The Greek educational system always was, and still is, centralised to a large extent, since the Ministry of Education continues to hold the basic powers with respect to educational policy and management. Public school units are completely dependent on decisions reached at a central level, at the Ministry, while private school units, too, only possess a very limited degree of […]

Is liberalism is really on the decline? In the current wave of populist players in Western Europe and the United States, and “illiberal” tendencies on the rise, there is a general assumption that liberalism is on the collapse.The demise of liberalism has practically become a commonplace in contemporary political discourses. But this study of the European Liberal Forum, in partnership […]

Authors: Ana-Maria Stancu, Anders Nordh, Ann Cathrin Riedel, Areti Georgilis, Bernd Schlömer, Bjørn Bedsted, Dalibor Jakus, Dániel Mikecz, Håvard Sandvik, Lars Klüver, Lena Langlet, Milosz Hodun, Monika Rosa, Niklas Wilhelmsson, Rasmus Øjvind Nielsen, Ronald Pohoryles, Rumiana Decheva, Simon Delakorda, Stoil Tzitzelkov and Victor Guzun As our lives become more digital, we have high expectations of how public services are provided. […]

Gender mainstreaming in different areas of activities and policy has become one of the core themes of many nations in the Western World. While policies of gender equality have been steered in the EU member states, Eastern Europe is behind in promoting women in different roles in the society. Thus there is a need in assessing the regions specific causes […]

The migration crisis in 2015 was a real game changer not just in Central Europe, but in the whole European Union and also in the United States. The crisis, the fear from refugees triggered indirectly the Brexit and it was also a serious issue during the 2016 US presidential election campaign. The pictures of refugees walking by foot on a […]

The aim of this publication is to look beyond the so-called refugee crisis, and rather focus on the next phase of the migration equation: how to make the people that have come here, these new Europeans, adjust to and feel at home in our countries and make them integrate in our societies. These essays and articles present good practices and […]

For many decades, transatlantic relations have been very predictable. European allies, individually or through multilateral forums as the EU and NATO, have been key partners of United States in both foreign policy and trade. Donald Trump’s presidency, however, moves these relations to a new phase of uncertainty and insecurity. Insecurities stem from the fact that with Donald Trump, there seem […]

Annual Report 2016