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In 2008 the [[Institute of Economic Affairs]] and the [[International Policy Network]] reportedly left the Stockholm Network<ref>Alex Singleton, [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/alexsingleton/8145947/freemarket_network_demands_bailout_for_pharmaceutical_industry/ Free-market network demands bail-out for pharmaceutical industry], ''The Telegraph'', 19-January-2009, Accessed 27-April-2010</ref>. They were followed by the [[Liberalni Institute]] in January 2009.<ref>Liberalni Institute, [http://libinst.cz/stranka_en.php?id=2 News], Liberalni Institute, Accessed 27-April-2010</ref> According to an article in the Telegraph, the withdrawals came after the Stockholm Network called for the taxing of search engines to compensate copyright holders whose work is can be accessed, without charge, as a result of internet searches. It had also called for greater recognition of “the importance of wealth transfer” to poor countries in order to fight climate change. It subsequently (in 2009) issued a report, 19-January-2009, Accessed 27-April-2010</ref>. Then in 2009, the Stockholm Network had published a report, ''The UK Pharmaceutical Industry: Current Challenges and Future Solutions'', in which it called for Government funding of the pharmaceutical industry<ref>Alex Singleton, [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/alexsingleton/8145947/freemarket_network_demands_bailout_for_pharmaceutical_industry/ Free-market network demands bail-out for pharmaceutical industry], ''The Telegraph'', 19 Jan 2009, acc 28/4/10</ref>.  
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In 2008 the [[Institute of Economic Affairs]] and the [[International Policy Network]] reportedly left the Stockholm Network.<ref>Alex Singleton, [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/alexsingleton/8145947/freemarket_network_demands_bailout_for_pharmaceutical_industry/ Free-market network demands bail-out for pharmaceutical industry], ''The Telegraph'', 19-January-2009, Accessed 27-April-2010</ref> They were followed by the [[Liberalni Institute]] in January 2009.<ref>Liberalni Institute, [http://libinst.cz/stranka_en.php?id=2 News], Liberalni Institute, Accessed 27-April-2010</ref> According to an article in the ''Telegraph'', the withdrawals came after the Stockholm Network called for the taxing of search engines to compensate copyright holders whose work is can be accessed, without charge, as a result of internet searches. It had also called for greater recognition of 'the importance of wealth transfer' to poor countries in order to fight climate change. In 2009, the Stockholm Network report, ''The UK Pharmaceutical Industry: Current Challenges and Future Solutions'', called for Government funding of the pharmaceutical industry<ref>Alex Singleton, [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/alexsingleton/8145947/freemarket_network_demands_bailout_for_pharmaceutical_industry/ Free-market network demands bail-out for pharmaceutical industry], ''The Telegraph'', 19 Jan 2009, acc 28/4/10</ref>.  
  
 
According to the report on the pharmaceutical industry, written by [[Ross Carroll]] and [[Stuart Carroll]], ‘[A] lack of government investment is another factor adversely affecting the UK pharmaceutical industry.’<ref>Carroll, R. and Carroll, S. (2009). The UK Pharmaceutical Industry: Current Challenges and Future Solutions. [http://www.stockholm-network.org/downloads/publications/UK_Pharma_Industry_Carroll_Jan_09.pdf  The UK Pharmaceutical Industry: Current Challenges and Future Solutions], ''Stockholm Network'', Accessed 10 April 2010.</ref> The report, which was a part of the ‘Stockholm Network Experts’ Series’, also called a reduction in the rate of UK corporation tax; tax credits for new product introduction and technological development; and the simplification of ‘taxation rules and reduce the burden of complex legislation and regulation through the utilisation of cutting-edge approaches.’ <ref>Carroll, R. and Carroll, S. (2009). The UK Pharmaceutical Industry: Current Challenges and Future Solutions. [http://www.stockholm-network.org/downloads/publications/UK_Pharma_Industry_Carroll_Jan_09.pdf  The UK Pharmaceutical Industry: Current Challenges and Future Solutions], ''Stockholm Network'', Accessed 10 April 2010.</ref>
 
