Many people believe that freedom is free. As she is guaranteed to all in a democratic society, without a bit of effort on the part of anyone. In the world but nothing is free. For all to enjoy the freedom you need some one to understand, defend it and grow. ' (ARUMUGAM, 2007)

Between 13 and 16 September meeting ' Resource Bank ', CADI brought to Bucharest international pro-freedom movement. I was honored to receive the Athene Palace Hilton over 200 participants representing the more liberal organizations and institutes active in Europe, the United States and other continents.

Center for Institutional analysis and Development (CADI-Eleutheria) organizes 13-September 16, 2007, in Bucharest, the fourth meeting of the series European Resource Bank Meetings, the first event of such scale from Romania, which will bring together over 250 representatives of think-tanks and international public policy experts, economists, and academic personalities and political decision-makers in promoting free market employees and respect for private property.

European Resource Bank Meeting is the most important annual Congress of the think tank pro freedom and pro-markets on the continent, the European pair to two annual events from United States, Liberty Forum organized by the Atlas Economic Research Foundation and Heritage Resource Bank Meeting organized by the Heritage Foundation. These international meetings in addition to the objective of promoting the principles of individual liberty is designed to facilitate the interaction and coordination between the actors and the promoting organizations.

Mission Resource Bank meeting is to shape or coagulate human capital (or maintain an ' HR Bank '), for institutional building projects in the direction of a world more free. People and their ability to cooperate are the most important resource for the institutional building projects. Meet Resource Bank renew connections between think-tanks, European and American political scientists, academic and public figures, economists and other thinkers of the classical-liberal Bill and creates new connections with intellectuals and public figures from Romania interested in cooperative strategies to promote freedom of Exchange, private property and capitalism in the European area.

The theme of the 2007 edition of the European Resource Bank Meetings is the european constitutional project and other institutional development tendencies in the European space. The event extends over four days and will consist in an exchange of ideas and experiences concerning the organizational free market. Friday, September 14, we will focus on contemporary issues such as constitutional reform public in order to prevent excessive regulations, reform of the tax system, aware social model, while the second day Saturday, a dedicate exclusively to define strategies and opportunities for cooperation through which values individual freedom can be promoted.

Session I-the Constitution for freedom

1. Projects in Europe and the current constitutional changes in recent decades.
2. Trends in the evolution of constitutional projects in Europe.
3. Constitutional provisions needed to protect and promote the freedom of the individual.
4. Think-tank strategies and resources engaged in influencing the constitutional projects of individual freedom.

Session II-European Constitution and the need to prevent over-consumption of regulating

1. The current state of the process and public debate of the European Constitution.
2. Constitution increases citizens ' Europe freedom or collapse?
3. What are the possible scenarios regarding the future evolution of the EU constitutional process?
4. What position does the pro-freedom movement in Europe towards a European Constitution? 

Session III-Taxation in Europe

1. The current framework of EU taxation (compared to other large economies such as the USA or with non-member countries of the EU).
   2. Assessment of future trends in taxation matters.
   3. The current single tax for taxation in Europe.
   4. Educating taxpayers and politicians about the impact of taxation on the economic growth.

Session IV-Europe in a changing global environment: the links between economic policies and individual security

1. How should we understand security from a libertarian point of view and from the point of view of classical liberal?
   2. The level of ingerintei of the State in private life and its implications for freedom and security of the individual. Possible directions.
   3. Foreign interference with its current threatening individual freedom and security. Possible directions.
   4. Ways to educate the public and to those who made the policies concerning the economic effects of measures.

Fifth session. Future social model (Stockholm-Network)

1. What is the social model? What is the current perception about the success of the European social model?
   2. Is sustainable over the medium term and long term? How accurate is the perception of his success?
   3. What is the alternative model and that model deserves to be followed?
   4. What can movement think-tank that promotes free market to be chosen the most appropriate model?

The themes of the Workshops of the day Saturday, September 15, are

1. Best practices in the work of the think-tanks: examples and lessons.
2. Intellectual property rights.
3. Dealing with hot topics: the case of global warming.
4. How to communicate?
5. Raising funds and strategic development.
6. Development of think-tanks: building coalitions.
7. Foundations of democracy: freedom.

This year three satellite events associate European Congress Resource Bank:

1. The annual meeting of the European Journalists Association (Thursday, 13 September)
2. The annual meeting of the Taxpayers Association of Europe (Sunday, 16 September)
3. Conference ' privatization of the pension system in Romania: How does the mechanism of the market '. The event benefits from the participation of José Pinera and Georges de Menil-first two specialists in the world in the privatisation of pensions. Will be prezednti and Mona Bite, former lawmaker and former member of the Romanian Government, Suji, former Secretary of State and President of the National House of Pensions and Mircea Oancea, President of the Commission for the supervision of Private Pension System. (Thursday, 13 September).

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