information and gainingthe support of the medical profession arecrucial to securing reform. Above all, as the‘Age of anxiety’ graph shows, they reveal thatEuropeans who are working today and whoare set to be the most intensive users ofhealthcare systems over the decades to comeare also the most anxious about their future.

Whether we like it or not, Europe’s healthsystems are no longer sustainable and will haveto be overhauled.The question which remainsunanswered is when European patients willbegin to trust their politicians enough to letthem confront that reality.

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Whether we like it or not,Europe’s health systems areno longer sustainable and will have to be overhauled

POLL POSITION CONTINUED Age of AnxietyNet % of those believing healthcare reform to beurgent or necessary in their country by age group

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PROFILE:AVENIR SUISSE –SWITZERLAND’S FUTURE?AVENIR SUISSE was founded in 1999 by 14 international Swiss firms.A private foundation and independent think tank, it is involved in the social,political and economic development of Switzerland. Its aim is to define keytopics at an early stage and to point out required future action as well as tosupply possible solutions and impetuses for reform

WHAT THEY DOAvenir Suisse writes analyses, together withscientific institutes and experts fromSwitzerland and abroad.They also organiseconferences, debates and other forums. Bypresenting its studies and results in a clear andpractical manner, Avenir Suisse hopes to createa lasting desire for reform and a basis forpublic discussion.

CALL FOR ACTIONComparatively speaking, Switzerland is still welloff economically. Even so, there is a tremendousamount of catching up to do in conceptualizingand visualizing important long-term problems.The economic “revitalization” of Switzerland,which has been debated by economists and by the business community since the 1990s is a constant task which must be continuedregardless of changing conditions.

ROLE IN THE POLITICAL PROCESSActive participation in the consultation process or even in political campaigns is not apriority for Avenir Suisse. Instead it focuses oncontributing to the shaping of opinions and on

defining the agenda in the early stages of thedecision making process. By addressing thepublic with comprehensible presentations of itsfindings, which are achieved through scientificproceedings, Avenir Suisse fills the gap betweenpolitics, business and science.

POSITIONAvenir Suisse promotes the market economyand is guided by a liberal view of society andthe world.They believe that under mostcircumstances the market should be allowed to function freely and that problems should not be primarily solved by the state.

The foundation compiles and launches itsprojects completely independently of anyparticular interest.This independence isensured, on one hand, by the fact that thefinancing by the founding companies wasguaranteed and defined in advance and, on theother hand, by the highly qualified AdvisoryCouncil which vouches for the independenceof the work and guarantees the quality of theprojects. Avenir Suisse does not take a standfor or against any political party, but it is opento all forces interested in constructively definingthe questions of the future.

RECENT PUBLICATIONSReform BlockadesA study from the Hamburg Institute ofInternational Economics and Avenir Suisseshows how today’s reform blockades inSwitzerland and Germany can be overcome.Using theoretical analysis and the experiencesof successful reform countries the studydeduces six factors which would enable thenecessary changes.The authors come to theconclusion that Switzerland’s specific institutions– federalism and direct democracy –fundamentally contribute to the reform problem.

Ökonomik der Reform – Wege zu mehrWachstum in der SchweizAuthors: Hans Rentsch, Stefan Flückiger,ThomasHeld, Yvonne Heiniger,Thomas Straubhaar

Ökonomik der Reform – Wege zu mehrWachstum in DeutschlandAuthors:Yvonne Heiniger,Thomas Straubhaar,Hans Rentsch, Stefan Flückiger,Thomas Held

Growth and ProductivityBased on statistical growth analyses andinternational benchmarks two Professors from the University of Basel reveal the reasonsfor Switzerland’s disappointing economicperformance.Their reform proposals focus onthe reduction of public expenditures, economicliberalisation and above all the reform of keypolitical institutions.

Wohlstand ohne Wachstum – Eine SchweizerIllusionAuthors: Silvio Borner, Frank Bodmer Editor : Avenir Suisse

Switzerland’s University LandscapeWith the Bologna Declaration a new Europeanuniversity area will emerge which includesSwitzerland. Consequently, competition amongEuropean universities will increase. An AvenirSuisse study explores the implications forSwitzerland and makes proposals for the Swisseducational institutions on how to positionthemselves in the new international environment.

