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Urban Strandberg an International Youth Think Tank That Promotes An international youth think tank that promotes the values of an open society We, Urban Strandberg and Cecilia Malmström, would like to announce the creation of an exciting and innovative new initiative: an international youth think tank that promotes the values of an open society. With contemporary populism and nationalism sowing seeds of mistrust and threatening the values of open society, it is more important than ever to exercise optimism and critical thinking to bolster democracy and sustainable development. Stability, creativity, and diversity are promoted when public institutions and decision-making are built on active citizen participation, knowledge based on science and well-tried practice, rule of law, and a dynamic cultural life. Open borders make it possible for individuals and organizations to seek out where their goals can best be realized. Despite their current contentiousness, the value of open borders is self-evident for many young people, who acknowledge a multifaceted world in which they can benefit from these values and realize their projects. We think that young people’s visions and experiences should be mobilized to counterbalance contemporary narrow-minded and pessimistic political agendas. We strongly believe in the power of young people in Europe and want to convey their ideas and perspectives to decision makers in public institutions, civil society organizations, and the business community. We have therefore designed what we believe to be a unique approach, namely to start an entirely new organization that combines the typical features of think tanks and international youth conferences. This creates both a supportive forum for young people where they can develop their projects, and a trans-generational bridge between young people and established decision-makers in business and societal institutions. The overall objective of the organization will be to strengthen and support democracy and open society as well as to create an international platform for discussions about the conditions for future sustainable development and prosperity. Annual youth conferences will be organized, with participants ranging from 18-25, with different employment and educational backgrounds, and from various European cities, suburbs, and rural settings. We strive for diversity and are looking for enthusiasts – people who are passionate about what they are doing. The participants’ main task will be to set the agenda for the think tank’s following year by distinguishing two or three future challenges to suggest to the think tank’s Fellows and staff for special attention. Our goal is to set up the think tank as a legally and economically independent organization located within Global Business Gate (https://globalbusinessgate.se), inaugurated with a youth conference in the autumn of 2021, when the City of Gothenburg is celebrating its 400th anniversary. We envisage that Global Business Gate will offer a splendid location for our think tank, since it will summon great economic, political, and organizational power, and therefore be attractive for the youth. Urban Strandberg Dr and Associate Professor in Political Science Manager for the International Youth Think Tank Project E-mail: [email protected] Phone +46 730 59 55 15 We are very inspired by and have strong confidence in the two very long-term operating initiators of the Global Business Gate project. On the one hand the global trading company Elof Hansson which is run as a foundation. Elof Hansson started in Hamburg, in 1897, and moved to Gothenburg in 1904. Elof Hansson is trading globally with pulp, paper and board; timber and building materials; plants and machinery for the pulp, paper, packaging and sugar industries; and electrical home appliances. The other initiator of Global Business Gate is Alecta, who manages occupational pension plans for 2.4 million people and 34,000 businesses across Sweden. Alecta was established in 1917 as a result of a common desire of Swedish employers and their employees to provide greater security to more people also after the end of their working lives. KVVS – The Royal Society of Arts and Sciences in Gothenburg (http://kvvs.se/) hosts the project during the planning process, and Global Business Gate provides planning means. KVVS was founded in 1778 and is an independent learned society encompassing different disciplines in Sciences, Arts and Social Sciences. We very much appreciate the long-term aptitude of KVVS as well as its overall societal mission, and are thus very happy that KVVS supports the think tank project by hosting it during the planning process. A milestone in the planning process is to organize a youth conference on November 11-14, 2019, which can also partly be considered a follow-up to the EU social summit held in Gothenburg in 2017. We will invite a diverse group of 40-50 European 18-25 year-olds, and give them three assignments: (1) develop their views on the values of open society and how they can be defended; (2) develop ideas on how the think tank can be organized to promote these values and to be attractive to future youth conferences; and (3) come up with suggestions for naming the think tank. The conference will be embedded within Kvalitetsmässan, Europe’s largest conference and trade fair on organizational and social development (http://kvalitetsmassan.se/). The majority of the time, the youths will hold their own meetings: getting to know each other, meeting specially invited inspirational lecturers, and working on their three assignments. They will also report progress on their assignments in two pop-up occasions, receiving comments from Kvalitetsmässan’s visitors. Finally, the youth will be the main event in Kvalitetsmässan’s grand closure after lunch on November 14, when Swedish EU-minister and members of the think tank’s international reference group will participate. The youths will hold a press conference and present what they have achieved regarding their three assignments. This will also make up the first grand launch of the entire think tank project. Cecilia Malmström, Commissioner for Foreign Trade and Trade Agreements, European Commission. Urban Strandberg, Dr. and Associate Professor in Political Science, Director of Studies, Center for European Studies, Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg Urban Strandberg Dr and Associate Professor in Political Science Manager for the International Youth Think Tank Project E-mail: [email protected] Phone +46 730 59 55 15 International reference group to the planning of the international youth think tank Monica Frassoni is the co-chair of the European Green party, and the president of the European Alliance to Save Energy (EUASE). Monica is the President of the Management Board of European Centre for Electoral Support (ECES). She is a former Member of the European Parliament, where she served for two terms until 2009. She is also a member of the board of trustees of “Friends of Europe” a leading think tank that works for the promotion of a more inclusive, sustainable and forward-looking Europe. In addition to that Monica is also a board member of the “European Union Women Caucus” an inter-institutional platform for discussion, bringing together female leaders in the European Parliament, the European Commission, the Council of the European Union and the representations of the EU Member States to the EU. Monica is a Political Science graduate from the University of Florence Cesare Alfieri. Her political career started in 1983, when she became actively involved in the European Federalist Movement, before being elected as Secretary General of the European organization of Young European Federalists (“JEF Europe”) in 1987. Monica’s involvement in youth policies continued when she was appointed president of the European Co-Coordinating Bureau of Youth NGOs, position she held from 1991 to 1993. Monica Frassoni also took part of the executive of the Parliamentary Network on the World Bank (PNoWB) in 2006. Monica is part of Spinelli Group, an initiative launched in 2010 that promotes the federalist push within the European Union decisions and policies. Pam Fredman is President of the International Association of Universities (IAU), a membership- based organization, created under the auspices of UNESCO in 1950, serving the global higher education community. Pam is appointed by the Swedish government to investigate the model for governance and resource allocation to Swedish Higher Education Institutions. Pam Fredman previously served as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Gothenburg from 2006 until 2017. She is a Professor of Neurochemistry and has held several leading positions within the University of Gothenburg, for example as Dean of the faculty of medicine at the University of Gothenburg – the Sahlgrenska Academy. Over the years, Pam has been active in a large number of scientific and scholarly contexts. Pam Fredman has for example been Chair of the European Society of Neurochemistry and she is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, IVA. Allan Larsson is Special Adviser on the European Pillar of Social Rights, to Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission. Allan has an extensive policy experience at national, European and international levels, as well as in academia. Allan is a former Swedish Social Democratic politician. From 1990 to 1991, he served as Minister for Finance. From 1991 to 1995, he was a Member of the Swedish parliament. From Sweden’s entry into the European Union in 1995 to 2000, Larsson served as Director General for DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities in the European Commission under Commissioner Pádraig Flynn. Allan has previously been chair of the board of Lund University. Cecilia Malmström is a Swedish politician who has served as European Commissioner for Trade since 2014. She previously served as European Commissioner for Home Affairs from 2010 to 2014, and Swedish Minister for European Union Affairs from 2006 to 2010. She was a Swedish Member of the European Parliament from 1999 to 2006.
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