Libera!

Libera!
founded in the year	2010
Website	http://www.liberavzw.be/
address	Aarlenstraat 40, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
Networks	Stockholm Network, Atlas Network, New Direction Foundation, European Coalition for Economic Growth, Think Tank
Last revision	13.12.2012
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 = 16
Presences n = 151
<pPie size=330x200 Legend> Think Tank,33 Business,19 Media,27 Politics,36 Academia,23 NGO,13 </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.
<pPie size=330x200 Legend> Author,17 Leader (CEO etc.),33 Consultant,2 Editor,6 Interviewee,10 Member,38 Participant,12 Lecturer,6 Employee,27 </pPie>

The following coordinate was not recognized: 50.8399391;4.3722639.The following coordinate was not recognized: 50.8399391;4.3722639. Libera! wants to continue the work of classically liberal thinkers, like Ludwig von Mises, as well as the more recent think tank project Cassandra. Libera!'s direct predecessor was the think tank Nova Civitas, the work of which focussed on student debates and dicussion groups. Its board of directors decided to shift the focus to academic research and publications, in order to attract new members. Fort that reason Libera! was founded in 2010. Libera! promotes the idea of a Flemish identity.

Organizational Structure and Funding

The think tank consists of a board of managers (3 persons), a supervisory board (4 persons), an advisory baord (seven persons), a general assembly (8 members) and two fellows.

Address

Aarlenstraat 40, 1050 Brussels, Belgium

People

Executive board

People leading the Think Tank in the day to day business (CEOs, directorates etc.).

• Werner Niemegeers, lid

• Steven Everaert, lid

• Veerle Pashley, lid

• Bouckaert Boudewijn, Chairman

• Pieter Cleppe, bestuurder

• Luc Rochtus, lid

Staff

People working for the Think Tank (Fellows etc.). This includes also part-time employees.

• Lode Cossaer, Fellow

• Kristof Willekens, Fellow

• Jan Reyntjens, Fellow and student assistant

• Gilbert Nijs, Fellow and student assistant

• Brecht Arnaert, Fellow

Advisory board

People advising the Think Tank (mainly in scientific questions)

• Jan-Felix Nédée, Secretary

• Frans Crols

• Geert Wittemans

• Frank Van Dun

• Marc Cools, Vice Chairman

• Bavo De Mol, Director

• Vincent De Roeck (formerly), Director

• David Neyskens, Director

• Matthias Storme

• Jan Hayen, Treasurer

Supervisory board

People supervising the Think Tank (mainly in economic questions).

• Jan Jambon

• Rudi De Kerpel

• Lode Vereeck

• Patricia Ceysens

Working mode, goals

Libera! organizes debates, lecutres and discussion groups. It publishes studies and articles. In the years 2010-2012 40 aritcles and press releases were published on its website. Furthermore, three academic studies, three books and policy papers were published. Since 2010 the think tank awards the "Price for Freedom". Award-winners are individuals who promote values of classical liberalism and of a free society in their work. Previously the former EU-commissioners, Frits Bolkestein and Ayaan Hirsi Ali, have been awarded the price.

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.

• Financial Programming and the Budget
• Economic and Monetary Affairs
• Contemporary History/Politics of History, Theory, Clash of Ideas
• Globalization