According to the report on the pharmaceutical industry, written by [[Ross Carroll]] and [[Stuart Carroll]], ‘[A] lack of government investment is another factor adversely affecting the UK pharmaceutical industry.’<ref>Carroll, R. and Carroll, S. (2009). The UK Pharmaceutical Industry: Current Challenges and Future Solutions. [http://www.stockholm-network.org/downloads/publications/UK_Pharma_Industry_Carroll_Jan_09.pdf  The UK Pharmaceutical Industry: Current Challenges and Future Solutions], ''Stockholm Network'', Accessed 10 April 2010.</ref> The report, which was a part of the ‘Stockholm Network Experts’ Series’, also called a reduction in the rate of UK corporation tax; tax credits for new product introduction and technological development; and the simplification of ‘taxation rules and reduce the burden of complex legislation and regulation through the utilisation of cutting-edge approaches.’ <ref>Carroll, R. and Carroll, S. (2009). The UK Pharmaceutical Industry: Current Challenges and Future Solutions. [http://www.stockholm-network.org/downloads/publications/UK_Pharma_Industry_Carroll_Jan_09.pdf  The UK Pharmaceutical Industry: Current Challenges and Future Solutions], ''Stockholm Network'', Accessed 10 April 2010.</ref>

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The Stockholm Network is a working group of more than 120 market-oriented think tanks from across Europe created by Helen Disney and Rick Nye of pollsters Populus. It calls itself "a one-stop shop for organisations seeking to work with Europe’s brightest policymakers and thinkers" and claims to have "the capacity to deliver local messages and locally-tailored global messages across the EU and beyond."[1] The network churns out thousands of op-eds in the "high-quality European press", produces hundreds of publications and holds several conferences, seminars and meetings to "influence many millions of Europeans every year."[2] Helen Disney the Stockholm Network's founder and director describes it as "not a think tank, as such, but a networking service for think tanks across Europe."[3]

Writing in The Times in December 2005, Paul Staines wrote that the Stockholm Network, "turns out to be in fact the public face of Market House International, a PR consultancy that tells corporate clients that the network gives it 'local capacity to deliver both local messages and locally tailored global messages in a wide range of countries'." [4]

Aims and Policy Issues

The Network is described as a forum for "sharing, exchanging and developing pan-European research and best practice."[5] In order to promote ideas to stimulate economic growth, the Stockholm Network concentrates on the following policy issues:

  • Reforming European welfare states and creating a more flexible labour market
  • Updating European pension systems to empower individuals
  • Ensuring more consumer-driven healthcare, through reform of European health systems and markets
  • Encouraging an informed debate on intellectual property rights as an incentive to innovate and develop new knowledge in the future, whilst ensuring wide public access to such products in the present
  • Reforming European energy markets to ensure the most beneficial balance between economic growth and environmental quality
  • Emphasising the benefits of globalisation, trade and competition and creating an understanding of free market ideas and institutions.[6]

History

The Stockholm Network was founded in September 1997 [7] by Helen Disney, [8] a British journalist and policy specialist, and initially managed by the Swedish think tank, Timbro.[9] Disney had landed a job with the pro market think tank the Social Market Foundation in 1996, a year after gaining an undergraduate degree at Brisol University in languages. It was while she was at the SMF that the Stockholm Network was created and launched. In early versions of the SN website the SMF is listed as one of four 'main groups' of the network along with Timbro (Sweden), Paradigmes (France) and The Centre for the New Europe (a pan-European think tank based in Brussels, Belgium).[10] Helen Disney gave the following account of the Stockholm Network's background in an edit to the SN Wikipedia entry:

The network of free-market European think tanks known as the Stockholm Network (SN) was founded in 1997 by Helen Disney, a former journalist and Deputy Director of the Social Market Foundation. It began with a small staff of 3 people including Nicole Gray Conchar who had previously worked as a fundraiser for numerous think tanks including the Cato Institute and the International Policy Network (IPN)[11].

