We welcome enquiries from researchers (both in academia and
non), professionals and PhD students, wishing to participate
in any of our projects. Please Contact Us if you are interested.
Your contribution will always be most welcome!
We are also looking for financial contributions to cover
project costs.
Please Contact Us if you are interested in supporting our
activities or in sponsoring a particular project.
INSTITUTIONAL
SOCIAL ECONOMIC ISSUES
ENTERPRISE & CAPITALISM
In collaboration with Dr. Johan Norberg (Stockholm
- Sweden) and Prof. Philip Booth (IEA - London).
Project Aim: to counteract the denigration of
entrepreneurs and capitalism by making available to the general
public in the Venices* articles and books supporting
the merits of capitalism and enterprise.
project status: ongoing
PENSION REFORM
In collaboration with Prof. Jose Pinera - the father
of Chile's successful pension system.
Project Aim: to convince the general public
and opinion makers in the Venices* of the need to abandon
the current pension system and adopt the Chilean model based
on Personal Pension Accounts.
project status: ongoing
TAX REFORM
In collaboration with Proff. Robert Hall and Alvin
Rabushka - the fathers of the Flat Tax proposal.
Project Aim: to make the current Flat Tax debate
in Venetia* more balanced by providing the general
public and opinion makers with access to a rigorous translation
of the original proposal.
project status: under
development
GLOBALIZATION
In collaboration with Dr. Johan Norberg - author of
the book "In Defence of Global Capitalism".
Project Aim: to counteract the pervasive influence
of the anti-globalization movements in North-East*
Italy by making available to the general public and opinion
makers articles and books supporting the merist of globalization.
project status: ongoing
ISLAM & THE MIDDLE EAST
In collaboration with Dr. Joshua Muravchik - AEI scholar
specialising in United Nations, Islam and the Middle East.
Project Aim: to inject a different and international
perspective to the current debate in the Venices* regarding
Islam, the Middle East, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
- debate which currently is too skewed in favour of the Palestinian
and Arab side.
project status: ongoing
GRANTS SCHEME
POLICE FORCES GRANTS
Project Aim: to provide student bursaries
to members of the Venetian Police Forces, seriously wounded
in the course of duty, who wish to undertake or are already
undertaking a university degree course.
A special thank you to these individuals in uniform who risk
their life every day to protect our civil society from criminality.
project status: ongoing
Support
the Grants Scheme - we urgently need the support of
individuals, foundations and businesses in order to increase
the capital reserves of the Fund. For every €2,000 disbursed
in grants, we need in fact about €60,000 of capital to
provide the necessary income.
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