The King Baudouin Foundation and the Compagnia di San Paolo are strategic partners of the European Policy Centre

Annual Report 2005

Table of contents

Foreword..........................................................................................................................3

Chairman’s message................................................................................................................4

Governance at the EPC............................................................................................................5

Chief Executive’s message.......................................................................................................6

Integrated Work Programmes.....................................................................................................7

The EPC’s strategic partners...................................................................................................11

Publications.............................................................................................................12

Advisory Council..................................................................................................................14

Financial highlights..................................................................................................................15

Members.......................................................................................................................................16

EPC team....................................................................................................................................22

Mission statement....................................................................................................................23

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It will go down in history as the European Union’s “annus horribilis” – the year when a series ofdevelopments demonstrated the gapbetween what the decision-makerssee as necessary to take Europe forward and the way many of its citizens perceive Europe.

The outcome of the 2005 referenda inFrance and the Netherlands on theConstitutional Treaty left EU leaderswith little alternative but to “pause forreflection” at a time when getting the Treaty ratified andusing its provisions to make progress on the issues thatmatter most to its citizens were what was needed.

The EU is now left to limp along on the basis of the NiceTreaty – and that is clearly not going to be adequate forvery long. It also faces the challenge of finding ways tocommunicate Europe to the Member States’ electorates – atask for which the European institutions alone cannot beresponsible. National, regional and local governments,civil society at large, the media and think tanks all have abig role to play – not as vehicles for delivering propagandafor Europe, but as intermediaries in a discussion that separates the European debate from the debate on national politics and presents a balanced view of developments in Europe.

The European Policy Centre is a multi-constituency-basedthink tank ideally placed to play an active role in thisprocess, and it was with great satisfaction that I followedits activities in 2005.

In living up to the core ideals of its mission statement, the EPC has, of course, monitored the institutional developments closely and provided solid analysis of theconsequences of continuing EU cooperation on the basiswe have today. But it has also provided very valuable input into the debate on the issues which worry Europeans most; namely, the development of theEuropean economy and the question of how Europeanscan live – and prosper – together in the increasingly multicultural societies that are emerging in Europe.

It is widely recognised that the European economic and social model – and in particular some of its sub-models – urgently need reforming to enable Europe to

compete in today’s globalised world. Itis equally widely recognised thatpoliticians are not always keen onstructural reform, given that it can be unpopular and take a long time to produce results. This makes it even more important that serious and impartial think tanks like the EPC continue to provide a stimulus for decision-makers through creativethinking and new ideas.

I am pleased to see that the EPC hascome out of 2005 in a much strengthened position. Notonly has it consolidated its position in the think tank market in Europe, but it has also seen an impressivegrowth in all its membership categories.

It is with great pleasure that I welcome the addition ofanother strategic partner to the EPC. The King BaudouinFoundation decided to continue its close cooperation withthe EPC for a further three years and, in the autumn of2005, a new three-year agreement was signed with theItalian foundation, the Compagnia di San Paolo. This long-term commitment to the EPC by major Europeanfoundations is vitally important to its future success.

While the EPC’s members and strategic partners are thefoundation for its activities, excellent governance andleadership were also crucial to its achievements in 2005. I would like to express my appreciation for the work of our Governing Board under the leadership of HywelCeri Jones, and the excellent work of the Chairs of our programmes, who dedicate their time and energy to theEPC. I am very grateful to them all.

Finally, I would like to congratulate the EPC’s dedicatedand talented staff for the successes they achieved in 2005and, in particular, express my appreciation for the more strategic focus we now see in the EPC’s work. A big thankyou to all involved and, in particular, to John Palmer, whoretired in December after years of dedicated service to theEPC, for the insight he has given EPC members – and thewider public – into the EU’s activities over the years.

I feel strongly that the achievements of the past year willdeliver enormous benefits to all those involved in theEPC’s work in different ways, fostering a strong team spiritthat augurs well for its future success.

Foreword

PPeetteerr SSuutthheerrllaannddChairman of the General Assembly

Chairman’s message

The European Union’s stuttering development in2005 following the ‘No’ votes on the ConstitutionalTreaty gave the EPC a further opportunity to make a distinctive contribution as aEuropean policy think tank.

By the end of the year, ourmembership stood at aroundthe 400 mark, extending the range and depth of

the constituencies which participate in – andbreathe life into – our work. This clearly demonstrates great confidence in the quality andthrust of the EPC’s activities.

With the active backing of our strategic partner, the King Baudouin Foundation (KBF),we successfully negotiated a second strategic partnership with the Turin-based Compagnia diSan Paolo, one of the leading foundations inEurope, which has a strong commitment to theEuropean integration agenda. The KBF’s Boardalso confirmed agreement to a further three-yearpartnership with the EPC, based upon its posi-tive appreciation of the cooperation to date. Weare especially indebted to Luc Tayart de Bormsand Gerrit Rauws of the KBF, and PieroGastaldo of the Compagnia, for their activeengagement in building these strategic partner-ships and their thoughtful contributions to theshaping of the EPC’s work programme.

The Governing Board strongly supported theconsolidation of the EPC’s Integrated WorkProgrammes in 2005. This has helped to sharpen its priorities, foster greater team work,and improve the quality and quantity of the policy outputs. The EPC has also maintained itsunique position at the cutting edge of the EUpolicy agenda and its reputation for identifyingthe policy choices to be debated and discussedwith and between our different categories ofmembership. The intensity of effort this hasinvolved is widely appreciated at a time whenthere is great concern about connecting Europemore effectively with its citizens.

The rapid production of readable reports on keyissues continues to be a special feature of the EPC, and these are followed closely by commentators and analysts all over the world.Together with our well-known online journal,Challenge Europe, they provided a rich supplyof policy analyses throughout 2005 whichaddressed the most difficult issues facing theEU, from the Lisbon Agenda to migration policy.

At the end of 2005, John Palmer retired from hispost as Political Director of the EPC to return toLondon. As one of its three founding fathers,John placed his vast experience as a first-classEuropean journalist at the EPC’s service since itslaunch in 1997. The EPC marked his retirementin December with a special occasion whichgave members and friends an opportunity toexpress their warm appreciation for his uniquecontribution to shaping the EPC we know today.Having covered 110 European summits since1974, John’s authoritative briefings and reflections on the stresses and strains of the integration process on behalf of the EPC willcertainly be missed, though we know that hewill continue to write and speak about thefuture of Europe in retirement, and he now joinsthe EPC’s Governing Board.