It later became part of Civitas, which was formerly known as the Health and Welfare Unit of the Institute for Economic Affairs. It has been independently run since 2004. [12] Early aims (which extend to present day) were:

"to find an efficient method of connecting like-minded policymakers and thinkers; to encourage collaboration on joint research projects in order to share the most successful policy innovations and arguments more widely; and to ensure a wider audience and a more co-ordinated approach to the dissemination of market-oriented ideas within Europe and beyond its borders."[13]

Think tanks leave, join and are expelled - 2008-9

In 2008 the Institute of Economic Affairs and the International Policy Network reportedly left the Stockholm Network.[14] They were followed by the Liberalni Institute in January 2009.[15] According to an article in the Telegraph, the withdrawals came after the Stockholm Network called for the taxing of search engines to compensate copyright holders whose work is can be accessed, without charge, as a result of internet searches. It had also called for greater recognition of 'the importance of wealth transfer' to poor countries in order to fight climate change. In 2009, the Stockholm Network report, The UK Pharmaceutical Industry: Current Challenges and Future Solutions, called for Government funding of the pharmaceutical industry[16].

According to the report on the pharmaceutical industry, written by Ross Carroll and Stuart Carroll, ‘[A] lack of government investment is another factor adversely affecting the UK pharmaceutical industry.’[17] The report, which was a part of the ‘Stockholm Network Experts’ Series’, also called a reduction in the rate of UK corporation tax; tax credits for new product introduction and technological development; and the simplification of ‘taxation rules and reduce the burden of complex legislation and regulation through the utilisation of cutting-edge approaches.’ [18]

The publication was reportedly criticised by other free-market think tanks. According to emails seen by the Telegraph, the head of one said: “The whole thing is mad. I cannot imagine any free market think tank now being able to stay in membership [of the Stockholm Network].” Another claimed:

"As far as I can see this is the end of the Stockholm Network as a network for European free market think tanks. It might however be the opening attempt at some sort of consultancy… Whatever, the whole thing is totally —— up: big time."[19]

The Stockholm Network's owner, Helen Disney contacted the Telegraph criticising the article and arguing that:

The report is far from being in favour of state intervention. In fact, the authors argue for reducing corporation tax, simplifying tax rules and reducing legislation and regulation. The reference to industrial policy concerns ideas for making the UK economy more competitive in global markets. [20]

The Liberalni Institute left the Stockholm Network on the 29th January 2009, shortly after the publication of the report on the UK pharmaceutical industry. They cited their reason for leaving as:

The Academic Advisory Board of the Liberalni institut decided to leave the Stockholm Network on January 29. It is because some recent publications of the SN are not consistent with our deep convictions about the importance of individual freedom and the rule of law. The LI is strongly opposed to the promotion of particular interests of business couched under the heading of liberalism. [21]

The Adam Smith Institute, Libertarian Alliance and Nurses for Reform also left the network in 2009, although according to edits made to Wikipedia by Helen Disney the Libertarian Alliance and Nurses for Reform had their "membership withdrawn"[22][23]. Disney also added details of three new members of the network, these were the Ohrid Institute (Macedonia), the Murray Rothbard Institute (Belgium) and Innoval (Germany)[24].

Transparency over funding

According to its website, the Stockholm Network receives funding from a variety of individuals, corporations, trade associations and foundations:

’A mixture of for-profit and not-for-profit organisations, some SN supporters are large global enterprises, while others are small or medium in size. Subscriptions from individuals, commercial enterprises, and a range of NGOs make up the bulk of our funding. We also derive a small income from the sale of our publications and research materials to the public, bookshops, government agencies and private companies. Corporate subscribers come from a wide range of sectors that currently include information technology, energy, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, entertainment, public affairs, and insurers.’[25]

Funders, however, ‘do not have a veto over the outcome of Stockholm Network research or any influence over its media output.’ The network maintains that it does not accept payments intended to ‘purchase’ prearranged research outcomes. It also insists it is not a ‘front group’ for other organisations or individuals and that contributors are listed in full on its annual report and website. [26]

The Corporate Europe Observatory give the following description of an e-mail exchange with Helen Disney regarding the funding of the Stockholm Network:

The Stockholm Network is funded, Disney explained, "by annual subscriptions from private individuals, companies and foundations, including think tanks". When we responded asking for a list of funders and how much they contribute, Disney told us that the Stockholm Network has "around 25 major funders across a variety of sectors including public affairs firms, venture capitalists, pharmaceutical companies, healthcare providers, trade associations, software companies and the energy sector." Still no names and no figures, although Disney did add that sponsors "do not have a veto over any research we conduct and may not commission research from the Network". When we insisted once more on names and figures, the response was that "I cannot give you the information you ask for since our accounts for 2004 will not be completed for another month". We then suggested that Disney could send us the overview for 2003, to give us an idea, but also this proved to be impossible. Disney argued that until January 2004, the Stockholm Network was technically part of the think tank Civitas, "so did not have its own accounts." At this stage, Disney did inform us about the Stockholm Network's annual subscription charges of £1000, £5000 or £10,000 per year. "Larger corporate donors tend to join at the £10,000 level", she explained. The Stockholm Network clearly took the survey seriously and spent significant amount of time responding, but with a remarkable determination to avoid naming funders[27].

