Montaigne Institute

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The Institut Montaigne , founded in 2000, is a French not-for-profit, non-party think tank based in Paris . The main purpose of the Montaigne Institute is to provide policy advice aimed at improving social cohesion, the competitiveness of the French economy and the soundness of government spending in various policy areas. The work of the institute is based on international comparative statistics as well as on the cooperation with experts from the French business world, academics, from civil society and from government circles.

research

The research work of the Montaigne Institute focuses mainly on the following four policy areas:

  • Social cohesion: school education, higher education and studies, employment, equal opportunities, lifelong learning and diversity
  • Government tasks: pensions, justice, health, environment and European issues
  • Competitiveness: companies, energy, transport, medium and small businesses, digital economy and the regulation of financial markets
  • Finance: taxation, government spending, municipal budgets

The Montaigne Institute also promotes innovative democratic platforms. In 2011 there was an extensive research program of the institute under the direction of Gilles Kepel in the suburbs of Clichy-sous-Bois and Montfermeil , where there was an uproar in 2005. The research results were published in the book “Banlieue de la République”. This work was later supplemented by “Passion française”, another research based on interviews with candidates with a migrant background for the 2012 election to the National Assembly in the cities of Roubaix and Marseille .

The Institut Montaigne endeavors to provide the public with accurate figures and with suitable analytical tools. In the 2012 presidential election campaign , the institute intervened with predictions about the consequences of the election promises of the individual candidates for the state budget. A similar procedure was followed during the election campaign for the 2014 local elections for the 10 largest cities in France, and during the election campaign for the regional elections in 2015. During the campaign for the presidential election in France 2017 , the institute evaluated more than 120 election promises on the basis of quantitative analyzes.

The institute has developed the first serious simulation game on the subject of public finances, with the help of which the player is supposed to test how political decisions in the area of ​​the budget and the economy affect the national debt.

The Institut Montaigne organizes policy forums for the development of new forms and contents of politics, to which citizens are invited. In 2012, for example, the institute organized a citizens' conference on the French health system, at which 25 selected participants explained how the health system works, what problems it has and what key issues it has. After a few workshops, the participants published a report in which they formulated the most important proposals for health policy.

Activities of the institute

Institut Montaigne offers proposals for political action aimed at strengthening both the country's competitiveness and social cohesion. The institute communicates its ideas through four different types of publications:

  • Reports prepared by special working groups
  • Studies prepared by one or more experts
  • short recommendations to respond to current political issues
  • Books by individual authors and groups of authors that allow more in-depth analysis.

The most recent publications in English

  • A New Strategy for France in a New Arab World (August 2017)
  • Syria: to End a Never-Ending War (June 2017)
  • What Role for Cars in Tomorrow's World? (June 2017)
  • The Europe We Need (March 2017)
  • The Circular Economy: Reconciling Economic Growth with the Environment (November 2016)
  • A French Islam Is Possible (September 2016)
  • Rebuilding France's National Security (September 2016)
  • Religious Discrimination in Access to Employment: a Reality (October 2015)
  • Big Data and the Internet of Things: Making France a Leader in the Digital Revolution (April 2015)

organization

Board

  • Henri de Castries , President and former CEO of AXA
  • Claude Bébéar, founder and honorary president
  • David Azéma, Vice President and Partner of Perella Weinberg Partners
  • Emmanuelle Barbara, managing partner of August and Debouzy
  • Nicolas Baverez, attorney, partner in Gibson Dunn & Crutche
  • Marguerite Bérard-Andrieu, board member of the Groupe BPCE banking group , responsible for the group's finances, strategy and legal issues
  • Jean-Pierre Clamadieu, CEO of Solvay
  • Olivier Duhamel , President of the Fondation nationale des sciences politiques
  • Mireille Faugère, auditor
  • Christian Forestier, former head of the institute
  • Marwan Lahoud, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of OT-Morpho
  • Natalie Rastoin, Executive Director of Ogilvy France , President of Ogilvy One
  • René Ricol, partner and one of the founders of Ricol Lasteyrie Corporate Finance
  • Jean-Dominique Senard , Vice President, CEO and Managing Partner of Michelin
  • Arnaud Vaissié, CEO of International SOS and Chairman of the French Chamber of Commerce in Great Britain
  • Philippe Wahl, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Banque Postale .

Advisory Board

This advisory body informs the institute about major social changes; it comments on the work of the think tank and develops partnerships and relationships with institutions in France and abroad.

  • Benoit d'Angelin, partner in Ondra Partners
  • Frank Bournois, Director of ESCP Europe
  • Pierre Cahuc, Professor of Economics at the Ecole Polytechnique
  • Loraine Donnedieu de Vabres, partner in Jeantet et Associés
  • Pierre Godé, Vice Chairman of the LVMH Board of Directors
  • Michel Godet, Professor of Management at CNAM
  • Françoise Holder, manager of the Holder SAS group
  • Philippe Josse, government advisor
  • Marianne Laigneau, member of the Conseil d'État (Council of State)
  • Sophie Pedder, Head of The Economist's Paris Office
  • Hélène Rey , Professor of Economics at the London Business School
  • Ezra Suleiman, professor at Princeton University .

Professionals

Numerous experts work for the institute with research, recommendations and analyzes on the whole spectrum of topics, especially on the institute's blogs.

  • Gilles Babinet , Internet Ambassador for France, author on digital topics
  • Nicolas Baverez, entrepreneur, lawyer, writer on defense issues
  • Patrick Calvar , former head of the Direction générale de la sécurité intérieure and special advisor at the Institut Montaigne, author on questions of internal security
  • Eric Chaney, advisor to the institute on economic issues and author on related topics
  • Michaël Cheylan, author on African topics
  • Ambassador Michel Duclos, Special Advisor to the Institute, author on geopolitical issues
  • Ramon Fernandez, author on European issues
  • Benjamin Fremaux, Senior Fellow, author on the topics of the energy industry and climate issues
  • Hakim El Karoui, Senior Fellow, author on French foreign policy in the MENA region and on Islam in France
  • Marc Lazar , author on French and European politics and institutions
  • Bertrand Martinot, Senior Fellow, author on issues relating to vocational training, employment and professional development
  • Professor Dominique Moïsi , Special Adviser to the Institute, author on geopolitical issues
  • Jean-Paul Tran Thiet, author on energy and European issues

The permanent staff

Laurent Bigorgne has been Executive Director of the institute since 2011. The institute employs 21 full-time employees.

Finances

Institut Montaigne is a non-profit making organization in accordance with the law of 1901. The annual budget of the institute is approximately 4.3 million euros. More than 150 companies of various sizes and from all business areas make annual contributions, with each funding no more than 2% of the budget. In addition, more than 300 legal entities support the institute's activities. Your contribution makes up about 1% of the budget.

Members (as of December 18, 2017)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ About us ( en )
  2. ↑ Institut Montaigne - Data.gouv.fr ( en )
  3. ↑ Publications | Institut Montaigne ( en )
  4. ↑ Accueil | BANLIEUE DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE ( fr )
  5. ^ Passion française. Les voix des cités .
  6. ↑ [1] accessed on December 22, 2017
  7. ↑ Municipales 2014: code of the program - Accueil .
  8. ^ Élections Régionales 2015 | Institut Montaigne ( fr-fr )
  9. ^ Institut Montaigne | Presidential 2017 ( fr-fr )
  10. ↑ L'atelier des finances publiques de l'Institut Montaigne ( fr )
  11. ↑ Conference de Citoyens | Une réflexion citoyenne sur la santé, une initiative de l'Institut Montaigne ( fr-fr )
  12. ↑ [2]