We have been fortunate to recruit Jacki Davis asthe new Head of Communications. Togetherwith Antonio Missiroli, who started work asChief Policy Analyst in July, and Head ofAdministration Elizabeth Bisland, the EPC nowhas a new senior management team in placeunder the leadership of Chief Executive HansMartens. This is therefore a significant moment inour development. The Governing Board is fullyconfident that the new team will provide theEPC with the strong, cohesive leadership it needsto enhance the impact and outreach of our work.

I am especially pleased to acknowledge the hardwork and dedication of Hans Martens and all theEPC’s staff in what has been a challenging year ofchange. My thanks go finally to the members ofthe Governing Board and to Peter Sutherland,Chairman of the General Assembly, for their dedicated commitment to the EPC’s success.

HHyywweell CCeerrii JJoonneessChairman of the Governing Board

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Governance at the EPC

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General Assembly

Peter Sutherland President of the EPC Advisory Council (Chairman)

Stanley Crossick EPC Founding Chairman Hywel Ceri Jones Chairman of EPC Governing BoardHans Martens EPC Chief Executive John Palmer EPC Political Director Gerrit Rauws Director, King Baudouin FoundationDorothy Smith* European Affairs Director, BT

** DDoorrootthhyy SSmmiitthh resigned from the General Assembly after its meeting on 2 June 2005.

Governing Board

Hywel Ceri JonesFormer Director General at the

European Commission (Chairman)

Carl BildtChairman of the KREAB Group & Former Prime Minister of Sweden

Olivier BoutellisState Prosecutor in France and FormerMember of the Board of Directors of

PricewaterhouseCoopers

Stanley CrossickFounding Chairman of the EPC

Elsa ForneroDirector of the Centre for Research on

Pension and Welfare Policies,University of Turin

Peter PraetExecutive Director of the Banque

nationale de Belgique

Gerrit RauwsDirector, King Baudouin Foundation

Maria João RodriguesProfessor of Economics at the University

of Lisbon, Member of the EuropeanEmployment Task Force

Carl Bildt

Olivier Boutellis

Stanley Crossick Maria João Rodrigues

Elsa Fornero

Gerrit Rauws

Peter Praet

Chief Executive’s message

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2005 was a record-breakingyear for the EPC. We heldmore events and our programmes produced moreanalytical papers than everbefore, our membershipgrew to a record level ofaround 400, and our sustain-ability was greatly improvedwith the continuation of ourstrategic partnership with theKing Baudouin Foundation

and a new strategic partnership with the Italian foundation, Compagnia di San Paolo.

This means that the EPC’s sources of funding arenow not only more diverse – with roughly one-third coming from the strategic partners,one-third from our programmes and one-thirdfrom membership contributions – but alsoincreasingly of a long-term nature, making iteasier for us to plan for the future.

All this obviously made 2005 an intense yearfor the EPC’s staff, with our team of dedicatedand talented policy analysts, communications,events and administrative staff working flat out,and with a great sense of team spirit.

Clearly, our work was influenced by unfoldingdevelopments in the EU and, while we regretted the outcome of the attempts to ratifythe Constitutional Treaty, we immediately tookup the challenge and have used the subsequent“pause for reflection” to address the issuesthreatening European integration. This has, ofcourse, meant focusing on the institutionalissues raised by the ‘No’ votes and on how theEU can communicate Europe to its citizensdirectly and via important intermediaries.

We have also been working on many of thepolitical issues that occupy Europeans’ minds,including the need to foster economic growthand create jobs, and the question of how tohandle issues of internal security, immigrationand integration. Other programmes have alsofocused on the EU’s role in the world, includingrelations with our immediate neighbours andour main competitors in, for example, Asia.

The programme work we launched in 2004 isbeginning to deliver good results. It has focusedthe EPC’s resources on important policy areas,provided high-quality analysis, and involvedmany of our members directly in our work.

multi-constituency approach, with our members coming from all the stakeholder groups in theBrussels debate. We strongly believe that thisgives them good opportunities to network and gain a better understanding of other stakeholders’ approaches to key issues. It alsogreatly improves the quality of our policy work,not least through our public debates, where weensure that a wide range of views are aired onparticular issues in the European debate.

This is also why we always try to get as manystakeholders as possible involved in our Programme Steering Groups, and 2005 showedjust how productive this can be. To give just oneexample, the EPC presented a list of ten ‘do’sand don’ts’ to the Spring European Council on the Lisbon process. These were drawn up bymember organisations from the corporate world, trade unions, NGOs, regional govern-ment organisations and others. This policy paperhas been reprinted twice due to exceptionaldemand, and was the centrepiece of a dialoguewith European Commission President JoséManuel Barroso, who directly addressed thepoints raised in the paper.

The EPC also prides itself on its openness and ahigh degree of transparency concerning ourwork. This was acknowledged by CorporateEuropean Observatory (CEO) in a report onBrussels-based think tanks in 2005, in whichwe came out close to the top of the leaguetable. We will seek to build on this during 2006.

Finally, it became clearer than ever during 2005that the European debate cannot be a purelyBrussels ‘affair’. Debates in EU Member Statesare of increasing importance, and the EPC hastaken the first steps to develop links with manyof them. This will obviously require resourcesand must therefore be a gradual process, but weplan to pursue this in the coming years.

HHaannss MMaarrtteennssChief Executive

We attach great importance to our

Integrated Work Programmes

Better Regulation

The Better Regulation Task Force was set upin June under the chairmanship of formerEuropean Commissioner Pavel Telicka.It has been working in particular on improvingthe effectiveness of the existing mechanismsfor the transposition, implementation andenforcement of Community law. It has alsodeveloped a distinctively transatlantic dimensionto its work on regulatory convergence.The Risk Forum focused on those ‘horizontal’issues that affect companies generally, and also responded to a number of initiatives by the Commission on impact assessment.

The EPC’s Working Paper 17 on ‘Enhancing therole of science in the decision-making of the European Union’ was launched at a majorconference in June.Sadly, 2005 was also marked by the death of Bruce Ballantine, who led the Risk Forum for many years. Richard Meads is the newRapporteur.

Enlargement & Neighbourhood Europe

The Enlargement & Neighbourhood Europeprogramme, run in cooperation with the King

One year on, the Integrated Work Programmes(IWPs) launched by the EPC in 2004 are coming of age.

The overall number shrank marginally, from nine to eight, with some streamlining proving useful and necessary. But their overallmembership and scope have been widened significantly as new Task Forces have been created, adding new focus to their initiativesand debates.

