European Values Think-Tank

European Values Think-Tank
Evropské hodnoty
Formation 2005
Location
Official language
Czech
Website europeanvalues.net

The European Values Think-Tank is a Czech non-governmental organisation founded in 2005. It's incentive is to raise political culture in the Czech Republic as well as on the European level.[1] They define European Values as personal freedom, human dignity, solidarity, active civil society, market economy, democracy and rule of law.[2]

Activities

The EH organizes public and non-public discussions, lectures, seminars and conferences. Its analysts also publish policy papers and opinion articles in newspapers or online.[3]

European Values Initiative

In April 2015, the European Values Initiative was introduced as a movement aimed at strengthening the principles of liberal democracy in Europe via series of debates. The Initiative was backed by various Czech political figures, such as Petr Kolář, Libor Rouček and Štefan Füle.[4]

Financing

The organisation is not linked to any political party. It is sponsored by various institutions and private donors.[5] All financial data can be viewed on a transparent bank account.[6]

References

  1. "Aims and Purposes". European Values. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  2. Cisar, Ondrej. "Think Tanks and Policy Discourses in the Czech Republic". Academia. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  3. Cisar, Ondrej. "Think Tanks and Policy Discourses in the Czech Republic". Academia. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  4. Mitrofanov, Alexander. "Iniciativa Evropské hodnoty chce bít na poplach". rozhlas.cz. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  5. "European Values Think-Tank, Annual Reports". European Values. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  6. "Pohyby na transparentním účtu". www.fio.cz.
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