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INTRODUCTION
Message from the Chief Executive Dr. Fabian Zuleeg
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For the EPC, 2013 has been a

year of transition and change,
with Hans Martens passing on
the Chief Executive role to myself
in the autumn. In my new role, I
am looking forward to building on
the achievements of the EPC and
ensuring its sustainable future at
the forefront of EU policy analysis
and debate.
There continues to be a lot to do
for a European think tank. While
Europe is slowly emerging from
the acute public finance crisis, the
underlying Eurozone imbalances
and the unfinished business
of completing its governance
continue to be a priority. Starting
to address the ongoing growth
and employment crisis is clearly going to be a major focus of EU
policy in the coming years. 2013 has also been a year of preparation At the EPC, we are committed to sound financial management
for the European Parliament elections, and the new European
and to transparency in respect of our funding sources.
Commission. With a foreign policy crisis emerging in the EUs Eastern
neighbourhood in 2014, as well as political and legitimacy crisis in Approximately 25% of our funding in 2013 came from grants,
the wake of the EP elections, EU policy continues to move rapidly.
from European foundations, mainly our strategic partners, the
King Baudouin Foundation and the Compagnia di San Paolo.
With a respected and influential team, the help of our strategic 5% of our funding comes from the EU. Another 31% of the
partners and the invaluable support from our membership, the EPC EPCs funding came from membership fees, and the remaining
has accompanied EU developments in 2013 with high quality analysis
39% came mainly from contributions to our programmes.
and unrivalled events. I am looking forward to continuing to build on
this good work in 2014.
For a more detailed description of our finances, see our website:
http://www.epc.eu/about_financing.php which explains our
sources in more depth.

Fabian Zuleeg
Chief Executive

Prepared by Saskia Luteijn Bedrijfrevisor Burg BVBA, our

Auidor, we can announce that for the year ending December
2013, the balance sheet shows a total of 532,340.85 with
revenues in excess of expenses for the year of 4,410.14.
For more information see the full report: http://www.epc.eu/
documents/audit_report_2013.pdf
INCOME AND EXPENDITURE STATEMENTS AS OF
DECEMBER 2013 (in Euro)

Income
2012
Member Subscriptions
Grants and Donations
Programmes and other

2013

725,103
714,598
927,070

2,302,909

2,366,771

(795,190)
(1,627,124)

(710,935)
(1,651,426)

Total Expenditure (2,422,314)

(2,362,361)

Expenditure
Office Expenses
Personnel Expenses

Annual Surplus/(Deficit)
Annual Surplus/(Deficit) brought
forward
Net Surplus/(Deficit) carried
forward
FINANCE
Balance Sheet and Statements

BALANCE SHEETS AS OF 31 DECEMBER (in Euro)

Fixed Assets
2012
2013
Tangible Fixed Assets
Net Furniture and Equipment
9,484
8,767
Financial Fixed Assets

798,564
723,467
780,877

Total Income

Finance

Total Fixed Assets

Current Assets
Debtors
Banks
Total Current Assets
Current Liabilities
Creditors, loan and accruals
Deferred income
Total Current Liabilities

(119,405)

4,410

(21,835)

(141,240)

Net Current Liabilities

Net Assets (Liabilities)

(136,830)

Represented by
Accumulated Surplus/(Deficit)

(141,240)

7,619

7,619

17,103

50,166

341,410
204,951

253,033
105,520

651,821

482,174

(224,778)
(585,386)

(265,152)
(404,019)

(810,164)

(669,171)

(158,343)
(141,240)

(186,997)
(136,830)

(141,240)

(136,830)

Europes Political Economy

Fabian Zuleeg, Director of Europes Political Economy
PROGRAMMES

Europes Political Economy

The EPE programme
focused in 2013 on the
main economic, social
and
environmental
issues affecting the
EU and the Member
States building on
its ongoing research
and expertise on the
following themes:

(2) EUROPES ECONOMIC FUTURE AND THE

DEVELOPMENT OF THE SINGLE MARKET

Our Single European Labour Market Task Force - begun

in 2012 - aimed at demonstrating how a well-functioning
labour market that promotes mobility can contribute to
the success of the Single Market and help Europe further
boost its ailing economy. The results were published in
May 2013 in an Issue Paper Making process towards
the completion of the Single European Labour Market,
(a joint production with the EMD programme) which
makes concrete policy recommendations. The findings
were debated at a high-level conference in Brussels on
THE EURO CRISIS AND ITS IMPLICATIONS 28 May with Laszlo Andor, European Commissioner for
Together with the EPI programme, the focus in 2013
Employment and Social Affairs
has been on analysing and promoting the debate
through events and publications on the EMUs long-term
A NEW INDUSTRIAL POLICY FOR EUROPE
sustainability beyond the immediate crisis by investigating
We launched a Task Force in 2013 on how to develop
in particular the structural changes needed to create an
a strategic vision for EU industrial policy. Its objective is
Economic Union that can withstand future crises, and
to enrich the debate on how industrial policy can provide
how to implement them.
the right framework to increase the competitiveness of
European industries and make them more resilient to
global competition. Its final results will be presented at
the end of 2014.