Hochschule Schweiz – Ein Vorschlag zurProfilierung im internationalen UmfeldAuthors: Barbara Sporn, Christian Aeberli

contact: www.avenir-suisse.ch

NETWORKMEMBERPROFILES

Adam Smith InstituteCountry: England

Website: www.adamsmith.org

The Adam Smith Institute is currentlygearing up its Omega Project, a majorinitiative focusing 100 minds - from

business, policymaking, academe, journalism andother walks of life - on developing practicaloptions for reform across 16 key areas ofgovernment. It will chart an entire blueprint forchange in such areas as health, crime, transport,regulation, tax, pensions, energy, constitution, andhousing.

Anders Chydenius FoundationCountry: Finland

Website: www.chydenius.net/eng

The Anders Chydenius Foundation willsoon be publishing Shared Freedom(Gemensam frihet in Swedish - Yhteinen

vapaus in Finnish), a text about the ideology ofAnders Chydenius, the ‘Adam Smith of theNorth’, who believed that democracy, equalityand a respect for human rights were the onlyway towards progress and happiness for thewhole of society.The text is a collection ofarticles and speeches written during 2003, the200th anniversary of Anders Chydenius’ birth,and will be published in August/September 2004.

Association for Liberal ThinkingCountry: Turkey

Website: www.liberal-dt.org.tr

The Association for Liberal Thinking(ALT) will be holding its AnnualSymposium on Entrepreneurship in

Ankara during September 2004, and itsCongress of Liberal Political Scientists andJurists in Cappadocia the following month.In November, they will be hosting a workshopon ‘Inter-religious Affairs: A Search for Coexistencein a Secular and Democratic Society’ in Istanbul.

The ALT will also produce a report inOctober scrutinizing the barriers toentrepreneurship that exist in the

Turkish Legal Code.

Centro EinaudiCountry: Italy

Website: www.centroeinaudi.it

In November 2004 the CentroEinaudi (CE) and Corriere della Serawill publish the European Union

Economic Freedom Index. First published in2000, the index compares the EU countrieswith the US and Japan, and this year willinclude an analysis of the Italian regions.Thefollowing month the Centro Einaudi/BancaNazionale del Lavoro XXII Report on Savingsand Savers in Italy (Rapporto sul risparmio e suirisparmiatori) will be presented in Rome.Thisreport explores systematically the savings ofItalian families on the basis of an opinion pollby Doxa and analyses the evolution ofstructural characteristics, preferences, choicesand expectations of Italian savers.

The CE will also be hosting theirannual autumn event the XX FulvioGuerrini Lecture (Conferenza ‘Fulvio

Guerrini’) which will be held at Centro Einaudi.The annual lecture, organised in honour of itsfounder, is given by an eminent Italian or foreign scholar (previous speakers includeRaymond Boudon, James M. Buchanan, RalfDahrendorf), and focuses on liberty in industrialdeveloped societies.

Centre for European Reform Country: England

Website: www.cer.org.uk

In the coming months the Centre forEuropean Reform will be publishingThe EU & Russia: Strategic Partners or

Squabbling Neighbours? by Katinka Barysch,A European Way of War by Steven Everts,Lawrence Freedman, Charles Grant, FrançoisHeisbourg, Daniel Keohane and MichaelO'Hanlon, and The Constellations of Europe:How enlargement will transform the EU byHeather Grabbe.

Centre for the New Europe Country: Belgium

Website: www.cne.org

CNE is currently finalising plans for its autumn calendar. In addition to hosting a major conference in

Brussels on 7 October 2004 on HealthyAgeing, CNE will be hosting its regular monthly Parliamentary Assistants Forums andnetworking Muffin Meetings. Moreover, the

autumn will herald a range of otherevents including a CNE CompetitionLunch and a CNE Environment Lunch.

The organisation recently announced that the2005 CNE Capitalist Ball will be held on theevening of Friday 18 February 2005.

Centre for Policy Studies Country: England

Website: www.cps.org.uk/start.htm

The Centre for Policy Studies (CPS)will hold its Annual Meeting at theInstitute of Directors in mid-July,

where the Rt Hon Michael Howard QC MPhas agreed to deliver the keynote speech. InOctober, the CPS will hold its ConservativeParty Conference meeting at theWinterbourne Hotel, Bournemouth, at whichdelegates will be addressed by Tim Yeo MP,Shadow Transport and Environment minister.