The various programmes have different histories,meet different goals, involve different partnersand carry out different volumes of activity: inother words, they have developed in very different ways. Some have remained more analytical, while others tend to be more gearedto meeting the demands of EPC members and partners. Still, they remain flexible in their structure and proceedings, and multi-constituency in their composition.

On the management side, the interactionbetween the non-executive chairs of the

Programme Steering Groupsand the EPC staff has worked well, and the time,energy and support providedby the chairs have been very much appreciated. Thesame applies to the SteeringGroups for each programme,which have fruitfully andwisely advised the EPC ontopics, events and person-alities to be involved.

In the course of 2005, ever more emphasis has been put on the EPC’s outputs, in particular its publications, and special efforts have beenmade to raise their overall quality, timelinessand visibility as a complement to the publicevents they are often associated with.

Also, while most of the topics have been EU-related, a distinctively transatlantic ‘flavour’has been preserved or added to some of the programmes, in the light of the improvement in EU-US relations since the beginning of the year.

Highlights of 2005

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Antonio Missiroli Chief Policy Analyst

Baudouin Foundation, monitors political trendsand developments both in the way the EU dealswith the countries on its current borders andinside those countries. The programme is chaired by Toomas HendrikIlves (MEP for Estonia) and coordinated at theEPC by Amanda Akçakoca, supported (sinceSeptember) by Lucia Montanaro-Jankovski.In 2005, several dialogues and expert workshops were organised, and the programmealso produced a number of publications.Dedicated Task Forces have focused on theWestern Balkans (Issue Papers 40 and 43),Turkey and Cyprus (Issue Paper 32), and Russia(Issue Paper 37), while attention has also beendevoted to the Mediterranean and the MiddleEast (Issue Paper 33). Further meetings focusedon the Caucasus and Central Asia.

EU & Asia

The EU & Asia programme examines thedevelopment of relations between the two continents (in terms of trade, investment, bilateral cooperation and security) as well as ‘horizontal’ issues of common and global interest.This programme is chaired by Hanns Maull,Professor of Foreign Policy and InternationalRelations at the University of Trier, and coordinated at the EPC by Axel Berkofsky,supported (from September to December) byCaroline Bivar.Think tank roundtables with partners in Japan

(NIRA) and South Korea (SERI) were at the heart of the programme in 2005, and took place first in Tokyo (with the support of theEuropean Commission) and Seoul, and later onin Brussels (with the support of the ToshibaInternational Foundation). In July, the EPC led adelegation to Bejing for the second EU-Chinaroundtable on bilateral relations (Working Paper 19).Policy dialogues and briefings were also organised on, among other subjects,EU-Korea trade, the EU-India partnership(Issue Paper 35), EU-Taiwan relations in thefield of science and technology, and Asiansecurity at large.

EU & Global Governance

The EU & Global Governance programmeaddressed the issues related to ‘effective multilateralism’, as spelt out in the EuropeanSecurity Strategy of December 2003, and its policy implications. The programme waschaired by Poul Nyrup Rasmussen (MEP forDenmark) and coordinated at the EPC by Fraser Cameron (until August) and CarlosBuhigas Schubert.It combined, as usual, public events and in-house seminars with relevant figures andexperts, from Mark Malloch Brown, from theUnited Nations Development Programme(UNDP), and Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, to CarinJämtin, Swedish Minister for Development

Cooperation, and Enrique Rueda-Sabater from the World Bank.Two major conferences comple-mented the work done in this area:one in June on ‘Trade andDevelopment: The Road Ahead’(Issue Paper 36), with the partici-pation of, among others, Trade andDevelopment Commissioners PeterMandelson and Louis Michel, andanother in July on ‘Governance –Made in Africa’ (Issue Paper 38).Specific attention was also devoted to the state of multi-lateralism itself, especially in relation to the promotion of humanrights – in cooperation with theFinnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs –and in the aftermath of the United Nations Millennium summit inSeptember (Issue Paper 41).Finally, the programme dealt with issues related to human security, such as the denial of

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citizenship, in conjunction with theFord Foundation.

Growth & Jobs

The Growth & Jobs programme deals with issues related to the Lisbon Agenda and encompasses anumber of dedicated Task Forces. Theprogramme is chaired by Maria JoãoRodrigues, Professor of Economics at the University of Lisbon, and coordinated at the EPC by CarlosBuhigas Schubert and Lorenzo Allio,assisted (since September) by Marie-Hélène Fandel.Working Paper 18 contributed to the broader debate by presenting policy recommendations on ‘An agenda for sustainable growth inEurope’. More specific analyses werealso published on transport andmobility (Working Paper 16), and lifelong learning (Issue Paper 34).Working Paper 20 highlighted the successfuleconomic performance of the Nordic countriesand tried to draw a few more general lessonsfrom their experience. Along with Working Paper 18, it was presented to EuropeanCommission President José Manuel Barroso at apublic event in November.

Multicultural Europe

The Multicultural Europe programme, run jointly with the King Baudouin Foundation,aims to provide an open discussion forum for all stakeholders on migration and integrationpolicies across the EU. The programme ischaired by Stephen Pittam of the RowntreeCharitable Trust, and coordinated at the EPC byCristina Pineda Polo (until July), Mirjam Dittrichand (since September) Elizabeth Collett.It has developed three main strands, aroundwhich both events and publications were delivered: the integration of migrants, with an assessment of the EU Common BasicPrinciples (Issue Paper 27); labour migration,related also to the Lisbon Agenda, with a major international conference held in October;and the plight of Muslims in Europe caughtbetween partial or failing integration and therisk of political radicalisation. Within this framework, Working Paper 15 dealt in particularwith ‘The Hague Programme: StrengtheningFreedom, Security and Justice in the EU’.

These strands materialised into several publicdialogues and expert workshops, to which anumber of speakers were invited, includingFranco Frattini, the European Commissioner forJustice, Liberty and Security.Fruitful cooperation has also been developedwith the Migration Policy Group, the Migration Policy Institute, the Centre forMigration Policy and the Global Commissionon International Migration.

Political Europe

The Political Europe programme assesses thetransformation of the political landscape in theEU. Since June 2005, the programme has been chaired by Antonio Vitorino, formerEuropean Commissioner for Justice and HomeAffairs, and coordinated by Guillaume Durand,who took over from Giovanni Grevi, at the EPC.In 2005, the programme focused on two main strands of activity. The first was theConstitutional Treaty. Issue Paper 30 was published in April, and dedicated EPCdialogues were held both before (4 May) andafter (2 June) the French and Dutch referenda onthe Treaty.A Working Paper, a preliminary version of which was published in December, collected the papers and reports prepared for three ‘brainstorming’ sessions on EU institutions, and was presented and discussed at a public conference on the eve of theEuropean Council.