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3)

(4) THE EU BUDGET

Since establishing ourselves as one of the key think

tanks involved in the debate on the next EU MultiAnnual Financial Framework, we have participated
actively in the ongoing debate throughout 2013. It
kicked off the year in January with a Policy Briefing
by the Budget Commissioner, Janusz Lewandowski
on the state of play on the Multiannual Financial
Framework negotiations. We also continued to
provide advice to the Committee of the Regions on
the EU budget, as well as producing two publications
by Fabian Zuleeg in 2013, Horse-trading Europes
long-term future: Will infrastructure and research
investment be sacrificed in the MFF negotiations?
and The EU Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF):
agreement but at a price.

(5) HEALTH AND WELL-BEING

We continued our long-running analysis of the

sustainability of Europes public health services in
the face of challenges such as demographics, the
public budget crisis and global competition, as well as
highlighting the need to carry out social investment/
investments in Europes human capital. Through
CHES, the Coalition for Health, Ethics and Society,

we organised a number of events in 2013 focusing on

European health issues, particularly in relation to the
financing of public health in times of austerity.
The Second Career Labour Markets Project,
jointly with the Bertelsmann Stiftung, held a followup workshop in June to review the achievements and
impact of the 2012 European Year of Active Ageing
and Solidarity amongst the Generations on the job
prospects of older workers.

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CLIMATE CHANGE, RESOURCE

EFFICIENCY AND ENERGY

The programme continued its work on climate

change, energy and the environment organising ad
hoc events throughout the year. In 2013 the focus was
on the UN Climate Change Conference in Warsaw
with a Workshop in October and a Policy Dialogue,
also in October, with the Polish Deputy Minister of
the Environment, Poland on the prospects, and
expectations for the Warsaw conference.
A new Blue Gold Task Force, a joint EPE and
Europe in the World activity, was launched in 2013
to look at how to protect water resources and related
challenges.

Europes Political Economy

PROGRAMMES
Fabian Zuleeg
Europes Political Economy

Europe in the World

Rosa Balfour, Director for Europe in the World
PROGRAMMES

Europe in the World

Europes global role
rests on its ability to take
responsibility in Europes
neighbourhood. In the
light of the continuous
changes in Eastern and
South Eastern Europe
and in North Africa and
the Middle East, we continue to focus strongly on
developments in those parts of the world and EU policies
towards them, by concentrating many of its activities on
issues relating to enlargement (dealt with through the
EIP programme) and EU neighbourhood.
Analysing Europes global role is the second strand of
the programme. In 2013, we moved from a geographical focus towards a more thematic approach, examining
horizontal themes and issues. The EUs ability to make
foreign policy remained a key area for analysis, with
projects on the European External Action Service where
we contributed to the broader debate on the future of
the EUs role in the world. In April, a high-level confer-

ence and workshop were devoted to the EUs role as

a peacemaker. The effectiveness of EU sanctions was
the subject of another EPC transnational project in 2013
with several workshops analysing the question and culminating in a public event and an Issue Paper in November 2013.

(1) EASTERN PROMISES

Eastern Promises focuses on the EUs relations with

its Eastern neighbours (Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Russia). It analyses
the core challenges facing the countries in the region
and their relations with the EU, as well as monitoring
the EUs Eastern Partnership and European Neighbourhood Policies.
A strong focus was given to conflict resolution in the
former Soviet-space, working with partners to assess
the on-going peace process in the Transnistria, Nagorno-Karabkah, South Ossetia and Abkhazia, as well
as the roles of different international actors and civil society. In November, with the support of the Crisis Management Initiative, organised a major conference on
Russia and the South Caucasus.

(2) EU RESPONSE TO THE ARAB SPRING

We organised several public events and workshops and

participated in the international debate on the topic, as well
as participating in European and Mediterranean research and
think-tank networks with the aim of developing larger-scale
projects. Thematic approaches included analysing policies
aiming at supporting democratisation, human rights and pluralism in these countries, also in cooperation with US think
tanks through joint publications, public events in Washington
DC, and meetings with policy makers in Brussels and the US.
We are a partner in the project EUSPRING, Democracy in
North Africa after the Arab Spring: challenges for EU and US
foreign policy, which was launched in January 2013. During
the year the project organised one workshop in Brussels, various focus group activities in Cairo, Tunis and Rabat, launched
a website, produced two internal reports and published three
briefing papers.

