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Solutions to local problems are not universal. We believe in locally grown solutions to localized issues. In other words, what works in one place, may not work in another. Changes that have real lasting power and get cultural buy-in always come from the bottom up, like the roots that support mighty trees.
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Today, Atlas Network connects more than 500 think tanks in nearly 100 countries. Each of our partners is demonstrating how principled work affects public opinion in favor of a free society. To win the long-term policy battles that will shape history, we need individuals to champion freedom and create credible institutes—well-managed and independent of vested interests—that use sound business practices to advance sound public policy ideas that improve the quality of life for all.
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Atlas Network provides world-class seminars, workshops, mentoring, and other learning opportunities that inspire professionalism and create a sense of one community among our independent partners. We offer grants and prizes that fuel our partners’ efforts to strive for greater development, innovation, and success. We foster togetherness and teamwork and fuel our partners’ ambitions by celebrating wins and broadcasting their accomplishments. This approach seeks to strengthen the worldwide freedom movement by expanding and energizing the global network of think tank leaders and staff to continually inspire and redefine excellence in advancing the cause of liberty.
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Ahead of 2023 Latin America Liberty Forum, Atlas Network Announces Finalists for Latin America Liberty AwardThe three finalists are Chile’s Fundación P!ensa (represented by Executive Director Juan Pablo Rodriguez); Colombia’s Instituto de Ciencia Política Hernán Echavarría Olózaga (represented by Academy Coordinator Juanita Solano Botero); and Brazil’s Instituto Liberal de São Paulo (represented by founder Marcelo Faria). The event will be hosted primarily in Spanish, but translators will also be available in English and Portuguese. More information can be found here.Read Article- Atlas Network Announces Partnership with Mexico-Based Centro Ricardo B. Salinas Pliego and Newly Created Universidad de la LibertadAtlas Network is proud to announce a new partnership with the Mexico-based Centro Ricardo B. Salinas Pliego (CRBSP), and the Universidad de la Libertad (UL), a new academic institution based in Mexico that will advance free-market principles, business development, and innovation.Read Article
- Films & Videos Featuring India, Cameroon, Russia, And Venezuela Get The Green Light At Atlas Network’s Lights, Camera, LibertyAtlas Network’s Lights, Camera, Liberty program helps think tank and civil society leaders increase their capacity to advance human freedom through film and video. Each year, Atlas Network partners who participate in the program compete to tell their stories through a film pitch competition conducted before a panel of expert judges. In a field of 18 contestants, nine Atlas Network partners emerged as winners in the 2023 Lights, Camera, Liberty Film Pitch Competition. The winning teams hail from Asia, Africa, Europe, and Latin America. Each organization has won a US$5,000 production grant. The four Lights, Camera, Liberty Film Pitch Competition finalists will receive end-to-end production support to film their project. The five semi-finalists will receive additional in-person production training with industry experts as they prepare to use their Lights, Camera, Liberty grants to launch their projects. Production isn’t the end of the Lights, Camera, Liberty program, though. Films and videos made by program participants are eligible to be shown at the Lights, Camera, Liberty Film Festival held each year at Atlas Network’s Liberty Forum in New York City.Read Article