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The second strand of the programme’s activitiesfocused on the key political choices that the EU was confronted with during a turbulent year.In January, Wilfried Martens (President of the European People’s Party) and Poul NyrupRasmussen (President of the Party of EuropeanSocialists) discussed ‘Who can best deliver prosperity and social justice in Europe?’, and inApril, representatives of European political parties debated the question: ‘Which directiveon services will serve Europe best?’Finally, the prospects for an agreement on the EU budget for 2007-13 were discussed with European Commissioner DaliaGrybauskaité (February) and at the public presentation of Issue Paper 39 (October).

and Security Policy

The Future of CFSP programme aimedto analyse the way in which theUnion organises and projects itself as an actor on the world stage. The programme was chaired by Carl Bildt, Chairman of the KREAB Group, and coordinated at the EPC byFraser Cameron (until August) andMirjam Dittrich.Inevitably, the work of this programmeoverlapped with the EPC’s other international programmes.In 2005, it focused on the global terrorist threat (Working Paper 14), on the possible establishment of aEuropean External Action Service as foreseen in the ConstitutionalTreaty (Issue Paper 29), and on theEU’s ‘public diplomacy’ (Working Paper 21).

A major international conference on Iran was organised in early November in cooperation with the Bertelsmann Foundationand the US Mission to the EU, and a policy dialogue on non-proliferation and terrorism was held in December together with the Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung.Finally, the programme also focused on the new relevance of consequence managementand disaster relief in both the domestic and the foreign policy agendas of the Union (Issue Paper 42). In November, a specific dialogue was devoted to a discussion with experts in disastermanagement on the impact of the terroristbombings of 7 July 2005 on London and ofHurricane Katrina in the US.

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Ideas Factory Europe (IFE) is a European platform foryoung professionals.Drawing on the diversity, insight, expertise and creativity of its members, it aims to produce thought-provoking ideas, trigger debates and provide input to policy-making at EU and national level. It was initiated and coordinated by Giovanni Grevi untilhis departure from the EPC in July 2005.In 2005, IF produced two publications. In January,Idea 5: A European Parliament really closer to the people, outlined innovative proposals for reforming the European electoral system that would

simultaneously reinforce the link between citizensand their MEPs and European political parties.Idea 6: Towards a renewed Transatlantic Community,came out in February, and made a ground-breakingproposal for strengthening the flagging transatlanticpartnership through a comprehensive Treaty encompassing different dimensions of EU-US cooperation.Both of these publications were made available on a dedicated website (www.ifeurope.org) as well as in an attractive and original hard-copy format.

Ideas Factory Europe

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The Future of the Common Foreign

The strategic partnership, begun in 2002, with the King Baudouin Foundation (KBF)entered a new phase in 2005 with the KBF’sdecision to extend the partnership for a furtherthree-year period. KBF’s renewed support is vital, not only to givethe EPC the necessary financial stability in the medium term, but also to enable it to strengthen its analytical team and improve itscommunications capacity.In practical terms, the two organisations continued to work together on themes of common interest, building on initiativeslaunched in previous years in, for example, thearea of the integration of migrants, through thejointly-run Multicultural Europe programme.A particular focus was put on promoting some clear messages about the EuropeanCommission’s Communication on the CommonBasic Principles on integration, in order to stimulate discussion not only at EU level butalso in the Member States. This resulted in thepublication of a joint Issue Paper on the subjectand a dialogue at which the EPC and the KBF were able to present the paper and discuss

the issues raised with FrancoFrattini, European Commissionerfor Justice, Liberty and Security.In the framework of theEnlargement & NeighbourhoodEurope programme, the EPC andKBF launched a special Task Forceon the Western Balkans. This TaskForce monitored developmentsboth in the region as a whole andin individual countries, and a number of public events were held during the year on particularWestern Balkan countries and issues common tothe region. A highlight was the joint dialogueheld in November to mark the tenth anniversaryof the Dayton agreement on Bosnia.On a more strategic level, the KBF providedinvaluable advice and support to the EPC’s management on the future development of theEPC, not least through its role on the GoverningBoard and the Advisory Council. KBF was also instrumental in helping the EPC secure its second strategic partner, the Compagnia diSan Paolo.

The EPC began a new strategic partnership with the Compagnia di San Paolo in 2005, strengthening its outreach to the EU’sMember States.The Compagnia, one of the largest private foundations in Europe, supports projects which are in the public and social interest, and which aim to foster civil, cultural and economic development.Launching the three-year partnership, the EPCand the Compagnia agreed a joint programmeof activities designed to promote closer links between policy-makers and researchers in Brussels and Italy, with a view to contributingmore effectively to the EU integration processand to strengthening the role of civil society inshaping Europe’s future.The Compagnia and the EPC have identified

four special areas of work onwhich they will cooperate: European democracy and gover-nance; Europe in the world and global governance; the European economic and social model(s);integration and immigration.The partnership both enhances the EPC’s outreach to the EUMember States and consolidatesCompagnia’s presence in Brussels.When it was announced, theCompagnia’s Secretary GeneralPiero Gastaldo said the foundation’s decision toenter into a partnership with the EPC reflectedits strong interest in supporting the Europeanintegration process and the high quality of the EPC’s work.

King Baudouin Foundation andCompagnia di San Paolo:

the EPC’s strategic partners

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Luc Tayart de Borms, ManagingDirector of KBF

Piero Gastaldo, Secretary Generalof Compagnia di San Paolo

The EPC produced a widerrange of publications thanever before in 2005, address-ing many of the key issueshigh on the EU’s agenda.

A total of eight WorkingPapers were published during the course of the yearon themes ranging from theglobal terrorist threat, EU-China relations and the

Union’s public diplomacy to proposals for anagenda for sustainable growth in Europe andthe Nordic economic and social model.

A further 23 Issue Papers were published on

topics ranging from EU-Asia and EU-Indiarelations to the Constitutional Treaty, theUnion’s development policy, the budget andlifelong learning in the EU.

The EPC also published two issues of itsonline public policy journal, ChallengeEurope: the first on ‘What future for Europe’sEconomic and Social Model?’ in March; andthe second on ‘Making Europe an area of freedom, justice and security’ in September.