(3) EUS ROLE IN THE WORLD

In preparation for the Review of the EEAS in mid-2013, we

prepared a number of activities. Underpinned by a pan-European research team, the two-year project on the EEAS and
national diplomacies, ran in cooperation with the Finnish Institute for International Affairs, launched a paper in January
2013, Equipping the European Union for the 21st century and
a final report The European External Action Service and national diplomacies in March.

The second part of the year was dedicated to dissemination activities in the Member States. In this context, presentations have been made in Berlin, Warsaw, Helsinki, London, a
number of auditions and contributions have been made to the
European Parliament and to the European External Action
Service, as well as in international conferences.
In Spring, we collaborated with the European Parliament,
the Irish Presidency of the Council of the EU, and the European External Action Service, in the project on the EU as a
Peacemaker Enhancing the EUs mediation capacity.
With the support of the Permanent Representation of Lithuania to the European Union, we launched a project on the
EUs use of restrictive measures (sanctions). Assessing the
impact and effectiveness of the EUs restrictive measures is
especially important for EU member states and institutions as,
in recent years, the Union has increasingly relied on the use of
restrictive measures in its external action, a trend which has
been reinforced by the provision of the Lisbon Treaty and the
strengthening of the EU foreign policy institutional machinery.
We continued EU-Asia activities around the subject of
Shaping a Common Future for Europe and Asia, together
with partners in Europe and Asia. The main focus of 2013
was on the formulation of sustainable development policies in
the field of migration and integration.

Europe in the World

PROGRAMMES
Rosa Balfour
Europe in the World

European Politics and Institutions

Janis A. Emmanouilidis, Director of Studies
PROGRAMMES

European Politics and Institutions

With
the
European
integration process facing
its biggest crisis, under
the continuing strain of the
economic and financial
crisis, the European Politics
and Institutions programme
actively monitored and
contributed to the political
debate analysing and
commenting on political and institutional developments at
EU level and seeking to enrich the debate with innovative
thinking about the current and long-term governance of the
EU. In 2013 the EPI programme focused on the following
strands:

Union paying special attention to institutional issues and

to questions related to democratic legitimacy at European
and national level.

(2) NEW SOURCES OF COHESION

We were an active partner in a transnational project on

New Sources of Cohesion, which is run jointly with three
other European think tanks: demosEUROPA (Warsaw),
the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy
(ELIAMEP), the Centre for Liberal Strategies (Sofia), and
EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy (Prague). The
project (funded by the European Commission) aims to
encourage EU citizens active participation in the political
process and to stimulate the dialogue between them and
the EU institutions.

THE PATH TOWARDS A GENUINE (3) THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT WHY

SHOULD I CARE?
ECONOMIC AND MONETARY UNION

(1)

The EPI programme in close coordination with the EPE

programme actively followed and contributed to the
political debate and the process towards a deepening of
economic, fiscal and political cooperation at EU level. The
programme particularly focused on governance issues
related to a further deepening of Economic and Monetary

This was carried out in 2013 with financing from the

European Parliament. The project aimed to raise
awareness among young people of the EPs role in
representing citizens, defending their rights and values
in the EU policy-making process, and in offering them
opportunities for political and social change.

(4) FUTURELAB EUROPE

Completing its third year of operation in 2013, a

publication Europes lost generation? Young Europeans
perspectives on the crisis was produced in April by
FutureLab participants and presented to and debated with
European Commission Vice-President Joaquin Almunia.

(5) BRITAIN AND THE EU

Turkish Insights: This on-going initiative continued to

analyse political and economic developments in Turkey,
as well as Turkish foreign policy and its impact in its
neighbourhood. In 2013 events and roundtables mainly
focused on Turkeys role in its neighbourhood, including
in particular the Arab awakening, as well as on Turkeys
evolving relationship with the EU.

(7) NEW PACT FOR EUROPE

The UKs relationship with the EU continued to be

We were intensively involved in the New Pact for Europe
a subject of analysis for the EPC through the Britain in
project, which was launched in early 2013 by a consortium
Europe section on the website.
of European foundations, led by the King Baudouin
Foundation and the Bertelsmann Stiftung. The project
ENLARGEMENT
aims to promote a European-wide debate on reform
The Balkans: Examining key problematic issues in the
proposals addressing the manifold challenges facing
region, such as security, stability and democracy, as well
Europe. The first phase of the project was completed with
as working to identify and analyse key stumbling blocks to
the publication of a report by a group of eminent EU experts
integration in specific aspirant countries.The main focus was
(Reflection Group) which sets out five strategic options for
on the implications of the Balkan experience, and the onthe future of Europe. The report forms the basis of a transgoing crisis, for future accession processes, the relationship
European debate in 2013-2014 with citizens, politicians,
between institutional integration and enlargement, and the
policy-makers, stakeholders, and opinion-formers through
role of Member States in shaping a future EU. The theme
more than 50 events in around 17 Member States to
of regional cooperation was examined through the prism
generate ideas for future action. Taking into account the
of trade, energy, the fight against organised crime, the
feedback from these discussions, the Reflection Group will
environment, and economic growth.
draft a New Pact with concrete recommendations, to be
presented and discussed in Brussels and in the Member
States after the European elections in May 2014.