The CPS will also continue to publishits Pointmaker series of pamphlets,analysing government policy in a

timely fashion. Previously pamphlets include ThePrice of the Profligate Chancellor, in which RuthLea shows that tax rises in the first six years ofthe Labour administration cost every man,woman and child an extra 1,500 pounds, andWhat if we say no to the EU constitution?, inwhich Lord Blackwell shows that Britain hasmany choices to make about what kind ofrelationship it wants with the European Union.

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Centre for Research into Post-Communist EconomiesCountry: England

Website: www.crce.org.uk

In the early summer the CRCE willpublish a new book by Vladimir Mau(Rector, Academy for the National

Economy, Moscow): From Crisis to Growth: Essayson Post-Revolutionary Economic Policy in Russia.

Circulo de EmpresariosCountry: Spain

Website: www.circulodeempresarios.org

Over the next few months, theCirculo de Empresarios will bepublishing reports on Energy (focusing

on the state of the deregulation of the electricalsystem) and the Housing Sector, and acommentary on the Public Budget for 2005.

Economic Policy InstituteCountry: Bulgaria

Website: www.epi-bg.org

Over the summer, the EconomicPolicy Institute will host a seminar for Southern Eastern European Young

Public Servants on the subject of ‘Preparationfor EU Accession’, and later in the autumn,the EPI will be hosting the regional meeting of the Club on European Issues – ‘T-Club’ – at the Information Centre of the EuropeanUnion in Sofia.

Edmund Burke Foundation Country: Holland

Website:www.burkestichting.nl/content/en/index.html

The Edmund Burke Foundation (EBF)will be hosting a Summer Universityfrom the 11-15th August in Puttenfocusing on liberal economic ideas,followed by the presentation of apamphlet on The Netherlands as a

Subsidy State, and the publication of a pamphleton Dutch Defence Policies, in September.Subsequently, the EBF will host its annual

Edmund Burke Lecture by novelistLeon de Winter in October, and aconference on Crime and Safety the

following month.

MarkedsCentret Country: Denmark

Website: www.markedscentret.dk

Hans-Hermann Hoppe will bespeaking on a number of issues atMarkedsCentret events in September.

Mr Hoppe will give two lectures on EU and welfare issues, after which he will debatewith Hans Aage, Professor of Economics atRoskilde University Centre. He will also speak on ‘Hoppe’s view on immigration’ at aprivate luncheon with leading classical liberalsand libertarians in Denmark. MarkedsCentretwill also be publishing Vera and Benefica, adialogue on political economy by Denmark’sPrime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen (inDanish only).

Timbro Country: Sweden

Website: www.timbro.se

Timbro are planning to publish twoEnglish-language books in the autumn.The first, After Doha:The end of the

reciprocity model and the future of the worldtrading system by Fredrik Erixon, examines thechanging nature of the world trading system.The old model, constructed after the fall of theliberal international economic order in theearly 1930s, was built on reciprocity, and formsthe basis of the GATT and its modernsuccessor, the WTO. However, today’sinternational economy is driven not only bytrade flows but also by multinationalenterprises and investment flows, and this textaims to examine the way internationalorganisations like the WTO and the EU arepursuing the agenda for further tradeliberalisation.The second publication Water forsale: How businesses and the market can resolvethe world's water crisis by Fredrik Segerfeldt,highlights the plight of the 1.1 billion peoplewho live without access to clean and safewater, and discusses why water distribution inpoor countries is in such a wretched state,what has been done, and what has to be done.

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WOULD YOU LIKE TO JOIN THESTOCKHOLM NETWORK?Please contact us on +44 20 7354 8888 oremail our Director of Development, NicoleGray Conchar nicole@stockholm-network.org.

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WHAT IS THE STOCKHOLMNETWORK?The Stockholm Network is a one-stop shopfor organisations seeking to work with Europe’s brightest policymakers and thinkers.Our unique network of over 100 market-oriented think tanks in Europe and furtherafield, gives us the capacity to deliver localmessages and locally-tailored global messagesacross the EU and beyond. Joining theStockholm Network gives you unparalleledaccess to the best European policy thinking,the opportunity to lead debates and changethe climate of ideas in Europe and the chanceto meet the key players in shaping the policydebates of tomorrow.

