Coppieters Foundation

Coppieters Foundation
AbbreviationCoppieters
Formation2007; 17 years ago (2007)
TypeEuropean political foundation
HeadquartersBrussels, Belgium
President
Xabier Macias Virgós
Websitewww.ideasforeurope.eu

The Coppieters Foundation, formerly Centre Maurits Coppieters (CMC), is a European political foundation which promotes policy research at the European and international levels, focusing primarily on management of cultural and linguistic diversity in complex societies, multilevel governance, decentralization, state and constitutional reform, secession of states and self-determination, political and economic governance of sub-central governments, conflict resolution, human rights and peace promotion.

It is registered with the Authority for European Political Parties and European Political Foundations as the European foundation affiliated to the European Free Alliance (EFA).[1][2]

Based in Brussels (Belgium), it develops its activities with the financial support of the European Parliament and its members. Coppieters Foundation also serves as a framework for national or regional think tanks, political foundations and academics promoting the study of national movements and minorities in Europe.

  1. ^ "Registered Foundations". Authority for European Political Parties and European Political Foundations. 2017. Archived from the original on 2021-06-28. Retrieved 2021-07-30.
  2. ^ European Free Alliance Archived June 11, 2013, at the Wayback Machine