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European Politics and Institutions

PROGRAMMES
Janis A. Emmanouilidis
European Politics and Institutions

European Migration and Diversity

Yves Pascouau, Director of Migration and Mobility Policies
PROGRAMMES

European Migration and Diversity

The
European
Migration and Diversity
(EMD)
throughout
2013 monitored and
analysed key political
developments
in
the European Union
regarding integration,
migration
and
asylum policies. The
programme is developed and implemented in close
cooperation with the King Baudouin Foundation. In
2013, the EMD programme focussed on the following
main work-streams:

coordinated by the EPE programme, particularly with

regard to intra-EU mobility issues (see under EPE
programme above).
As part of the logic governing the Single Market, we
raised the alarm in several short publications about
the recurring attacks on freedom of movement of
EU citizens. Three Commentaries were published in
reaction to worrying developments in some Member
States particularly with regard to the fundamental
principle of free movement of workers.

Regarding developments in relation to EU rules

on admission of third country workers, a Policy Brief
was published in April 2013 on The Intra-Corporate
LEGAL MIGRATION
Transferees Directive: time to break the deadlock by
We continued to work on the Labour Migration Alex Lazarowicz (April 2013).
Governance project led by FIERI, including on the
preparations for the final conference scheduled to take
In a Commentary published in June 2013, we
place in 2014. In addition, EMD looked at possible reiterated its position regarding legal migration policy
ways to enhance labour migration within the EU arguing that the EU should act soon in this policy field
feeding into the Single European Labour Market project before it is too late. Legal migration issues were also

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addressed in the framework of the EU-Asia project led by

the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, in which we are leading a
cluster devoted to legal migration and integration.
The EMD programme contributed a paper and took
part in an EU-Asia Policy Panel on Migration on Legal
migration policies in Asia and the EU:, in Brussels. A
second policy panel under the EU-Asia project took
place in Stockholm, in May, and looked at how to promote
Integration of Immigrants in Europe and Asia; a third
policy panel was organised in Paris, also in May.

(2) IRREGULAR MIGRATION

(3) POST-STOCKHOLM TASK FORCE

The EPC Post-Stockholm Task Force, met throughout

2013 to discuss the EUs next multiannual programme in
the area of freedom, security and justice for the period
2014-2019. The Task Force, composed of a small
group of high-level stakeholders, met five times in 2013.
A publication summarising the Task Forces findings
with policy recommendations will be issued in 2014. In
July the EPC published an Information Paper entitled
The Stockholm Programme: whats next? which was
circulated among EU ministers during the informal
ministerial meeting which took place in early July in
Vilnius under the Lithuanian Presidency.

The possibility to work in an irregular situation is

considered as a strong pull factor of irregular migration in
The EMD team continued to react to ad hoc political
the EU. In 2013 the EMD programme started a mapping
developments in 2013, such as the on-going negotiations
exercise aimed at determining the state of play in this
on Schengen with a publication in December on the
field at EU level. On this basis the EMD team started
Schengen governance package (see EPE programme).
a comparative study covering six Member States to
evaluate the implementation of the employers sanctions
directive. The aim of the comparative analysis is to
highlight whether or not member state action in this field
is relevant.

European Migration and Diversity

PROGRAMMES
Yves Pascouau
European MIgration and Diversity

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The EPCs membership brings together a wide range of stakeholders - from major companies, professional and business associations, foundations, civil society groups, diplomatic missions and regional associations - to help shape its
input into the issues dominating the EUs agenda.

MEMBERS

PLATINUM (4)
BT
Johnson & Johnson
Mars (founder)
Statoil ASA

MEMBERS

CORPORATE (59)
ABB Europe
Allegro Group
Amgen
APCO Worldwide
BASF Aktiengesellschaft
BAT
Boeing
BP
Burson-Marsteller
cabinet DN consulting
CEZ Group
Chevron Corporation
Dow
DuPont
Edelman The Centre
EMBRAER, Empresa Brasileira de
Aeronautica
EPPA
EUK Consulting
ExxonMobil
Facebook
Ferrero Group - Soremartec
Finmeccanica
FIPRA

Fleishman-Hillard
FTI Consulting
GALLUP
GE
GlaxoSmithKline
Goldman Sachs
Google
GPlus Europe
IFOK GmbH
IKEA
Indra
Kellen Europe
Kreab Gavin Anderson
Marketosis
MHP Communications
Michelin
Mondelz International
Nestl
Nokia Corporation
Norsk Hydro ASA
OMV Aktiengesellschaft
Oracle Corporation
Philip Morris International
Philips
Procter & Gamble
RTL Group
Sanofi
Shire
Statnett
Suez Environnement
The Brussels Office