In an edit to the Stockholm Networks Wikipedia page owner Helen Disney added the following comments about funding and transparency:

The Stockholm Network has made efforts to be transparent regarding the sources of its funding, and has advocated that other think tanks should also list their funders on their websites. This would make accusations of potential conflicts of interest, or lobbying, which can be impossible to either corroborate or refute (given their often unattributed and/or unverified nature) less likely[28].

Stockholm Network Programmes

Health and Welfare Programme

The Stockholm Network's Health and Welfare Programme was set up at the end of 2005. Key aims and objectives include:[29]

  • Providing a comprehensive resource on European think tank initiatives in the field of Health and Welfare
  • Promoting competition and choice in healthcare, through reform of European health systems and markets
  • Promoting more flexible labour markets in Europe
  • Promoting market oriented reform of Europe's failing pensions systems


The Science-Democracy Debate

In 2005, the Stockholm Network co-sponsored the ‘Westminster Fringe Debate’ with the motion “Democratisation of science would not be in the public interest”. According to the organisers:

“Science is driven by curiosity. Would any attempt to put that under greater public scrutiny deaden scientific inquiry or must scientists now come to terms with the fears and priorities of society at large? And is public accountability a meaningful concept in science? Scientists may not know what they are going to discover when they start experimenting or to what use it may ultimately be put. Are the public qualified to determine the priorities of scientific research? Is that untrammelled freedom for science out of date and dangerous?”[30]

Lord Dick Taverne from Sense About Science and Colin Blakemore, who was Chief Executive of the UK Medical Research Council (MRC) at the time, supported the motion which was carried.[31]

Health Publications

2010


"This paper has attempted to reiterate the successes that have been achieved in the CEE region, in regards to reforming healthcare. However, it has also highlighted the threat that is posed to CEE countries’ achievements in health by the financial crisis and an evermore uncertain fiscal future. It is argued that through the introduction of public-private partnerships, a greater mix of financing models and increased competition the obstacles posed by the financial crisis can be resolved and the future of healthcare in the region can be a continuation in the success story, as opposed to a turnaround of fortunes."

Links to American Organisations

The Stockholm Network is listed on the website for the Atlas Economic Research Foundation [35], an American organisation based near Washington that “serves as a catalyst and connector to link free-market organizations and individuals to the ideas, people and resources they need to promote a free society.”[36]

Funding

Funding 2005-2006

In 2005-06 The Stockholm Network received contributions from the following individuals and organisations:

3M Security Systems Division | Akademika | Authentix | Bertrams Books | Bettina Bergbauer | Blackwell's Book Service | Centre for the New Europe | Centro di Documentazione | Dale Investment Advisors | Dawsons Books | DCI Group | Dietmar Dreier | Paul Newton - CCVTM | DTB Associates | Eli Lilly | Esia books | EU Bookshop | Exxon Mobil | Facultas Bookshop | Forensic Technology | FreedomWorks | Gardners Books | Gary Bogard | Geoff Dover | German Pharma Health Fund | Graeme Robertson | Heritage Foundation | Hill and Knowlton | IFPMA | J.Story-Scienti | Jim Rittenburg | Julian Morris | Karin A Schmidt | Lehmanns Fachbuchhandlung | LIF | Lovells Library | Luther Pendragon | Mariana Magalhaes | Mark Krueger & Associates | Merck & Co Inc |Missing Link Booksellers | Nancy Hansen | NAPP Pharmaceuticals | PA Consulting Group | Peter Pitts | Pfizer Inc | Pfizer Ltd | Pharmaceutical Marketing | Philip Sinopoli | Philips Electronics | PhRMA | RETI Roularta Media Group | Stationery Office Bookshop | Tesa AG | The Economist | The Tax Foundation | Tim Phillips | Tony Walsh | University of Texas at Austin | USPTO/International Relations | Verizon | Worldwide Book Supplies[37].

