Members

The Elcano Royal Institute (Spain)

The Elcano Royal Institute is a Spanish think tank specialized in international and strategic studies. The name of the Institute, comes from the navigator Juan Sebastián de Elcano, who completed the first maritime circumnavigation of the world in 1522. Created in 2001 as a private foundation, the Elcano Royal Institute balances public and private interests and fosters the exchange of ideas, providing the scope for diverse political and social outlooks.

The activities of the think tank focus on current international affairs. Namely, the think tank gives its contribution to political decision-makers, stakeholders and public institutions, social actors and academics. It also aims to be a meeting point for the exchange of ideas and the search for consensus, following the principles of democracy, multilateralism, social market economy, freedom and human rights.

The Institute has a stable and multidisciplinary team of highly-qualified analysts and a wide-ranging network of associated experts. The work of the institute appears on a large variety of publications and reports as well as in the organization of working groups, seminars and conferences.

I-Com, Institute for Competitiveness (Italy)

I-Com, the Institute for Competitiveness, is an Italian independent think tank based in Rome and Brussels, founded in 2005 by a group of scholars, professionals and managers. I-Com aims at influencing the public debate at Italian, European and international level, analysing the most important drivers for competitiveness and growth and particularly focusing on Digital, Energy & Mobility and Healthcare. In order to reach its goals, I-Com carries out surveys, studies, researches and policy papers and promotes closed-door meetings and public events, backed by a wide and skilled network of contributors (e.g. high-level institutional representatives, companies and associations). I-Com is member of the European Parliament’s European Internet Forum (EIF) and of the Global Trade and Innovation Policy Alliance (GTIPA). The president of I-Com is the economist Stefano da Empoli.

Institute of Public Policy – Lisbon (Portugal)

The Institute of Public Policy – Lisbon (IPP) is a nonpartisan think tank of academic origin, independent of any economic, social, political, religious, or other interests. IPP promotes a society in which the public debate is more enlightened and the political decision processes more rigorous and informed.
The Institute´s mission is to contribute to the continuous improvement of the analysis and public debate of institutions and public policies with particular emphasis on Portugal and Europe, through the creation and dissemination of relevant research.
The Institute of Public Policy is a multi-disciplinary think tank that seeks to combine economic analysis, political science, and other social sciences by developing our work in four key areas of research and debate:

democracy and accountability;
public finance and good governance;
social policy;
climate Change and Digital transition.

IPP participates in public debate through our own series of publications and regular interventions in the public space, including the media. We are also strongly committed to strength the scientific and cultural exchange between researchers and institutions in similar areas and in the context of the common problems linking Portugal to Europe and to Portuguese-speaking countries. The full name of IPP – Institute of Public Policy Thomas Jefferson – Correia da Serra, indicate the value we give to the transatlantic relationship as well.

LIEE – The Laboratory of Industrial and Energy Economics (Greece)

LIEE is an academic and research unit (laboratory) at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) founded in the later 1980’s. It offers high-level economic and managerial studies following a long tradition at NTUA that started from the late ‘60s.

LIEE-NTUA is the most active Greek research unit in EU-funded socio-economic research in the context of EU Framework Programmes. Its research activities focus on innovation economics and management, industrial economics and policy, research networks, firm’s dynamic capabilities and resources, knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship, public procurement, ICTs, as well as sustainability, energy, and environmental policy. To do so, it empolys a variety of qualitative (e.g. cases studies), quantitative techniques (e.g. applied econometrics) and empirical methods (e.g. large-scale surveys).

Over the years, LIEE has established strong links and is working closely with government departments, industrial associations, local authorities and other partners both at the public and private sector. Also, it was the Organizer and first European host of the 15th International Globelics Conference (the Global Research Network for Economics of Learning, Innovation, and Competence Building Systems) which was held in Athens (October 2017), and the organizer for the 2025 EAEPE conference.