Total
United Technologies
Vodafone
Weber Shandwick
Ynnovate
PROFESSIONAL & BUSINESS
ASSOCIATIONS (74)
American Chamber of Commerce to the
European Union (AmCham EU)
Assemble des Chambres Franaises de
Commerce et dIndustrie (ACFCI)
Association of Chartered Certified
Accountants (ACCA)
Association of Commercial TV in Europe
(ACT)
Association of European Chambers of
Commerce & Industry (EUROCHAMBRES)
Association of German Chambers of
Industry and Commerce (DIHK e.V.)
Brussels Office of the Swedish Trade Unions
BUSINESSEUROPE
Cefic
CESI
Computer and Communications Industry
Association
Confederation of British Industry (CBI)
Confederation of Businessmen and
Industrialists of Turkey (TUSKON)
Confederation of Danish Industry (DI)
Confederation of European Community

MEMBERS
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European Landowners Organisation (ELO)

European Livestock and Meat Trading Union
(UECBV)
European Man-made Fibres Association
(CIRFS)
European Motorcycle Industry Association
(ACEM)
European Organisation for Packaging and
the Environment (EUROPEN)
European Round Table of Industrialists
(ERT)
European Seed Association
European Trade Union Confederation
(ETUC)
European Tyre & Rubber Manufacturers
Association (ETRMA)
Fertilizers Europe
Financial Services Union Denmark
Finnish Energy Industries
FoodDrinkEurope
Foreign Trade Association (FTA)
Gas Infrastructure Europe (GIE)
German Savings Banks and Giro Association
(Deutscher Sparkassen und Giroverband)
(DSGV)
Industrial Minerals Association (IMA-Europe)
International Federation of Reproduction
Rights Organisations (IFRRO)
International Fur Trade Federation (IFTF)
Irish Business and Employers Confederation
(IBEC)
Japan Center for International Finance
(JCIF)
Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO
Brussels)

Korea International Trade Association (KITA)

ORGALIME
Swiss Business Federation
(economiesuisse)
The Brewers of Europe
The Confederation of Danish Employers
(DA)
The Danish Association of Lawyers and
Economists in Belgium (DJF Belgium)
The European LPG Association (AEGPL)
The International Association of Oil & Gas
Producers (OGP)
The oil companies European association for
environment, health and safety in refining
and distribution (CONCAWE)
The Swedish Confederation of Professional
Employees (TCO)
Turkish Industry & Business Association
(TSIAD)
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Union of EU Soft Drinks Associations
(UNESDA)
Verband der Chemischen Industrie (VCI)
Water UK
DIPLOMATIC (87)
Mission of the Republic of Albania to the
European Union
Embassy of the Principality of Andorra
Mission of Andorra to the European Union
Embassy of the Republic of Angola
Embassy of Armenia to Belgium
Mission of Armenia to the European Union
Australian Embassy and Mission to the
European Union

MEMBERS

Cigarette Manufacturers (CECCM)

Confederation of Finnish Industries EK
Confederation of Netherlands Industry and
Employers (VNO-NCW)
Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise
(NHO)
Confederation of Swedish Enterprise
Cosmetics Europe The Personal Care
Association
Danish Agricultural Council
Delegation of Chambers of Commerce and
Industry Paris/Ile de France
DIGITALEUROPE
EU-Japan Centre for Industrial cooperation
Eucomed
EUROMETAUX
EuropaBio
European Automobile Manufacturers
Association (ACEA)
European Committee for Cooperation of the
Machine Tool Industries (CECIMO)
European Confederation of Private
Employment Agencies (Euro-CIETT)
European Crop Protection Association
(ECPA)
European Dairy Association (EDA)
European Federation of Accountants (FEE)
European Federation of Pharmaceutical
Industries and Associations (EFPIA)
European Financial Services Round Table
(EFR)
European Foundation for Management
Development (EFMD)
European Health Technology Institute for
Socio-Economic Research (EHTI)

MEMBERS
MEMBERS

Permanent Representation of Austria to the

EU
Mission of Azerbaijan to NATO
Mission of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the
European Union
Mission of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the
EC
Brazilian Mission to the European Union
Embassy of Brunei Darussalam and Mission
to the European Communities
Canadian Mission to the European Union
Embassy of Canada to Belgium and
Luxembourg
Chilean Embassy to Belgium and Mission to
the EU
Mission of the Peoples Republic of China to
the European Communities
Embassy of Cyprus to Belgium
Permanent Representation of the Republic
of Cyprus to the European Union
Permanent Representation of the Czech
Republic to the European Union
Permanent Representation of Denmark to
the EU
Permanent Representation of Estonia to the
European Union
Mission of the Faroes to the European
Union
Permanent Representation of Finland to the
European Union
Reprsentation Permanente de la France
auprs de lUnion Europenne
Embassy of Georgia to the Benelux
Countries
Mission of Georgia to NATO
Mission of Georgia to the EU