Funding 2006-2007

In 2006-07 The Stockholm Network received contributions from the following individuals and organisations:

Amazon EU | Beacon Books | Bertrams Books | BGN Distributie | Blackwell's Book Service UK | Blackwell's Business & Law Bookshop | Bookshop J Story Scientia | BUPA | Burson Marsteller | Civitas | Coronet Books Inc | Daunt Books | Dawson Books | DEA S.p.A. | The Economist | Eli Lilly | Elisa Kangaskoski | Erasmus Booksellers | EU Bookshop | EU Observer European Bookshop Ltd | Exxon Mobil | Fachbuchhandlung fur Sprachen | FSF Ltd - Public Finance Magazine | The Fund for American Studies | Gardners Books | General Healthcare Group | GlaxoSmithKline | GML Hannay Booksellers | Heffers Booksellers | Hill & Knowlton | Holt Jackson Book Co. | IFPMA Institute of Directors | IPN | KLIO Bookshop | Kueper International Booksellers | LCS Consulting Lehmann - Mulheim Marsh Inc | Massman International Booksellers | McDermott Will & Emery Merck | The Merck Foundation | Merck Sharp and Dohme | Microsoft | Motion Picture Association | Muenstergass-Buchhandlung | Nuffield Hospitals | OLFZI | Patrick Barbour | Pfizer Inc | Pfizer UK | PhRMA | Precise Public Affairs | Progress & Freedom Foundation | Schering Plough AB | Schweitzer Sortiment Wien | Starkmann Ltd | Strassner GmbH | TSO Bookshop | Uitgevrerij Peeters | UST Public Affairs | VeriSign Inc | Verizon[38].

Funding 2007-2008

In 2007-08 The Stockholm Network received contributions from the following individuals and organisations:

Adam Smith Institute | Amazon EU | Beacon Books | Bertrams Books | BGN Distributie | Blackwell's Book Service UK | Blackwell's Business & Law Bookshop | Bookshop J Story Scientia | BUPA | Burson Marsteller | The Business | Cato Institute | Civitas | Coronet Books Inc | Coutts Information Services | Daunt Books | Dawson Books | DEA S.p.A. | The Economist | Eli Lilly | Elisa Kangaskoski | Erasmus Booksellers | EU Bookshop | EU Observer European Bookshop Ltd | Exxon Mobil | Fachbuchhandlung fur Sprachen | FSF Ltd - Public Finance Magazine | The Fund for American Studies | Gardners Books | General Healthcare Group | Gilead Sciences Inc. | GlaxoSmithKline | GML | Hannay Booksellers | Heffers Booksellers | Hill & Knowlton | Holt Jackson Book Co. | IFPMA | Institute of Directors | KLIO Bookshop | Kueper International Booksellers | LCS Consulting | Lehmann - Mulheim Luther | Pendragon Marsh Inc | Massman International Booksellers | Max Consult Group | Merck | The Merck Foundation | Merck Sharp and Dohme | Microsoft | Motion Picture Association | Motion Picture Association of America | Muenstergass-Buchhandlung | Novartis International | AG | Nuffield Hospitals | OLFZI | Patrick Barbour | Pfizer Inc. | Pfizer UK | PhRMA | Precise Public Affairs | Schering Plough AB | Schweitzer Sortiment Wien | The Spectator | Starkmann Ltd | Strassner GmbH | TSO Bookshop | Uitgevrerij Peeters | UST Public Affairs | Yankee Book Peddler Ltd. | Wall Street Journal Europe | VeriSign Inc[39].