The EPC would like to thank the members ofthe Challenge Europe Editorial Board who,under Editor-in-Chief John Palmer, made aninvaluable contribution to the success of these publications.

Challenge Europe

Issue 13 What Future for Europe’s Economic and Social Model? (March)

Issue 14 Making Europe an area of freedom, security and justice (September)

Issue Papers

IP 22 A tale of two cities – Kyoto in the light of Lisbonby Julien Bouzon (January)

IP 23 Comparing EU and Asian Integration Processes – The EU a role model for Asia?by Axel Berkofsky (January)

IP 24 EU-Japan Think Tank Round Tableby Axel Berkofsky, Fraser Cameron and Akiko Fukushima (February)

IP 25 Europe and Hong Kong: Challenges in an Evolving Relationshipby Duncan Freeman (February)

IP 26 Recovery or Recession? The Japanese Economy in 2005 and EU-Japan Economic and Business Relations by Axel Berkofsky (March)

IP 27 Beyond the Common Basic Principles on integration: The next stepsby the EPC-KBF Multicultural Europe Team (April)

IP 28 Denial of Citizenship: A Challenge to Human Securityby Richard Lewis and Constantin Sokoloff (April)

IP 29 Towards an EU Foreign Serviceby Fraser Camerom and Giovanni Grevi (April)

IP 30 Ratify the Constitution – Strengthen EU Democracyby Guillaume Durand, Giovanni Grevi and John Palmer (April)

Publications 2005

EPC publications

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Jacki DavisHead of Communications

IP 31 ASEAN Foreign Direct Investment Trends: Implications for EU-ASEAN Relationsby Megha Mukim (May)

IP 32 Cyprus – Looking to a Future Beyond the Pastby Amanda Akçakoca (May)

IP 33 Promoting Political and Economic Reform in the Mediterranean and Middle East by Fraser Cameron and Eberhard Rhein (May)

IP 34 Lifelong Learning in the European Union: whither the Lisbon Strategy?by Hywel Ceri Jones (June)

IP 35 EU-India Relations by Maya Bhandari, Axel Berkofsky, Fraser Cameron and Diane Halley (June)

IP 36 Revamping Development Efforts by Carlos Buhigas Schubert, Pierre Defraigne, Nigel Harris, Carin Jämtin, Federico Mayor, John McArthur, Carin Norberg, Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, Jeffrey Sachs andGuido Schmidt-Traub (July)

IP 37 Russian Foreign Policy with Special Reference to its Western Neighboursby Fraser Cameron and Jarek M. Domanski (July)

IP 38 Governance – Made in Africaby Julien Bouzon, Fraser Cameron and James Mackie (July)

IP 39 Financing Europe – the budget conundrum by Guillaume Durand and Corrado Pirzio-Biroli (September)

IP 40 Good cops, bad mobs? EU policies to fight trans-national organised crime in theWestern Balkansby Lucia Montanaro-Jankovski (October)

IP 41 The EU and international organisations: partners in crisis management by Fraser Cameron (May)

IP 42 Shocks without frontiersby Arjen Boin, Mark Rhinard and others (November)

IP 43 The role of Balkan Muslims in building a European Islamby Xavier Bougarel (November)

IP 44 Emerging from the shadows: the EU’s role in conflict resolution in Indonesiaby Caroline Bivar (December)

Working Papers

WP 14 Facing the global terrorist threat: a European responseby Mirjam Dittrich (January)

WP 15 The Hague Programme – Strengthening Freedom, Security and Justice in the EUby Susie Alegre, Monica den Boer, Giuseppe Callovi, Steve Peers and CristinaPineda Polo (February)

WP 16 12 Prescriptions for a European Sustainable Mobility Policy by the EPC Task Force on Transport (February)

WP 17 Enhancing the role of science in the decision-making of the European Unionby Bruce Ballantine (March)

WP 18 An agenda for Sustainable Growth in Europe by Julien Bouzon and Carlos Buhigas Schubert (March)

WP 19 EU-China Relations – Towards a Strategic Partnership by Axel Berkofsky, Fraser Cameron and Stanley Crossick (July)

WP 20 The Nordic model: a recipe for success? by Giampiero Alhadeff, Jean-Claude Barbier, Carlos Bughias Schubert, Nick Clegg,Katrin Hugendubel, Göran Hultin, Helge Godo, Hans Jensen, Jorn Neergaard Larsen,Hans Martens, Sture Nordh, David O’Sullivan, Poul Nyrup Rasmussen and PhilipWhyte (September)

WP 21 Communicating Europe to the world: what public diplomacy for the EU?by Dov Lynch (November)

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Advisory Council as at 31 December 2005

Peter Sutherland (President) Chairman of Goldman Sachs International, Chairman of BP plc

Max Kohnstamm (Honorary President) Former Vice-President of the Jean Monnet Action Committee and former

President of the European University Institute, Florence

Karel Van Miert (Vice-President) Former European Commissioner for Competition Policy

Antonio Vitorino (Vice-President) Former European Commissioner for Justice and Home Affairs

Giampiero Alhadeff Vice President, Platform of European Social NGOs, Secretary General, Solidar

David Arkless Senior Vice-President Corporate Affairs, Manpower Inc.

Kazuo Asakai Ambassador of the Mission of Japan to the European Union

Stephen Badger Vice-President, Mars Incorporated

Antony Burgmans Chairman of Unilever NV

Jean-Philippe Courtois CEO, Microsoft EMEA and Senior Vice-President, Microsoft Corporation

Philippe de Schoutheete de Tervarent Former Permanent Representative of Belgium to the EU

Alan Dukes Director General, Institute of European Affairs, Dublin

Gareth Evans President of International Crisis Group

Piero Gastaldo Secretary General, Compagnia di San Paolo

Xavier Gizard General Secretary, Conférence des Régions Périphériques Maritimes d’Europe

Sylvie Goulard Associate Research Fellow at CERI (Paris), Teacher at Sciences Po (Paris)

Annette Heuser Director, Bertelsmann Foundation, Brussels

Craig Kennedy President of The German Marshall Fund of the United States

Jeremy Kinsman Ambassador of the Canadian Mission to the European Union

Erkki Liikanen Chairman of the Board of the Finnish Central Bank

Tony Long Director, WWF European Policy Office

Donald MacInnes Chief Executive, Scotland Europa

Rory Macmillan Director, Government Affairs – EMEA, Nike

Erika Mann Member of European Parliament, Chair of Management Committee of the

Transatlantic Policy Network

John Monks Secretary-General, European Trade Union Confederation

Liz Padmore Director of Policy and Corporate Affairs, Accenture

Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa Former Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank

