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The Institute of Baltic Studies (IBS) is an independent non-profit research and development centre that aims at assisting the development of public policy in the Baltic Sea region by providing high-quality socio-economic analysis. With its activities, IBS aims at contributing to the increase of knowledge and understanding of the development challenges and opportunities facing Estonia in particular and Baltic Sea region in general. IBS’ main areas of expertise fall into three broad domains:

science, technology and innovation policy, industrial economics and regional development;
social cohesion policies in the areas of labour, migration and development, immigrant integration and gender aspects;
policy analysis, policy and Programme evaluation and impact assessment studies related to the above.

Over the years, IBS has implemented dozens of joint projects with government, academic, business and NGOs from all around the world. IBS regional partner network extends to hundreds of experts and organisations.

Connecting theory with practice is thus the underlying motto of the Institute.

IBS was founded in 1996 in order to promote Baltic studies using new opportunities offered by information and communication technologies. In the first years the Institute focused on different themes related to development of information society in the region. Several research and development projects were carried out ranging from early e-government initiatives to development of life long learning, including over a dozen European Union 5th, 6th and 7th Framework Programme projects.

With time, the focus of our activities has increasingly shifted to policy support activities, but we continue seeking, in addition to theoretical knowledge, to provide practical inputs for various public and private initiatives.

We would very much like to express our gratitude to Open Estonia Foundation, Open Society Institute, European Commission, European Training Foundation, United States Information Service, U.S. Baltic Foundation, for their support.