Networks

The IEP participates in a number of academic networks and networks of non-governmental organisations, which deal with various aspects of EU integration and the EU in particular.

The IEP is a founding member of the Trans European Policy Studies Association (TEPSA). TEPSA is an independent organisation established in 1974 on the initiative of a number of European institutes, among them the IEP. The TEPSA network is composed of national research institutions specialising in European and international affairs located in all EU member states and candidate countries. The aim of TEPSA is to provide and strengthen high-quality international research on European integration in an advanced national context in order to stimulate discussions on policies and political alternatives for Europe.

Members of TEPSA are:

  • Austrian Institute for International Affairs (OIIP), Vienna [www.oiip.at]
  • Groupe d"Études Politiques Européennes (GEPE-SEP), Brussels
  • Bulgarian European Community Studies Association (BECSA), Sofia [becsa.org]
  • Cyprus Institute of Mediterranean European and International Studies (Kimede), Nicosia
  • Institute of International Relations (IIR), Prague [www.iir.cz]
  • Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), Copenhagen [www.diis.dk]
  • Estonian Foreign Policy Institute (EVI), Tallinn [www.evi.ee]
  • Finnish Institute of International Affairs (UPI-FIIA), Helsinki [www.upi-fiia.fi]
  • Centre d"Études Européennes, CERI, Sciences Po, Paris [www.portedeurope.org]
  • Institut für Europäische Politik (IEP), Berlin [www.iep-berlin.de]
  • Greek Centre of European Studies & Research (EKEME), Athens [www.ekeme.gr]
  • Institute for World Economics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (IWE HAS), Budapest [www.vki.hu]
  • Institute of European Affairs (IEA), Dublin [www.iiea.com]
  • Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), Rome [www.iai.it]
  • Latvian Institute of International Affairs (LAI), Riga [www.lai.lv]
  • Centre d"Études et de Recherches Européennes Robert Schuman (CERE), Luxemburg [www.cere.etat.lu]
  • Netherlands Institute for International Relations Clingendael, The Hague [www.clingendael.nl]
  • Foundation for European Studies " European Institute, Lodz [www.ie.lodz.pl]
  • Instituto de Estudos Estrategicos e Internacionais (IEEI), Lisbon [www.ieei.pt]
  • Centre of International Relations, Ljubljana [www.mednarodni-odnosi.si/cmo]
  • Real Instituto Elcano de Estudios Internacionales y Estratégicos, Madrid [www.realinstitutoelcano.org]
  • Swedish Institute of International Affairs, Stockholm [www.ui.se]
  • Federal Trust for Education and Research, London [www.fedtrust.co.uk]

Associated members are:

The IEP is member of the Network European Movement in Germany (Europäische Bewegung Deutschland). The Network European Movement Germany is a non-party association of civil society organisations that take a special interest in European politics. Today the Network European Movement Germany has more than 120 member organisations.

Moreover, the IEP cooperates with the Europa-Union Deutschland, another independent non-governmental organisation which has an individual membership and addresses citizens at large and a wider public.

As part of its academic activities, the IEP is active in a number of networks, among them:

  • Network of Excellence "EU-CONSENT " Constructing Europe Network: Wider Europe, deeper integration"". EU-CONSENT is financially supported by the EU"s Sixth Framework Programme. It is a network of excellence for joint research and teaching which stretches across Europe. The IEP is one of the work package leaders.

  • "FORNET": FORNET is a network of researchers active in the field of CFSP/ESDP. They publish bi-monthly an online newsletter, the "CFSP Forum" which was initiated by the IEP in the early nineties and continued within FORNET.

  • "Arbeitskreis Europäische Integration/German member of ECSA": The IEP regularly cooperates with the Arbeitskreis Europäische Integration. The IEP"s quarterly journal "integration" is edited in cooperation with the Arbeitskreis Europäische Integration. It initiates research and cooperation between universities, think tanks and other academic institutes, promotes exchange between academia and policy-makers in Europe.

  • The Academic Board of the IEP is composed of experts from several academic disciplines from universities and think tanks in Germany and other EU member states.

  • The IEP is engaged in several post-graduate programmes, among them: Post-graduate Studies "Master of European and International Studies" and "European Foreign and Security Policy Studies Programme" and the "European Online Academy".
| Last Update 06/13/13