Bruegel (institution)
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- This article is about the Brussels-based think tank. For the members of the family with the same name, see Brueghel.
Bruegel is a Brussels-based think tank, which was created on 10 August 2004 and started operations in 2005. It is meant to be a Brussels European and Global Economic Laboratory, therefore its name which also refers to the late Renaissance painter Pieter Bruegel the Elder.
Bruegel is chaired since January 2005 by Mario Monti, and its director is the French economist Jean Pisani-Ferry.
Bruegel's stated aim is to "contribute to the quality of economic policymaking in Europe through open, fact-based and policy-relevant research, analysis and discussion".
Bruegel is financed by a number of governments of member states of the European Union and international corporations. It claims that its independence and intellectual integrity is guaranteed by the diversity of its funding sources (with no individual sponsor contributing more than 5% of total budget in 2007), the transparency and quality of its governance, and the experience of its scholars.
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[edit] Board
As of 2008, Bruegel's Board is composed of: Frank Dangeard, Anna Ekström, Caio Koch-Weser, Thomas Mirow, Mario Monti (Chairman), Jim O'Neill, Jaroslaw Pietras, Adam Posen, Peter Praet, and Helen Wallace.
Bruegel's Scientific Council is appointed by the Board ans is currently chaired by Paul Seabright.
[edit] Scholars
As of 2008, Bruegel's resident scholars include Jean Pisani-Ferry (Director), André Sapir, Bruno van Pottelsberghe, Juan Delgado, Indhira Santos, Nicolas Véron, and Jakob von Weizsäcker.
[edit] Membership
Bruegel currently has three categories of members: State members, Corporate members, and Partner Research Institutions.
- State members: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, the United Kingdom.
- Corporate members: Areva, BP, Deutsche Bank, Deutsche Telekom, EMI, NYSE Euronext, Fortis, General Electric, Goldman Sachs, Hellenic Petroleum, Iberdrola, IBM, Nokia, Novartis, Pfizer, Renault, Siemens, Suez, Telecom Italia, Thomson, Unicredit.
- Partner Research Institutions: CEPII, Centre for European Reform, CESifo, ICRIER, IfW, KIEP, Peterson Institute
