Centre For European Policy Studies (CEPS)

The Centre For European Policy Studies (CEPS) is an organization started to debate and research European Union affairs. It is a collaboration of the most intelligent individuals and groups with an interest in the EU. One of its main goals is to resolve some of the major issues currently facing the EU through a series of debates, as well as extensive research.

The Centre For European Policy Studies is a major independent European think tank that provides a central and neutral forum for debate among all stakeholders in the EU policy process. Some of the organization's important contributions in the policymaking process include a strong in-house research capacity, combined to an extensive network of partner institutes throughout the world.

CEPS is constantly researching subjects such as economic and social welfare policies, energy, climate change and sustainable development, EU neighborhood foreign and security policies, financial markets and institutions, justice and home affairs and many more.

Some of the goals for the Centre for European Policy Studies include carrying out state-of-the-art policy research, hopefully leading to solutions to the challenges facing Europe. The organization also aims to achieve high standards of academic excellence and maintain unqualified independence.

It also aims to provide a forum for discussion among the stakeholders in the European policy process in the policy, to build collaborative networks of researchers, policymakers and business representatives across the whole of Europe and to disseminate our findings and views through a regular flow of publications and public events.

The energy, climate change and sustainable development program is one of several research programs, which cover economic and social welfare policies, EU neighborhood, foreign and security policy, financial markets and institutions, justice and home affairs, politics and european institutions, regulatory policy and trade developments and agricultural policy.

CEPS is a non-profit international association, organized under Belgian laws and governed by their statutes.

CEPS' funding is obtained from a variety of sources, including membership fees, project research, foundation grants, conferences fees, publication sales and an annual grant from the European Commission.

The CEPS board is composed of independent personalities with broad research and policy experience, and each member represents their individual views only. The board provides the strategic direction of the organization and supervises its independence, the work of the management team and the financial performance of the organization. CEPS professes a deep commitment to institutional and intellectual independence, rooted in the individual independence of its scholars. Thus, CEPS does not take positions on issues.