Permanent Representation of Greece to the

European Union
Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office
Permanent Representation of Hungary to
the European Union
Icelandic Mission to the European Union
Indonesian Embassy
Indonesian Mission to the European Union
Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Permanent Representation of Ireland to the
European Union
Embassy of Israel
Israeli Mission to the European Union
Mission of Japan to the European Union
Embassy of Jordan in Brussels
Mission of the Hashemite Kingdom of
Jordan to the EC
Embassy of the Republic of Korea and
Mission of the Republic of Korea to the EU
Embassy of the Republic of Kosovo
Permanent Representation of Lithuania to
the EU
Macao Economic and Trade Office
Mission of the Republic of Macedonia to the
European Union
Embassy of Malaysia
Mission of Malaysia to the European Union
Maldives Mission to the European Union
Embassy of Malta
Permanent Representation of Malta to the
EU
Embassy of Mexico to Belgium and
Luxembourg/Mission of Mexico to the
European Union
Mission of the Republic of Moldova to the
European Union

Permanent Mission of Montenegro to the

EU
Mission of the Kingdom of Morocco to the
European Communities
Permanent Representation of the
Netherlands to the EU
New Zealand Embassy and Mission to the
European Union
Mission of Norway to the European Union
Royal Norwegian Embassy
Embassy and Mission of the Philippines to
the European Union
Permanent Representation of the Republic
of Poland to the European Union
General Delegation of Quebec
Permanent Representation of Romania to
the European Union
Permanent Mission of the Russian
Federation to the European Union
Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Mission of the Republic of Serbia to the EU
Embassy of the Republic of Singapore in
Brussels
Mission of Singapore to the European Union
Permanent Representation of the Slovak
Republic to the EU
South African Embassy
Permanent Representation of Sweden to
the EU
Mission of Switzerland to the European
Union
Taipei Representative Office in the
European Union and Belgium
Mission of Thailand to the European Union
Royal Thai Embassy
Turkish Embassy to Belgium

MEMBERS
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FOUNDATIONS (25)
ASKO EUROPA-STIFTUNG
Bertelsmann Stiftung
British Council Brussels
Compagnia di San Paolo
EGMONT - The Royal Institute for
International Relations
European Climate Foundation
European Cultural Foundation (ECF)
European Foundation Centre (EFC)
Fondazione Cariplo
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
Fundao Calouste Gulbenkian
Fundacin Academia Europea de Yuste
Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung
Institute for Democracy Constantinos
Karamanlis
Institute of European Affairs (IEA)

Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael (KKL-JNF)

King Baudouin Foundation
Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung
Madariaga European Foundation
Open Society European Policy Institute
Petro Poroshenko Foundation
Software AG - Stiftung
Stiftung Mercator
Transatlantic Policy Network (TPN)
Wilfried Martens Centre for European
Studies
GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS (3)
Bundesagentur fr Arbeit
Representative Office of the
Oesterreichische Nationalbank
VDAB
INTER-GOVERNMENTAL
ORGANISATIONS (18)
Council of Europe
EFTA Secretariat
EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA)
Energy Charter Secretariat
European Cooperation in Science and
Technology (COST)
European Investment Bank (EIB)
International Centre for Migration Policy
Development (ICMPD)
International Institute of Administrative
Sciences (IIAS)
International Labour Organization
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Japan Bank for International Cooperation

NATO Parliamentary Assembly

Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
Regional Cooperation Council
United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees
United Nations Office in Brussels
World Bank EU Office
World Health Organization (WHO)
PLATFORMS OF NON-GOVERNMENTAL
ORGANISATIONS (2)
Confederation of European Senior Experts
Services (CESES)
Platform of European Social NGOs
NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS
(43)
Amnesty International
CARE for Europe
Caritas Catholica Vlaanderen
Caritas Europa
Central Europe Energy Partners
Confrontations Europe
Crisis Management Initiative (CMI)
Dialogue Platform
Equality and Human Rights Commission
EU Ukraine Business Council
EU-Japan Forum
EurActiv.com
European -Georgian -Ukrainian Society
(EUGUS)
European Armenian Federation for Justice
and Democracy
European Confederation of Junior
Enterprises (JADE)

MEMBERS

Turkish Mission to the European Union

Embassy of Ukraine to Belgium
Mission of Ukraine to the European Union
UK Permanent Representation to the EU
Embassy of the United States of America
United States Mission to the European
Union
Embassy of Uruguay to Belgium and the
European Communities
Embassy of the Republic of Uzbekistan to
the Kingdom of Belgium
Mission of the Republic of Uzbekistan to
NATO
Mission of the Republic of Uzbekistan to the
European Communities
Embassy of Vietnam in Belgium