Members

The British connection

The network was founded in London and Stockholm, though it is operated out of London and has a large contingent of UK members. These are:

Adam Smith Institute - member of the SN in the years 2006-7[40] and 2007-8[41] | Centre for European Reform | Centre for Policy Studies | Centre for Research into Post-Communist Economies | CIVITAS | David Hume Institute | E.G. West Centre | Hayek Society | Institute of Economic Affairs | International Policy Network | Libertarian Alliance | Nurses for Reform | Open Europe | Policy Exchange | Policy Institute | Politeia | Project Empowerment | Reform | Social Affairs Unit | Globalization Institute

Some of these organisations are listed as part of the British conservative movement, Movement Conservatism, including the Institute of Economic Affairs, Reform, the Adam Smith Institute, Policy Exchange, Civitas, International Policy Network.[42]

Full list of members

Adam Smith Institute, UK - member of the SN in the years 2006-7[43] and 2007-8[44] | Adam Smith Society, Italy | Adriatic Institute for Public Policy | Albanian Liberal Institute, Albania | Anders Chydenius Foundation, Finland | Association for Liberal Thinking, Turkey | Association for Modern Economy, Macedonia | Avenir Suisse, Switzerland | Bertil Ohlin Institute, Sweden | Bulgaria Society for Individual Liberty, Bulgaria | Causa Liberal, Portugal | Centre for Democracy and Free Enterprise, Czech Republic | Centre for Economic Development, Bulgaria | Centre for Economic Development, Slovakia | Centre for Economics and Politics, Czech Republic | Centre for Entrepreneurship and Economic Development, Montenegro | Centre for European Reform, UK | Centre for Institutional Analysis and Development | Centre for Liberal Strategies, Bulgaria | Centre for Liberal-Democratic Studies, Serbia | Centre for Policy Studies, UK | Centre for Political Thought, Poland | Centre for Research into Post-Communist Economies, UK | Centre for Social and Economic Research, Poland | Centre for the New Europe | Centre for the Study of Democracy, Bulgaria | Centro Einaudi, Italy | Cercles Liberaux, France | CIDAS, Italy | Civic Institute, Czech Republic | Civita, Norway | CIVITAS, United Kingdom | Conservative Institute of M. R. Stefanik, Slovakia | Council on Public Policy, Germany | David Hume Institute, United Kingdom | E.G. West Centre, UK | Economic Policy Research Institute, Macedonia | Ekome, Greece | Eudoxa, Sweden | Euro 92 (think tank), France | European Ideas Network, Brussels | European Independent Institute, The Netherlands | EVA (think tank), Finland | F. A. v. Hayek Institute, Austria | Fondazione Luigi Einaudi, Italy | Foundation for Market Economy, Hungary | Frédéric Bastiat Stichting, The Netherlands | Free Market Centre, Serbia | Freedom Institute, Ireland | Friedrich Naumann Stiftung, Germany | Friedrich von Hayek Gesellschaft, Germany | Fundacio Catalunya Oberta, Spain | Fundacion Internacional para la Libertad (FIL), Spain | Gdansk Institute for Market Economics, Poland | Hayek Foundation, Russia | Hayek Foundation, Slovakia | Hayek Society, Hungary | Hayek Society, LSE, London | Health Consumer Powerhouse, Belgium | Health Reform, Czech Republic | Hellenic Leadership Institute | IFRAP, France | Independent Institute of Socio-Economic and Political Studies, Belarus | INEKO, Slovakia | Institut Constant de Rebecque, Switzerland | Institut Economique Molinari, Belgium | Institut Hayek, Belgium | Institut Karla Havlicka Borovskeho, Czech Republic | Institut Montaigne, France | Institut Turgot, France | Institute for Economic Studies Europe, Aix-en-Provence | Institute for Free Enterprise, Germany | Institute for Free Society, Slovakia | Institute for International Relations, Croatia | Institute for Market Economics (IME), Bulgaria | Institute for Strategic Studies and Prognosis, Montenegro | Institute for Transistional Democracy and International Security, Hungary | Institute of Economic Affairs, UK | Institute of Economic Analysis, Russia | Institute of Economic Studies, Iceland | Institute of Economics (Ekonomski Institut), Croatia | Instituto Juan de Mariana, Spain | Instytut Liberalno-Konserwatywny, Poland | International Centre for Economic Research, Italy | International Council for Capital Formation, Brussels | International Policy Network, United Kingdom | Istituto Acton, Italy | Istituto Bruno Leoni, Italy | Jaan Tonisson Institut, Estonia | Jerusalem Institute for Market Studies, Israel | Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Germany | Liberales Institut, Switzerland | Liberales, Belgium | Liberalni Institute, Czech Republic | Libertarian Alliance, United Kingdom | Libertas (think tank) | Liberty Ideas, Austria | Lithuanian Free Market Institute | Ludwig von Mises Institute Europe, Brussels | Ludwig von Mises Institute, Romania | M.E.S.A. 10, Slovakia | Magna Carta Foundation, Italy | New Economic School, Georgia | New Economics School, Russia | New Social Market Economy Foundation, Germany | Nova Civitas, Belgium | Nova Res Publica, Italy | Nurses for Reform, created in 2006. | Open Europe, United Kingdom | Open Republic Institute | Poder Limitado, Spain | Policy Exchange, United Kingdom | Policy Institute, United Kingdom | Politeia, United Kingdom | Project Empowerment, United Kingdom | Ratio Institute, Sweden | Reform, United Kingdom | Riinvest Institute for Development Research, Kosovo | Romania Think Tank | Romanian Centre for Economic Policies | Sauvegarde Retraites (Save the Pensions), France | Social Affairs Unit, London | Stiftung Marktwirtschaft, Germany | Taxpayers' Alliance | Telders Foundation, Netherlands | The Copenhagen Institute, Denmark | Globalization Institute, United Kingdom | Think Tank for International Governance Research, Austria | Thomas More Institute, Belgium | Timbro, Sweden | Ukrainian Centre for Independent Political Research | Venezie Institute, Italy | Walter Eucken Institut, Germany