WHAT POLICY ISSUES DO WE DISCUSS?The Network is interested in ideas whichstimulate economic growth and help people to help themselves.We promote policies whichcreate the social and economic conditions for a free society.These include:

Reforming European welfare states andcreating a more flexible labour marketCreating competition and choice inhealthcare, through reform of Europeanhealth systems and marketsCreating a market in which world-classeducation can flourishTaking a practical, market-oriented look at environmental affairsEmphasising the benefits of globalisation and creating an understanding of free market ideas and institutions

WHAT DO WE DO?The Stockholm Network maintains a website(www.stockholm-network.org) which containsa comprehensive directory of European freemarket think tanks and thinkers.We advertiseforthcoming events (our own and those ofpartner organisations) and facilitate publicationexchange and translation between think tanks.We also post regular news flashes and updateson European think tank activities.

Our events provide an excellent opportunityfor networking with high-profile Europeanpolicy makers and opinion formers.

Previous attendees have included: CharlotteCederschiold,Vice President of the EuropeanParliament; Clive Crook, Deputy Director,The Economist;Vince Cable MP, LiberalDemocrat Shadow Chancellor ; Frits Bolkestein,EU Commissioner for the Internal Market;Conor Cruise O’Brien, author and historian;Hans Hoogervorst, then Dutch Social Security

Minister, now Health Minister ; Jason Turner,architect of Wisconsin and New York’s welfare to work schemes; Philippe Legrain,author of Open World:The Truth aboutGlobalisation; Johan Norberg, author of InDefence of Global Capitalism.

Our events and books have received mediacoverage across Europe, including BBC TV andBBC Radio 4, the Financial Times, the FrankfurterAllgemeine Zeitung, La Repubblica, Le Point, TheEconomist,The Business, the Wall Street JournalEurope, The Sun, the Daily Express, the News ofthe World, Public Finance magazine, The Sprout,The New Statesman magazine, Dagens Nyheterof Sweden, Pravo of the Czech Republic andHospodárské Noviny of the Czech Republic.Topics have ranged from labour market flexibilityand tax harmonisation to health system reform,welfare to work and immigration.

HOW COULD YOU OR YOURORGANISATION BENEFIT FROMSN MEMBERSHIP?

Expand your database by meeting new contacts from across EuropeExpose your own expert voices to a wider audienceReceive weekly Stockholm Network email updates and quarterly newslettersReceive Stockholm Network Books & PublicationsGet invitations to Stockholm NetworkEvents & Activities

ABOUT THE NETWORK

SACHA KUMARIA is the StockholmNetwork’s Event Coordinator, andcompiles the weekly newsletter.

He joined the Stockholm Network in Januaryafter a successful research internship atCivitas, a civil society think-tank and StockholmNetwork member in London. Sacha previouslyworked part-time as a student caller during his postgraduate studies, raising money for the University of Warwick Alumni Fund.After growing up in Hong Kong, he returned to the UK to continue his studies, and holds a Degree in English and American Literatureand a Masters in Ancient History from theUniversity of Warwick

DAN LEWIS has just been brought onboard as Director of EnvironmentalAffairs, as the Stockholm Neworkexpands into environmental policy,which in Europe remains an area all too often devoid of a pro-marketapproach.

Dan has worked as a journalist but combinesthis with pragmatic research. He is committedto finding workable, cost-effective solutions for the environment that policymakers can use.He has contributed to numerous publications,including Refocus, Sustain Magazine and the Wall Street Journal Europe. His report for theEconomic Research Council, Recharging TheNation, an economics-based assessment ofexisting, renewable technologies and theirprospects for expansion, put the case forGreen Energy in the UK at the right price if combined with market-driven policies. He has since advised policymakers and investorsabout renewables and the environment.

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HELEN DISNEY is the Director of the Stockholm Network. Herbackground is in public policy and the media. She also undertakesconsultancy work on public policyissues for corporate clients.

