What is the LCF?

The Lisbon Civic Forum  (LCF) is a European public policy research organisation, or think tank, a platform for research, study and analysis, publication and dissemination of results, information and considered views with the objective of supporting and promoting the aims and objectives of the Lisbon Strategy for growth and jobs. The plan to found the Lisbon Civic Forum (LCF) was born in Lisbon in February 2005 by a small group of distinguished scholars and professionals from different EU member states. Its work so far has been financed on a voluntary basis with individual members and institutions sharing the expenses of six meetings so far, including meetings with the Cabinet of President Barroso and senior officials of the Commission in Brussels at the end of 2005. After the necessary steps were taken, it was established as a registered Verein (a legal form of a non-profit organization) in Augsburg, Germany, in June 2006.

The LCF includes members from all fields: academics, policymakers, diplomats, bankers, journalists and practitioners - qualified citizens actively involved in the process of further European integration. They are cooperating as citizens, organisations and institutions from six Member States, building bridges with two of the new Member States, developing their own ideas in a European environment going beyond national horizons and respecting diversity. Meetings have already been held in both “old” and “new” Member States.