Publications, events, programmes and media coverage in 2009

  • Public Finance: Once more unto the breach.[45] Political and public finance commentary in the run-up to party conference season.
  • Public Finance: Banking on a solution.[46]
  • Interview: Is there still scope for the free market?[47]

Intellectual Property

  • Managing Intellectual Property: EPO seeks data on green patents.[48]

‘Companies are being asked to take part in a survey about how they license so-called green patents in the first large-scale empirical study of its kind.’ The survey was run by Meir Pugatch of the Stockholm Network. The European Patent Office carried out the work in conjunction with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD). Makes reference to a group of companies including GE and Microsoft called the Innovation, Development, and Employment Alliance (IDEA), ‘to urge governments to respect IP rights over products and technologies that could be used to mitigate climate change.’

  • Managing IP: Measuring IP protection in the IT sector.[49]
  • Europe needs better protection of intellectual property.[50]
  • Keeping Pirates at Bay.[51]
  • Biogenerics or Biosimilars? Discussing the Present, Considering the Future.[52]
  • IP: Volume 4 - Issue 5. 2009.[53]
  • The Intellectual Property Index for the Information Technology Sector (IP–IT Index)

Updated for 2008 – 2009.[54]

Health

  • The health policy impact of the EU’s new Presidency.[55]
  • Theory versus Practice.[56]
‘In this paper, the Stockholm Network explores the issue of governance of Health Technology Assessment (HTA) systems. It finds that, while there seems to be a convergence among different countries towards the HTA appraisal and review process, there are still considerable differences in the manner in which national HTA system operate as a whole. Such differences, it is argued, ultimately lead to different outcomes and outputs of national HTA systems, not least in the context of patients` ability to access new and innovative healthcare technologies.’
  • Biogenerics or Biosimilars? Discussing the Present, Considering the Future.[58]
  • Europe’s “postcode lottery” – the challenge of central authorisation versus national access to medicines.[59]
  • Eye on Europe 17.[60]
  • Theory versus Practice.[61]
  • Gesundheit! Issue 5.[62]
  • The UK Pharmaceutical Industry: Current Challenges and Future Solutions.[63]
‘In this paper, Ross and Stuart Carroll examine the current issues and challenges facing the UK pharmaceutical industry, traditionally a strategic industry in the UK economy. The paper highlights changing market conditions – the fall of the `blockbuster` drug, the rise of counterfeit drugs, and increased demand for generics, personalised medicines and preventative medicinal products – as well as new sources of competition from emerging markets. It also looks at institutional challenges, including the UK`s tax environment and its pricing and reimbursement system. The paper further points to supply-side issues, specifically falling investment in scientific education and skills.’