Robin Pauley President, European Affairs, BT Group

Wim Philippa Secretary General, European Round Table of Industrialists

Gaëtane Ricard-Nihoul Secretary-General, Notre Europe

Maria João Rodrigues Chief Advisor to the Portuguese Prime Minister

Witold Sartorius Co-ordinator of Programmes, Foundation for Economic Education, Warsaw

Sir David Sieff Retired Director, Marks & Spencer plc

Luc Tayart de Borms Managing Director, King Baudouin Foundation

Helen Wallace Director, European University Institute, Florence

Maja Wessels Senior Vice President Government Relations, Honeywell

Monika Wulf-Mathies Managing Director Policy and Environment, Deutsche Post World Net

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Financial highlights of the year ended 31 December 2005

Balance Sheets as at 31 December

Fixed Assets 2005 2004

Net Intangible Fixed Assets 0 55,596

Tangible Fixed AssetsNet Leasehold Improvements 2,518 5,035Net Furniture and Equipment 25,381 54,654

27,899 59,689

Financial Fixed Assets 4,332 167

Total Fixed Assets 32,231 115,452

Current AssetsDebtors 505,623 432,918Banks 518,594 52,357

1,024,217 485,275

Current LiabilitiesCreditors and accruals (344,290) (367,874)Deferred income (708,642) (251,217)

(1,052,932) (619,091)

Net Current Liabilities (28,714) (133,816)

Net Liabilities 3,516 (18,364)

Represented by:Accumulated Surplus/ 3,516 (18,364)(Deficit)

Income and Expenditure Statementsfor the years ended 31 December

2005 2004

IncomeMembers’ Subscriptions 830,419 958,566Grants and Donations 950,000 638,021Meetings 807,500 648,804Total Income 2,587,919 2,245,391

ExpenditureOffice Expenses (979,908) (806,684)Personnel Expenses (1,586,131) (1,459,473)Total Expenditure (2,566,039) (2,266,157)

Surplus/(Deficit) forthe year 21,880 (20,766)

Surplus/Deficit brought forward from prior periods (18,364) 2,402

Net Surplus/(Deficit) carried forward 3,516 (18,364)

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During 2005, revenues increased by 15% to 2,587,919euros due to a significant increase in grants and donations.

An institutional grant of 300,000 euros was received fromthe EPC’s newest strategic partner, the Compagnia di San Paolo, while EPC’s other strategic partner, the KingBaudouin Foundation, awarded the EPC a grant of500,000 euros.

This was a significant move in the direction of EPC’s strategic objective of achieving more diversified sources of income and reducing its dependency on membership subscriptions, which

now represent around one third of the total income.

The EPC was also awarded a grant of 150,000 euros from the European Commission under the ActiveCitizenship programme.

Spending also increased, reflecting the intense work-rate ofthe EPC, which hosted numerous events and meetings during 2005, as well as increasing its output of publications.

The work begun in 2002 to improve the accounting and financial systems of the EPC and to move towards a more decentralised and programme-orientedbudget continued.

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EPC members as at 17 March 2006

CORPORATE MEMBERS (88)

Platinum (9)Accenture, BT, Honeywell, Manpower, Marks & Spencer (founder), Mars (founder), Microsoft, Nike, Unilever

Gold (54)ABB Europe Limited Lockheed Martin Global, Inc.Agilent London Stock ExchangeAir Liquide McKenna Long & AldridgeBASE MichelinBASF Aktiengesellschaft Nokia CorporationBAT Norsk Hydro ASABoeing NovartisBP PfizerCoca-Cola Enterprises Services Philip Morris InternationalComputer Associates PhilipsDaimlerChrysler Procter & GambleDeutsche Post World Net RenaultDeutsche Telekom SASDow SolvayDuPont Statoil ASAEMBRAER, Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica SyngentaErnst & Young Telenor ASAExxonMobil Tetra PakFerrero Group - Soremartec The Coca-Cola CompanyGeneral Electric TotalGlaxoSmithKline ToyotaGoldman Sachs United TechnologiesHutchison Whampoa UPSIKEA Visa InternationalInBev VodafoneJohnson & Johnson Volvo Group Representation, EUKraft Foods International White & Case

Silver (6)APCO Europe Lloyd’sCovington & Burling Luther PendragonFreshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Gaedertz

Bronze (19)Blueprint Partners INTEREL PR & PABurson-Marsteller/BKSH KREABCabinet Stewart McDermott Will & Emery/Stanbrook LLPECORYS Research & Consulting Nicholas Phillips AssociatesEdelman Europe Pestalozzi Lachenal PatryEPPA Russell Reynolds AssociatesFIPRA The CentreFleishman-Hillard The Global Consulting GroupGPlus Europe Weber ShandwickHill & Knowlton

PROFESSIONAL & BUSINESS ASSOCIATION MEMBERS (84)Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment ACEAmerican Chamber of Commerce to the European Union AmCham EUAssociation of Commercial TV in Europe ACTAssociation of European Chambers of Commerce & Industry EUROCHAMBRES

