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Aims of the european ideas network


The European Ideas Network aims to: 

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 promote new ideas and exchange best practice on how to address the social, economic and foreign policy challenges facing Europe today;
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 broaden the vision and experience of policy-makers and opinion-shapers, so that issues are seen in a wider, more global context; 
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 operate on a deliberately Europe-wide basis, to allow access to and exchange of thinking not always available in a national setting; 
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 strengthen the collective intellectual resources of, and improve the quality of policy-making within, centre-right politics in Europe;
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 involve centre-right think tanks and political foundations more closely in the evolution of policy and offer them a framework in which to cooperate more effectively at European level;
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 reach out to people and groups not otherwise involved in party politics, especially by encouraging the younger generation to participate in political argument and debate; 
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 organise conferences and seminars across Europe, backed up by a conscious strategy of exploiting new technology to promote the exchange of ideas.