MEMBERS
MEMBERS

European Council on Refugees and Exiles

(ECRE)
European Disability Forum (EDF)
European Regional and Local Health
Authorities (EUREGHA)
European Stability Initiative
European Youth Forum
FOSTER EUROPE, Foundation for strong
European Regions
Freedom House
Independent Diplomat
Institute for Economics and Peace
Institute for the Scientific Advancement of
the South (ISAS)
Institute of European Studies Macau
International Crisis Group (ICG)
International Fund for Cooperation and
Partnership of the Black Sea and the
Caspian Sea (BSCSIF)
International Security Information Service
(ISIS) Europe
Network of European Foundations for
Innovative Cooperation (NEF)
NGO Corporate Relations Research
Center
NRC Europe
ONE
Open Dialog Foundation
Plus Europe Association
The European Azerbaijan Society
The German Marshall Fund of the United
States
The Pew Charitable Trusts
Transparency International
VoteWatch Europe
WaterAid

World Vision International

WWF European Policy Office
REGIONAL BODIES AND LOCAL
AUTHORITIES (37)
Central Denmark EU Office
City of Vienna - Liaison Office
Confrence des Rgions Priphriques
Maritimes dEurope (CRPM)
East Sweden EU Office
EUROCITIES
Government of Catalonia Representation
to the EU
Hanse-Office
Helsinki EU Office
Ile-de-France - Europe
Liaison Agency Flanders-Europe
Mid-Norway European Office
North Sweden European Office
NorthNorway European Office
Office of the Northern Ireland Executive
Oslo Region European Office
Province of Limburg
Representation of Lower Saxony to the EU
Representation of the Free State of Bavaria
to the European Union
Representation of the State of BadenWrttemberg to the European Union
Representation of the State of Bremen to
the EU
Representation Office of Carinthia
Scotland Europa
Scottish Government EU office
Skne European Office
South Denmark European Office
Stavanger Region European Office

Steiermark-Bro
Stockholm Region EU Office
Tampere Region EU Office
Turkish Cypriot Representation in Brussels
TURKU-Southwest Finland European Office
Verbindungsbro Land Niedersterreich
Vojvodina European Office
Welsh Government
West Finland European Office
West Norway Office
ZealandDenmark EU Office
RELIGIOUS ORGANISATIONS (5)
Church and Society Commission of CEC
Commission of the Bishops Conferences of
the EC (COMECE)
European Evangelical Alliance
Jesuit European Social Centre (JESC)
Protestant Church in Germany Brussels
Office
ACADEMIC (3)
Aarhus University, Denmark
UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education
University of Birmingham
OTHER (1)
International Committee of the Red Cross

GOVERNANCE
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Governance

We aspire to best practice in good governance and have strived

to improve our governing structures over the years. The guiding
principle has been to establish checks and balances in the
system, through the separation of powers between our different
governing bodies.

Honorary President
Peter Sutherland, former European Commissioner, is Honorary
President of the EPC.

We are governed by two statutory bodies: the General Assembly

and the Governing Board. Their respective powers are set out in
the articles of association.
The General Assembly (assemble gnrale), whose composition
reflects the main constituencies of our membership, is the highest
decision-making body of the EPC. The Chairman is Philippe
Maystadt, former President of the European Investment Bank.
The Governing Board (conseil dadministration) is made up of
non-executive directors (administrateurs) and is responsible
for the overall management of the EPC, although day-to-day
management is assigned to the Chief Executive (administrateur
dlgu), who is a member of the Board and accountable to the
Board for his actions (in line with Belgian law). The Board in turn
is accountable to the General Assembly. The Chair of the Board
is Meglena Kuneva, former EU Commissioner for Consumer
Protection.
The only overlap between the membership of the General
Assembly and the Governing Board is that the Chairman of the
Board is an ex officio member of the General Assembly.

GOVERNING BOARD
CHAIR
Meglena Kuneva

GENERAL ASSEMBLY
CHAIR
Philippe Maystadt

Legal status
We were launched as a think tank in 1997. In 2003, we were
established as an international not-for-profit organisation
(association internationale sans but lucratif - AISBL) under
Belgian law.

Transparency
We joined the European Commissions voluntary Register of
interest representatives in January 2009. The EPC was the
first major think tank on European Union affairs in Brussels
to join. Our decision to do so reflects our long-standing
commitment to openness and transparency, demonstrated
by the detailed information we already provide on our website
about our financing and governance.
The European Commissions definition of who should register
states that it is for all entities engaged in activities carried out
with the objective of influencing the policy formulation and
decision-making processes of the European institutions.
We are committed to making European integration work,
by promoting discussion and innovative thinking on the
key challenges facing the European Union and coming
up with practical policy proposals to achieve this goal. We
therefore decided to register even though the only interest
we represent is the interest of European integration.
By signing up to the register, the EPC and our staff commit
themselves to comply with the Commissions Code of
Conduct for interest representatives.

