OTT-TTI Fellowship Programme
Project brief OTT Consulting is working with the Think Tank Initiative to deliver the 2018-2019 OTT-TTI Fellowship Programme. The programme aims to support new emerging think tanks...
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Think tanks as builders of trust in fragmented societies
Think tanks are instrumental to strengthening the capacity of societies to overcome fragmentation caused by democratic competition. They also play a key role in promoting...
Los think tanks como constructores de confianza en sociedades fragmentadas
Los think tanks son clave para fortalecer las capacidades de las sociedades de superar la fragmentación propia de la competencia democrática, de dialogar y de generar...
Job Opportunity: Searching for the Executive Secretary of a Latin American think tank network
ILAIPP, a network of Latin American think tanks, is looking for a new Executive Secretary to lead the implementation of its strategy. Candidates should apply before July 7th.
Más Saber América Latina: Promoting links between think tanks and universities
Despite representing 10% of the world’s population, research shows that Latin America produces less than 3% of the world’s scientific knowledge. Collaboration between...
Towards a global agenda on think tank transparency
Calling think tanks to join a new initiative to promote think tank transparency around the world: After hard deliberation a group of think tank leaders and thinkers have developed a call to...
Transparency for think tanks: the latest fashion or an urgent reform?
This post was written by Orazio Bellettini, Executive Director of Grupo FARO in Ecuador. It presents ideas and reflections generated on the panel “From Research to...
Strengthening Grupo FARO’s Board of Directors
Orazio Bellettini, Director of Grupo FARO in Ecuador, writes about his think tank's Board and what they have learned trying to strengthen it. He argues that it is not enough for them to...
Grupo FARO’s tough question: “are we producing research that informs and changes policies?”
In this post, Orazio Bellettini and Adriana Arellano, from Grupo FARO, outline the think tank's new approach to research and policy influence. This post has been partly...
Orazio Bellettini on the future of think tanks in Latin America
Last July in Rio de Janeiro, the Fundacion Getulio Vargas of Brazil and the Think Tanks and Civil Society Program of the University of Philadelphia brought together...
Think Tanks and politics
Civil society organisations and politics Recently, civil society organisations have carried out roles that have historically been the compentence of the State and political parties....