About the Lisbon Council
The Lisbon Council for Economic Competitiveness and Social Renewal asbl is a Brussels-based think tank and policy network.
Established in 2003 in Belgium as a non-profit, non-partisan association, the group is dedicated to making a positive contribution through cutting-edge research and by engaging political leaders and the public at large in a constructive exchange about the economic and social challenges of the 21st century.
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Statutes
Founded in 2003, The Lisbon Council for Economic Competitiveness and Social Renewal asbl is an independent, non-partisan and non-profit association registered in Belgium.
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The Lisbon Council has a diversified funding base made up of grants, contracts and support from a wide array of organisations and agencies. We would particularly like to extend our gratitude to the European Commission and the European Union’s Horizon Europe programme, which supported projects that made possible roughly two-thirds of the Lisbon Council’s activities in 2024-2025. We are also grateful to the following organisations for partnership and collaboration: Amazon, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Apple, Digital Europe Programme, Google, International Data Corporation (IDC), Meta Platforms, Inc., Nvidia Corporation, Salesforce.com and Workday.
The Lisbon Council is an independent, non-profit and non-partisan association. Support for the Lisbon Council’s activities does not constitute endorsement of any statement, view or initiative of the Lisbon Council or any of its associates.