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Association des Industries de Marques AIMAssociation for the Sustainable Use and Recovery of Resources in Europe ASSURREBrussels Office of the Swedish Trade UnionsCEFICComité des Fabricants de Levure de Panification de l’Union Européenne COFALECConfederation of British Industry CBIConfederation of European Community Cigarette Manufacturers CECCMConfederation of Finnish Industries EKConfederation of Netherlands Industry and Employers VNO-NCWConfederation of Norwegian Enterprise NHOConfederation of Swedish EnterpriseCropLife InternationalDanish Chamber of Commerce HTSDanish Employers’ Confederation DADelegation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry Paris/Ile de FranceEUCOMEDEU-Japan Centre for Industrial CooperationEuroCommerceEuropaBioEuropean Automobile Manufacturers Association ACEAEuropean Cement Association CEMBUREAUEuropean Confederation of Private Employment Agencies Euro-CIETTEuropean Cosmetic Toiletry and Perfumery Association COLIPAEuropean Crop Protection Association ECPAEuropean Dairy Association EDAEuropean Express Association EEAEuropean Federation of Accountants FEEEuropean Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations EFPIAEuropean Federation of the Ceramics Industry CERAME-UNIEEuropean Fertilizer Manufacturers Association EFMAEuropean Financial Services Round Table EFREuropean Flavour and Fragrance Association EFFAEuropean Foundation for Management Development EFMDEuropean Landowners’ Organisation ELOEuropean Organisation for Packaging and the Environment EUROPENEuropean Petroleum Industry Association EUROPIAEuropean Private Equity & Venture Capital Association EVCAEuropean Retail Round Table ERRTEuropean Round Table of Industrialists ERTEuropean Small Business Alliance ESBAEuropean Smoking Tobacco Association ESTAEuropean Trade Union Confederation ETUCEuropean Union of the Natural Gas Industry EUROGASFédération des Entreprises de Belgique FEBFreshfel EuropeForeign Trade Association FTAGas Infrastructure Europe GIEGerman Savings Banks and Giro Association (Deutscher Sparkassen und Giroverband) DSGVGrocery Manufacturers of America GMAIndustrial Minerals Association IMA-EuropeInternational Federation for Animal Health IFAHInternational Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations IFRROInternational Rayon and Synthetic Fibres Committee CIRFSInternational Road FederationIrish Business Bureau IBBJapan Center for International Finance JCIFJapan External Trade Organization JETRO Brussels CenterJapan Machinery Center for Trade and Investment JMCKorea Trade Center Brussels KOTRAORGALIMEPharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America PhRMAPlasticsEuropeSlovenian Business & Research Association SBRAStanding Committee of European Doctors CPMEStanding Committee of the European Glass Industries CPIV

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Swiss Business Federation economiesuisseSword-ASCiiThe Brewers of EuropeThe Danish Association of Lawyers and Economists in Belgium DJOEF BelgiumThe Confederation of Danish Industries CDIThe Law Societies’ Brussels OfficeThe Oil Companies' European Organisation for Environment, Health and Safety CONCAWEThe Swedish Confederation of Professional Employees TCOTransAtlantic Business Dialogue TABDTurkish Industry & Business Association TÜSIADUK Offshore Operators Association LtdUnion of EU Soft Drinks Associations UNESDA-CISDAUnion of Industrial and Employers’ Confederations of Europe UNICEUS Chamber of CommerceVerband der Chemischen Industrie VCI

DIPLOMATIC MEMBERS (102)Albania Mission of the Republic of Albania to the European UnionAlgeria Algerian Embassy

Mission of Algeria to the European CommunitiesAndorra Mission of Andorra to the European UnionArmenia Mission of Armenia to the European UnionAustralia Australian Embassy and Mission to the European UnionAustria Permanent Representation of Austria to the EUAzerbaijan Mission of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the European UnionBangladesh Embassy of the People’s Republic of BangladeshBarbados Embassy of Barbados and Mission to the European UnionBelarus Mission of the Republic of Belarus to the EUBosnia-Herzegovina Mission of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the European Union and NATOBotswana Embassy of the Republic of Botswana to the European UnionBrazil Mission of Brazil to the European UnionBrunei Darussalam Embassy of Brunei Darussalam to BelgiumBulgaria Mission of Bulgaria to the European UnionCanada Canadian Mission to the European UnionChile Chilean Embassy to Belgium and Luxembourg-Mission to the EUChina Mission of the People's Republic of China to the ECColombia Embassy of Colombia to Belgium and Mission of Colombia to the European UnionCroatia Embassy of the Republic of Croatia

Mission of the Republic of Croatia to the European UnionCyprus Embassy of Cyprus to Belgium

Permanent Representation of Cyprus to the EUCzech Republic Permanent Representation of the Czech Republic to the European UnionEgypt Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt

Mission of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the European UnionEstonia Permanent Representation of Estonia to the European UnionEthiopia Embassy of the Federal Democratic Republic of EthiopiaFinland Embassy of Finland

Mission of Finland to NATOPermanent Representation of Finland to the European Union

France Représentation Permanente de la France auprès de l’Union EuropéenneGeorgia Embassy of Georgia to the Benelux Countries

Mission of Georgia to the EUGreece Embassy of the Hellenic Republic to the Kingdom of BelgiumHong Kong Hong Kong Economic and Trade OfficeHungary Permanent Representation of Hungary to the European UnionIceland Icelandic Mission to the European UnionIndia Embassy of the Republic of India

Mission of the Republic of India to the European UnionIndonesia Indonesian Mission to the European UnionIran Embassy of the Islamic Republic of IranIreland Permanent Representation of Ireland to the European UnionIsrael Mission of Israel to the European UnionJapan Mission of Japan to the European UnionJordan Mission of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to the ECKazakhstan Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Kingdom of Belgium

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Mission of Kazakhstan to the ECKorea Mission of the Republic of Korea to the European CommunitiesKuwait Embassy of the State of KuwaitMacao Macao Economic and Trade OfficeMacedonia Mission of the Republic of Macedonia to the European UnionMalaysia Embassy of Malaysia

Mission of Malaysia to the European UnionMalta Permanent Representation of Malta to the EUMexico Mission of Mexico to the European UnionMoldova Mission of the Republic of Moldova to the European CommunitiesMorocco Mission of the Kingdom of Morocco to the European CommunitiesMozambique Mission of Mozambique to the European UnionNamibia Embassy of the Republic of Namibia

Mission of the Republic of Namibia to the European UnionNepal Mission of Nepal to the European CommunitiesNew Zealand New Zealand Embassy and Mission to the European UnionNorway Mission of Norway to the European Union

Royal Norwegian EmbassyPakistan Embassy of PakistanPhilippines Embassy of the Philippines to Belgium

Mission of the Philippines to the European UnionPoland Embassy of the Republic of Poland

Permanent Representation of the Republic of Poland to the European UnionQuebec General Delegation of QuebecRomania Mission of Romania to the European Union

Romanian Embassy in BelgiumRussia Mission of the Russian Federation to the ECSerbia and Montenegro Embassy of Serbia and Montenegro

Mission of Serbia and Montenegro to the EUSingapore Embassy of the Republic of Singapore in Brussels

Mission of the Republic of Singapore to the European UnionSlovakia Embassy of the Slovak Republic to Belgium and Luxembourg

Permanent Representation of the Slovak Republic to the EUSouth Africa South African Embassy and Mission to the European UnionSri Lanka Mission of Sri Lanka to the European UnionSudan Embassy of the Republic of the SudanSweden Permanent Representation of Sweden to the EUSwitzerland Swiss Mission to the European UnionTaipei Taipei Representative OfficeThailand Mission of Thailand to the European Union