Formerly an editorial writer for The Times andan editorial writer and commentator for theDaily Express, Helen continues to writeregularly on a range of public policy topics forsuch publications as the Daily Express andSunday Express, Public Finance, Public ServiceMagazine, and The Sprout, a satirical Brussels-based magazine, as well as regular weeklyentries for the Centre for the New Europe’shealth weblog, CNE Health. She also makesregular appearances on TV and in radiodebates including ‘Heart of the Matter’, ‘Kilroy’,BBC News, BBC Radio Scotland , Radio 4’sTalking Politics and the BBC World Service.

Between 1996 and 2000, Helen worked at theSocial Market Foundation, an independent pro-market think tank in Westminster, where she wasDeputy Director and Editor of The Review, aquarterly journal. She has edited a number ofthink-tank publications including The Sex-ChangeSociety by Melanie Phillips, published by the SocialMarket Foundation, and Europe’s Welfare Burden,and Breaking Down the Barriers published byCivitas:The Institute for the Study of Civil Societyfor the Stockholm Network.

Helen has been the Director of the StockholmNetwork since 1997, and is a founding memberof the organisation. She holds a degree inFrench and Italian from Bristol University andspeaks conversational Spanish.

NICOLE GRAY CONCHAR isDirector of Development at theStockholm Network. Her career in public policy and think tankfundraising spans two continents and more than ten years.

From 1992 to 1998, she was Director ofSponsor Services at the Cato Institute inWashington DC, responsible for raising highdollar contributions from individuals and forexecuting major donor events around theworld. In 1998 Nicole moved to New York to become Development Director at SchoolChoice Scholarships and, concurrently,Membership Director at the ManhattanInstitute.

She took leave of absence from the publicpolicy and think tank world on two occasionsto work on Steve Forbes’ 1996 and 2000presidential campaigns. In 2000, she also becameDirector of Development at the Foundation for Economic Education in Irvington, New Yorkand served as its interim President.

Prior to relocating to the United Kingdom in2003, Nicole was founding Executive Directorof the Donald & Paula Smith Family Foundationin New York.The mission of the Foundation isto defend free speech and a free society.This is achieved through the critical examination ofideas and the sponsoring of public policydebates and related activities in the New YorkCity area.

Nicole has a B.A. in Communications, LegalInstitutions, Economics & Government from the American University in Washington DC.

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MEMBER ORGANISATIONS

The Stockholm Network is Europe’sonly dedicated service organisation for market-oriented think tanks and thinkers. Spanning almost 40 countries and 120 think tanks,our unique organisation has thecapacity to deliver local messages and locally-tailored global messagesacross the EU and beyond.

Through our publications, weekly newsletter,and special events, members are able toexchange ideas and make an impact on a widerange of public policy topics and ideas.

If you know of a new organisation you think would benefit from StockholmNetwork membership, please contact ouroffice at info@stockholm-network.org and let us know.

“Free-marketers preachglobalisation and internationalcontacts, but we rarely practiceas we should. The StockholmNetwork’s activities and invaluablenetworks are changing that,by connecting the forces ofEuropean liberalism.”Johan Norberg, Timbro, Sweden & author, In Defenceof Global Capitalism

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THE WESTMINSTER FRINGE

This Autumn, the Stockholm Network is launchinga new series of topical monthly debates inWestminster, London.

The aim of the events is to provide a regular forum forLondon's think tanks, opinion formers, politicians, themedia and members of the public to discuss current affairsand exchange ideas and opinions.Think tanks from acrossthe political spectrum will have the opportunity to highlighttheir latest research findings and experts, politicians andtheir researchers will meet new faces and gain freshinsights into the key topics of the moment and the mediashould find plenty of controversial views to inform theirreports and columns.

The first Westminster Fringe will take place in lateOctober 2004. For more information, please email us oninfo@stockholm-network.org.

THE AMIGO SOCIETY

Also coming this Autumn is the launch of theAmigo Society, a regular series of events held at the Hotel Amigo in Brussels.

The series will kick off with opening lectures fromhealthcare experts around the world, highlighting howother countries' systems operate and where Europe canlearn from best practice overseas. Speakers confirmed sofar include Brian Lee Crowley, Director of the AtlanticInstitute for Market Studies (AIMS) in Canada and JohanHjertqvist, Director of Timbro Health in Brussels.

To find out more, email Helen Disney (helen@stockholm-network.org).

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