Funding for think tanks: lessons from initiatives to support think tanks and implications for the future

Organised by On Think Tanks
Event type Event
Location Online
Start date 23 June 2020 15:50 CEST
End date 17:00 CEST
As part of our OTT Conference 2020: 2nd online event, we will host a public session on lessons from initiatives to support think tanks and implications for the future.
  • Goran Buldioski (Open Society Foundations)
  • Julie LaFrance (former member of the Think Tank Initiative team)
  • Michael Schwarz (Stiftung Mercator)
  • Henry Alt-Haaker (Robert Bosch Foundation)
  • Renata Skardziute-Kereselidze (GIP)
  • Thinktanker TBC

This session will address:

  • What have we learned from supporting think tanks over the long term?
  • What funding policies, approaches and mechanisms have been more effective to develop think tanks’ competencies or their influence on policy processes in the long term?
  • What does the current COVID-19 context mean for funding for think tanks?
  • How can funders better support think tanks in the future – with an eye to guaranteeing their resilience

To join please sign up here: OTT Conference 2020: 2nd online event