Suggested links

ECFR STRATEGIC FUNDERS

The Communitas Foundation: http://www.communitas-bg.org/ [website under construction]

Communitas Foundation is a Bulgarian non-profit organisation  whose major mission is strengthening civil society and contribution to the European integration and transatlantic partnership. To these ends its programmes are structured in the spheres of education, culture, public health and international politics. Through its sister organisations Communitas widens its range of activities into promoting active public participation, independent media and Christian European values.

FRIDE (Fundación para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Diálogo Exterior): http://www.fride.org/

FRIDE seeks to provide fresh and innovative thinking on Europe's role on the international stage. As a prominent European think tank, FRIDE benefits from political independence, diversity of views and the intellectual background of its international staff. It strives to break new ground in its core research interests of peace and security, human rights, democracy promotion, and development and humanitarian aid, and mould debate in governmental and non-governmental bodies through rigorous analysis, rooted in the values of justice, equality and democracy.

The Open Society Institute and the Soros Foundations Network: http://www.soros.org/

The Open Society Institute (OSI), a private operating and grant-making foundation, aims to shape public policy to promote democratic governance, human rights, and economic, legal, and social reform. On a local level, OSI implements a range of initiatives to support the rule of law, education, public health, and independent media. At the same time, OSI works to build alliances across borders and continents on issues such as combating corruption and rights abuses.

UniCredit Group: http://www.unicreditgroup.eu/DOC/jsp/navigation/index.jsp?parLocale=en

UniCredit is one of Europe's leading financial groups, committed to create a new way of banking by constantly thriving to serve clients with innovative solutions. They have strong roots in 22 European countries as well as representative offices in 27 other markets.

OFFICIAL EU SITES

Spanish EU Presidency: www.eu2010.es 

Council of the European Union: http://www.consilium.europa.eu/

CFSP/ESDP: http://ec.europa.eu/external_relations/cfsp/intro/index.htm 

European Commission: http://ec.europa.eu/index_en.htm

European Union online: http://europa.eu/

European Parliament: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/

EU Operations: http://consilium.europa.eu/cms3_fo/showPage.asp?id=268&lang=EN

EU NEWS and MAGAZINES

EuroActiv: http://www.euractiv.com/

EUobserver: http://euobserver.com/

E Sharp: http://www.esharp.eu 

European Voice: http://www.europeanvoice.com/

Europe's World: http://www.europesworld.org/

PARTNERS

Asia Centre, Paris: http://www.centreasia.org/

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Brussels and Washington DC: http://www.carnegieendowment.org/

Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels: http://www.ceps.be/index3.php

Centre for Liberal Strategies, Sofia: http://www.cls-sofia.org/cgi-bin/public/index.cgi

Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington: http://www.csis.org/

demosEUROPA, Warsaw: http://www.demoseuropa.eu/index.php?&newlang=eng

European Policy Centre, Brussels: http://www.epc.eu/

EU Russia Foundation, London: http://www.russiafoundation.org/?p=home

EU-Russia Centre, Brussels: http://www.eu-russiacentre.org/

European Union Institute for Security Studies, Paris: http://www.iss.europa.eu/

Finnish Institute for International Relations, Helsinki: http://www.upi-fiia.fi/en/home/

Foreign Policy Centre, London: http://www.fpc.org.uk/

German Marshall Fund of the United States, Brussels and Washington: http://www.gmfus.org/

International Crisis Group, Brussels: http://www.icg.org/

Netherlands Institute of International Relations, Clingendael, The Hague: http://www.clingendael.nl/

People in Need, Czech Republic: http://www.clovekvtisni.cz/indexen.php

Security and Defence Agenda, Brussels: http://www.securitydefenceagenda.org/

The Stefan Batory Foundation, Warsaw: http://www.batory.org.pl/english/index.htm

The Trans European Policy Studies Association, Brussels: http://www.tepsa.be/index.asp