TRANSPARENCY

Testimonials

TESTIMONIALS
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David Lidington

UNITED KINGDOMS MINISTER FOR EUROPE

The European Policy Centre looked into the question of the

role of national parliaments earlier this year. Their findings
suggest that national parliaments could work more closely
together, and could explore new forms of cooperation.

I know that you have been working on [the New Pact for Europe]
for a long time, with experts from a variety of backgrounds
coming from all over Europe. Getting so many think-tanks and
foundations to work together is certainly a challenging endeavour.
Getting them to agree on a joint report probably even more so.

PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL

Herman Van Rompuy

PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION

The
European
Policy
Centre
has
made an important contribution to an
open and dynamic debate on Europe

The EPC is greatly valued for its focused and

practical analysis of European issues, both short
and long term, and for promoting debate on these
issues among a very wide range of participants.
Its role in providing a platform for visitors to
Brussels such as myself is also deeply appreciated.

TESTIMONIALS

FORMER IRISH DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER

Eamon Gilmore

Testimonials

Jose Manuel Barroso

STAFF

Our Team
Current Staff 2013-2014
Page 26

Annika Hedberg
Senior Policy Analyst
a.hedberg@epc.eu
+32 (0)2 286 9375
@AnnikaAhtonen

Rosa Balfour
Director for Europe in
the World
r.balfour@epc.eu
+32 (0)2 286 1192
@RosaBalfour

Myriane Bartholom
Publications and
Membership Manager
m.bartholome@epc.eu
+32 (0)2 286 9371

Maral Bedrossian
Finance and Human
Resources Manager
m.bedrossian@epc.eu
+32 (0)2 235 0882

Elizabeth Bisland
Director of Events and
Administration
e.bisland@epc.eu
+32 (0)2 235 0883
@LizBizatEPC

Gloria Carneiro
Events Assistant
g.carneiro@epc.eu
+32 (0)2 286 1194

Rebecca Castermans
Communications
Assistant
r.castermans@epc.eu
+32 (0)2 235 0884
@EPC_Becca

Claire Dhret
Senior Policy Analyst
c.dheret@epc.eu
+32 (0)2 235 0881
@cdheret

Janis A. Emmanouilidis
Director of Studies
j.emmanouilidis@epc.eu
+32 (0)2 235 0886
@JAEmmanouilidis

Andrea Frontini
Junior Policy Analyst
a.frontini@epc.eu
+32 (0)2 286 1193
@AndFrontini

Andreia Ghimis
Programme Assistant
a.ghimis@epc.eu
+32 (0)2 714 2161
@afghimis

Valrie Gilles
Administraitive
Assistant
v.gilles@epc.eu
+32 (0)2 231 0340

Paul Ivan
Policy Analyst
p.ivan@epc.eu
+32 (0)2 235 0880
@paul2ivan

Martina Morosi
Programme Assistant
m.morosi@epc.eu
+32 (0)2 235 0887
@martinamo12

O
C

Tania Marocchi
FutureLab Europe
Programme Assistant
t.marocchi@epc.eu
+32 (0)2 714 2162
@tania_marocchi

Alice Pappas
Programme Assistant
a.pappas@epc.eu
+32 (0)2 235 0885
@AlicePappas

Romain Pardo
Junior Policy Analyst
r.pardo@epc.eu
+32 (0)2 235 0885

Yves Pascouau
Director of Migration
and Mobility Policies
y.pascouau@epc.eu
+32 (0)2 235 0888
@ypascouau

Amanda Paul
Policy Analyst, Senior
Programme Executive
a.paul@epc.eu
+32 (0)2 286 9376
@amandajanepaul

Emmanuelle Petit
Events Executive
e.petit@epc.eu
+32 (0)2 235 0889

Jan David Schneider

Economic Research
Assistant
jd.schneider@epc.eu
+32 (0)2 286 1196

Corina Stratulat
Senior Policy Analyst
c.stratulat@epc.eu
+32 (0)2 286 9372

Zak Suffee
Head of Media and
Communications
z.suffee@epc.eu
+32 (0)2 286 9374
@zaksuff

Our Team
Current Staff 2013-2014

Linde Zuidema
FutureLab Europe
Programme Leader
l.zuidema@epc.eu
+32 (0)2 286 1190
@lindezuidema

Fabian Zuleeg
Chief Executive
f.zuleeg@epc.eu
+32 (0)2 286 1191
@FabianZuleeg

European Policy Centre 2014