New Direction - The Foundation for European Reform
| New Direction - The Foundation for European Reform | |
|---|---|
| founded in the year | 2010 |
| City | Brussels |
| Country | Belgium |
| Website | http://newdirectionfoundation.org/ |
| address | Rue d`Arlon 40, 1000 Brüssel, Belgien |
| Networks | Think Tank, New Direction Foundation |
| Last revision | 19.11.2012 |
| Presence of Think Tank affiliates in the various fieldsWe try to capture where people affiliated with a Think Tank - affiliates are employees, members of the advisory and supervisory board etc. - are present: if they write in the media, teach in universities or work for another Think Tank. The chart down below shows in which fields the affiliates are present. Every presence is counted once. | |
| People n = 17 | |
| Presences n = 147 | |
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Think Tank,17 Business,10 Media,51 Politics,40 Academia,20 NGO,9 </pPie> | |
| Kind of activities of Think Tank affiliatesWe try to capture where people affiliated with a Think Tank - affiliates are employees, members of the advisory and supervisory board etc. - are present: if they write in the media, teach in universities or work for another Think Tank. The chart down below shows which kind of activities the affiliates conduct. Every presence is counted once. | |
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Author,33 Leader (CEO etc.),26 Consultant,6 Editor,4 Interviewee,15 Member,30 Participant,2 Lecturer,11 Employee,20 </pPie> | |
The following coordinate was not recognized: 50.8397759;4.3721799.The following coordinate was not recognized: 50.8397759;4.3721799. New Direction – The Foundation for European Reform (NDF) is a European, political foundation. The NDF is an alliance of right-wing, free-market radical think tanks. It was founded in 2010 in Brussels, Belgium and is aligned to the Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists (AECR).
Organizational Structure and Funding
Margaret Thatcher, former British Primeminister, is the partroness of the NDF. The think tank is run by a four-member supervisory board and a five-member advisory board. The NDF staff consists of six employees.
Address
Rue d`Arlon 40, 1000 Brüssel, Belgien
People
Executive board
People leading the Think Tank in the day to day business (CEOs, directorates etc.).
- Derk Jan Eppink, Vice-president and treasurer
- Geoffrey Van Orden, President
- Tom Miers (since 2012), Director
- Edvard Kožušník, Vice-president
- Tomasz Piotr Poręba, Vice-president
Staff
People working for the Think Tank (Fellows etc.). This includes also part-time employees.
- Catinca Hanganu (formerly), Intern
- Shane Frith (formerly), Director
- Hardy Bouillon, Research Coordinator
- Johana Grohova (formerly), Communications Manager
- Guillaume Périgois, Deputy Director (Budget and Operations)
- Krzysztof Grzelczyk, Poland and Eastern Neighbourhood Coordinator
- Catherine Bray (formerly), Director of the US outreach
Advisory board
People advising the Think Tank (mainly in scientific questions)
Budget
- Budget 2011: 747,210€: According to the EU-Parliament: www.europarl.europa.eu/pdf/grants/grant_amounts_foundations_per_01-03-2012.pdf
- Budget 2010: 659,651€: According to the EU-Parliament: www.europarl.europa.eu/pdf/grants/grant_amounts_foundations_per_01-03-2012.pdf
- Budget 2012: 841,397€: According to the EU-Parliament: www.europarl.europa.eu/pdf/grants/grant_amounts_foundations_per_01-03-2012.pdf
Detailed funding activities
If possible we also list more detailed funding activities of Think Tanks. This includes funds they emit as well as funds they receive.
Received funds
- EU Relaunch, Czech Republic (2011) Funding of 2,653,000 €.
- Highnett Consulting Ltd, UK (12000000)
- ARX Studio S.R.O., Czech Republic (2011) Funding of 12,000,000 €.
- Atlas Economic Research Foundation (2011) Funding of 12,000,000 €.
- Frank Stronach Institut, Austria (2011) Funding of 12,000,000 €.
- Namca BVBA, Belgium (2011) Funding of 3,752,230 €.
- Interstock Anstalt, Lichtenstein (2011) Funding of 12,000,000 €.
- http://James Paul Peron (2011) Funding of 12,000,000 €.
- http://Milan Rederer, Slovakia (2011) Funding of 12,000,000 €.
- http://Manfred Kastner (2011) Funding of 10,000,000 €.
- http://Tibor Takac, Slovakia (2011) Funding of 12,000,000 €.
- http://Jana Ruzicka (2011) Funding of 12,000,000 €.
Topics
We used the DGs of the EU to generate a basic list of topics. This list is going to be steadily extended. However we try to preserve a persistent list of topics.
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