Climate Change

  • Climate of Opinion 13.[65]
  • Climate of Opinion: The Stockholm Network’s Energy and Environment Update Issue 12 – The Arctic.[66]

Think Tank Library

’To help alleviate the crisis of confidence in Britain’s liberalised energy market, Knowledge is power sets out a number of options to improve transparency for consumers and the market. As we enter an age of increasingly expensive energy, better consumer information is essential if we are to secure public support to meet the challenges of security of supply and decarbonisation. Whilst better market transparency for energy companies, especially new entrants, will help maintain competition and allow the lowest prices possible to be delivered to consumers.’
  • Interic publication on intellectual property rights.[70]

People

The Stockholm Network does not have a board and is owned and run by Helen Disney.[73]

Personnel

Contact, References and Resources

Contact information

35 Britannia Row
London, N1 8QH
United Kingdom
Email: info@ stockholm-network.org
Phone: +44 (0)20 7354 8888
Fax: +44 (0)20 7359 8888
Web: www.stockholm-network.org
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stockholm-Network/135765338804

Resources

References

  1. ↑ Stockholm Network. Stockholm Network: FAQs, Stockholm Network, Accessed 9 April 2010.
  2. ↑ Stockholm Network. Stockholm Network: About Us, Stockholm Network, Accessed 9 April 2010
  3. ↑ Corporate Europe Observatory,Email from Helen Disney to Corporate Europe Observatory, Corporate Europe Observatory, May 31st 2005, accessed 23 Apr 2010
  4. ↑ Paul Staines, You want policy? In cash?', The Times (London), 20 December 2005, Page 19.
  5. ↑ Stockholm Network Stockholm Network: Policy Issues, Stockholm Network, Accessed 9 April 2010.
  6. ↑ Stockholm Network Stockholm Network: Policy Issues, Stockholm Network, Accessed 9 April 2010.
  7. ↑ Opinion Archives, Giving Tanks: Across Europe, thinkers are promoting free-market ideals, The Wall Street Journal, 10-December-2007, Accessed 27-April-2010
  8. ↑ Stockholm Network. Stockholm Network: FAQs, Stockholm Network, Accessed 9 April 2010.
  9. ↑ The contact address for the Network was given as c/o Timbro by Pfizer between 2002 and 2005: Pfizer Forum Policy Resources, Retrieved from the Internet Archive 15 January 2001 on 26 April 2010;Pfizer Forum Policy Resources, Retrieved from the Internet Archive 18 June 2005 on 26 April 2010
  10. ↑ Stockholm Network Home Page, Retrieved from the Internet Archive of 14 September 2000 on 22 April 2010
  11. ↑ HDisney, Revision as of 13:28, 7 August 2008, Wikipedia, Accessed 27-April-2010
  12. ↑ Corporate Europe Observatory. Covert industry funding fuels the expansion of radical rightwing EU think tanks Accessed 9 April 2010.
  13. ↑ Stockholm Network, Stockholm Network: FAQs, Stockholm Network, Accessed 9 April 2010.
  14. ↑ Alex Singleton, Free-market network demands bail-out for pharmaceutical industry, The Telegraph, 19-January-2009, Accessed 27-April-2010
  15. ↑ Liberalni Institute, News, Liberalni Institute, Accessed 27-April-2010
  16. ↑ Alex Singleton, Free-market network demands bail-out for pharmaceutical industry, The Telegraph, 19 Jan 2009, acc 28/4/10
  17. ↑ Carroll, R. and Carroll, S. (2009). The UK Pharmaceutical Industry: Current Challenges and Future Solutions. The UK Pharmaceutical Industry: Current Challenges and Future Solutions, Stockholm Network, Accessed 10 April 2010.
  18. ↑ Carroll, R. and Carroll, S. (2009). The UK Pharmaceutical Industry: Current Challenges and Future Solutions. The UK Pharmaceutical Industry: Current Challenges and Future Solutions, Stockholm Network, Accessed 10 April 2010.
  19. ↑ Singleton, A., Free-market network demands bail-out for pharmaceutical industry, The Telegraph, 19-January-2009, Accessed 10 April 2010.
  20. ↑ Alex Singleton, Free-market network demands bail-out for pharmaceutical industry, The Telegraph, 19-January-2009, Accessed 27-April-2010
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