Next Left and Amsterdam Process: think tanks, academia and political world

On behalf of FEPS, Policy Network and Wiardi Beckman Stichting cordially invite to an event […]

24/11/2011

On behalf of FEPS, Policy Network and Wiardi Beckman Stichting cordially invite to an event on “Mobilising for social democracy in Europe: thinktanks, academia and political world”, which will take place on the fringe of the PES Progressive Convention held in Brussels on 25th and 26th November.

This fringe will be organized within the thematic block “Active Democracy” on Saturday, 26th November 2011 from 15.30 till 17.00. It will take place in meeting room 315, which is located on the 3rd Floor (”FEPS Sphere”) of the Square Conference Center (rue Mont des Arts, Brussels 1000). The following speakers will join the panel: Maria Badia I Cutchet (MEP and Vice-President of the S&D Group in the EP), Lilianne Ploumen (Chairwoman of PvdA), Stewart Wood (Member of House of Lords and Oxford University), Paul Magnette (Belgian Minister for Climate and Energy, PS and ULB), Oliver Ferrand (Chairman of Terra Nova), and Olaf Cramme (Director of Policy Network and Lecturer at LSE). The debate will be chaired by Ania Skrzypek (FEPS Policy Advisor).

The theme of the debate was chosen for two reasons: firstly, the weakness in social democratic pro-Europeanism demands ideological debate within the framework of ideas for a new socio-economic paradigm. Dialogue between the worlds of politics, think tanks and academia is indispensible for the innovation, contestation and experimentation that inspire political renewal. Secondly, disenchantment with what social democracy stands for is not only prevalent among “ordinary” citizens, but also among intellectuals. Academia increasingly charges centre-left politics with intellectual exhaustion, with no capacity to challenge, or constructively involve them: as long as progressives remain outcasts of universities and schools, no new school of thought and no new progressive majority will emerge.

It is expected that the fringe debate will be an occasion to explore and debate ideas put forward by think tanks and academics on the idea of Europe and the renewal of social democracy, asking how such institutions can mobilize more effectively at the European level. For Next Left and Amsterdam Processes the outcomes of the workshops will serve directly also as inputs to the common research programme in 2010, during which several prestigious events have been scheduled in cooperation with universities in Europe and overseas.

Network
Policy Network
Wiardi Beckman Stichting
Find all related publications
Publications
26/09/2023

‘Abortion in the EU’ – Country fact sheets

Multispeed access to abortion across member states
26/09/2023

Abortion in the European Union

Actors, issues and discourse
21/09/2023

A European Health Union

A blueprint for generations
18/09/2023

Making trade work for prosperity, people and planet

FEPS Primers series - Arancha González and Yanis Bourgeois
Find all related news
News
20/09/2023

FEPS is recruiting 1 project officer

Notice of vacancy
14/09/2023

FEPS President at the SDG Summit and United Nations General Assembly in New York

FEPS President Maria João Rodrigues is in New York this week on the occasion of […]
14/09/2023

Call for tender – Researcher on inflation

Basic Information Project    The profits-prices spiral: measures to avoid inflation  Partners   TASC (Ireland), Pietro Nenni Foundation (Italy)  […]
12/09/2023

Call for tender – Research and analysis for the project “Progressive paths to rebuild Ukraine”

Basic Information Project Research “In search of a ‘lost generation’. Harnessing youth potential for post-war […]
Find all related in the media
In the media

NATO Deputy Secretary General Geoană: “Democracies should stand united to defend the multilateral global order”

by ReportDifesa.it 25/09/2023
Mircea Geoană, NATO Deputy Sec Gen, took part to FEPS' Annual Autumn Academy 2023 in a session devoted to “Building a sustainable and multilateral global order”

‘SDG funding gap swells to $137trn’ New Policy Study from FEPS, together with Earth4All, to deliver a five-point plan for the SDGs.

by Edie 19/09/2023
The “SDGs for All” report emphasises that policymakers have the potential to significantly advance SDG implementation by the original 2030 deadline and beyond by enacting five “extraordinary turnarounds” that break away from current trends.

“Trade doesn’t work in isolation from good domestic policies” Interview to Arancha González

by Borderlex 19/09/2023
Interview to Arancha González, former Spanish foreign minister, who released together with FEPS the new book entitled 'The Trade Handbook: Making Trade Work for Prosperity, People and Planet'

AI to ‘determine course of global trade, jobs’ in near future

by The Financial Express 14/09/2023
The Financial Express's article focuses on the publication of FEPS Primer on Trade written by Arancha González Laya and Yanis Bourgeois