Royal Thai EmbassyTunisia Tunisian Embassy to BelgiumTurkey Turkish Embassy to Belgium

Turkish Mission to the European UnionUK British Embassy

UK Permanent Representation to the EUWelsh Assembly Government

Ukraine Embassy of Ukraine to BelgiumMission of Ukraine to the European Union

Uruguay Embassy of Uruguay to Belgium and the European CommunitiesUSA Embassy of the United States of America

United States Mission to the European UnionUzbekistan Embassy of the Republic of Uzbekistan to the Kingdom of Belgium

Mission of the Republic of Uzbekistan to European Communities

INTER-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS (15)Council of EuropeEFTA SecretariatEFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA)EUROCONTROLEuropean Investment Bank (EIB)International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS)International Monetary Fund (IMF)Japan Bank for International CooperationNATO Parliamentary Assembly

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Secretariat of the Energy Charter ConferenceUnited Nations Office in BrusselsWorld Bank EU OfficeWorld Customs Organization (WCO)World Health Organization (WHO)World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)

GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS (2)Representation Office of the Oesterreichische NationalbankUK Nature and Landscape Office

NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS (40)Amnesty InternationalARI MovementAssociation of the Local Democracy AgenciesBirdLife InternationalBureau Européen des Unions de Consommateurs (BEUC)CARE for EuropeCaritas Catholica VlaanderenCentre for Post-Industrial ResearchClub of MadridConfrontations EuropeEastWest InstituteEU Dental Liaison CommitteeEurActiv.comEuro Citizen Action Service (ECAS)European Academy of Sciences and ArtsEuropean Bahá'í Business ForumEuropean Confederation of Junior Enterprises (JADE)European Institute of RomaniaEuropean Movement - Cyprus CouncilEuropean Region of WCPTEuropean Students' Forum (AEGEE)European Youth ForumEurope NearEast ForumFederation of Associations for Hunting and Conservation of the EU (FACE)Institute for European Environmental PolicyInstitute for Strategic and Development Studies (ISTAME)Institute of European Studies MacauInternational AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI)International Center for Transitional JusticeInternational Crisis Group (ICG)JA-YE EuropeNetwork of European Foundations for Innovative Cooperation (NEF)Platform of European Social NGOsSearch for Common GroundSOS Kinderdorf InternationalThe Danish European MovementTransatlantic Center of the German Marshall Fund of the United StatesTransatlantic InstituteTURKAB, EU-Turkey Cooperation AssociationWWF European Policy Office

REGIONAL BODIES AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES (41)Aarhus EU OfficeAssembly of European Regions (AER)City of Turku - Southwest Finland European OfficeCity of Vienna - Liaison OfficeConférence des Régions Périphériques Maritimes d'Europe (CRPM)Delegación de la Comunidad ValencianaDelegation of the Government of NavarreEast Midlands Regional European OfficeEast-Netherlands ProvincesEUROCITIESFundación Galicia Europa

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Hanse-OfficeHelsinki EU OfficeIle-de-France - EuropeLiaison Office of Burgenland to the EULiaison Office of NiederösterreichLocal Government International Bureau (LGIB)North West of England HouseOffice of the Northern Ireland ExecutiveOslo Region European OfficeProvince of LimburgRegion Fyn European OfficeRegion of Istria Representation OfficeRepresentation Office of CarinthiaRepresentation of Lower Saxony to the EURepresentation of the State of Baden-Württemberg to the European UnionRepresentation of the State of Bremen to the EUScotland EuropaScottish Executive EU OfficeSouth East England Development AgencySouth Finland EU-OfficeSouth West UK Brussels OfficeSteiermark-BüroTampere Central Region EU-OfficeThe Region of South Bohemia (CZ)Vereniging van Vlaamse Steden en Gemeenten (VVSG)Welsh Local Government Association EU OfficeWest Finland European OfficeWest Midlands in EuropeWest Norway OfficeWest Sweden EU and Representation Office

FOUNDATIONS (26)Bernard Van Leer FoundationBertelsmann FoundationBritish Council BrusselsCompagnia di San PaoloEuropean Cultural Foundation (ECF)European Foundation Centre (EFC)European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA)Fondation Génération EuropeFondazione Fiera MilanoFriedrich-Ebert-StiftungFundação Calouste GulbenkianFundação Luso-Americana para o DesenvolvimentoFundação OrienteFundación Centro de Estudios AndalucesHanns-Seidel-StiftungInstitute of European Affairs (IEA)King Baudouin FoundationKonrad-Adenauer-StiftungMadariaga European FoundationNationale Postcode LoterijOpen Society Institute - BrusselsReal Instituto ElcanoThe Nuffield TrustThe Swedish Foundation for Small Business ResearchTransatlantic Policy Network (TPN)Van Leer Group Foundation

RELIGIOUS ORGANISATIONS (3)Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the EC (COMECE)European Evangelical AllianceRabbinical Center of Europe

TOTAL MEMBERSHIP 401

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EPC team as at 31 December 2005

Hans Martens Chief Executive

Amanda Akçakoca Policy Analyst and Programme Executive

Lorenzo Allio Policy Analyst

Myriane Bartholomé Membership & Publications Executive

Maral Bedrossian Human Resources Executive

Axel Berkofsky Senior Policy Analyst

Elizabeth Bisland Head of Administration

Carlos Buhigas Schubert Policy Analyst

Elizabeth Collett Policy Analyst

Stéphanie Danis Events Administrator

Mirjam Dittrich Policy Analyst

Guillaume Durand Policy Analyst

Marie-Hélène Fandel Junior Policy Analyst

Valérie Gilles Administrative Assistant

Gaëtano Gruttadauria Office & Events Assistant

Robert Knaepen Financial Adviser

John Kotsopoulos Junior Policy Analyst

Vanessa Matthews Junior Policy Analyst

Antonio Missiroli Chief Policy Analyst

Danny Moeuthwil IT Systems Manager

Lucia Montanaro-Jankovski Policy Analyst

John Palmer Political Director

Meike Rodekamp Assistant Project Manager

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The current EPC team

Mission Statement

The European Policy Centre is an independent, not-for-profit, think tank committed to making European integration work. The EPC works at the ‘cuttingedge’ of European policy-making, providing its members and the wider publicwith rapid, high-quality information and analysis on the EU policy agenda. Itaims to promote a balanced dialogue between the different constituencies ofits membership, spanning all aspects of economic and social life.

European Policy Centre

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Email: info@theepc.be

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