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The '''Stockholm Network''' is a working group of European market-oriented think-tanks. It has two primary objectives: to build a wide network of pro-market policy specialists within Europe and to use that network to influence the future direction of European policy-making on issues of pan-European importance. It was founded in 1997 in London and Stockholm. == What topics we discuss: ==The Network is interested in ideas which stimulate economic growth and help people to help themselves. We promote policies which create the social and economic conditions for a free society. These include: *Reforming European welfare states and creating a more flexible labour market. *Creating competition and choice in healthcare, through reform of European health systems and markets.*Creating a market in which world class education can flourish.*Emphasisng the benefits of globalisation and creating an understanding of free market ideas.  == Representatives from think-tanks span 120 member across Europe including: == *[[Centre for the New Europe]] (Brussels) *[[Civitas]] (London) *[[Institut Montaigne]] (Paris) *[[Timbro]] (Stockholm) *[[Paradigmes]] (Paris) *[[Policy Exchange]] (London)  ? ==Personnel== *[[Helen Disney]], Director *[[Anne Jensen]], Administrator  Administrator?*[[Sacha Kumaria]], is the Stockholm Network’s Director of Programmes  Programmes. He has responsibility for liaising with the member think-tanks, and co-ordinating research projects and events. He also compiles the weekly e-newsletter. <br>Sacha joined the Stockholm Network in January after a successful research internship at Civitas, a civil society think-tank and Stockholm Network member in London. He previously worked part-time as a student caller during his postgraduate studies, raising money for the University of Warwick Alumni Fund. After growing up in Hong Kong, Sacha returned to the UK to continue his studies, and holds a Degree in English and American Literature and a Masters in Ancient History from the University of Warwick. *[[Dan Lewis]] is the Stockholm Network Director of Environmental Affairs. Dan has worked as a journalist but combines this with pragmatic research. He is committed to finding workable, cost-effective solutions for the environment that policymakers can use. He has contributed to numerous publications, including Refocus, Sustain Magazine and the Wall Street Journal Europe. His report for the Economic Research Council, Recharging The Nation, an economics-based assessment of existing, renewable technologies and their prospects for expansion, put the case for Green Energy in the UK at the right price if combined with market-driven policies. He has since advised policymakers and investors about renewables and the environment.*[[Terry O Dwyer]], Researcher  Researcher? == Contact information ==