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Hello to our On Think Tanks community worldwide,
What a week it has been!
Almost 300 thinktankers have now participated in the School of Thinktankers—with participants from 18 countries attending this year. Read their testimonials here! If you missed out on this year’s enriching experience, early bird applications for the 10th edition of the School for Thinktankers are now open.
We are now getting ready for the 9th Annual OTT Conference in June, where we will meet more than 150 think tank leaders and funders in Johannesburg, South Africa. We’re bringing together some of the most influential voices in the think tank and evidence-informed policy space to tackle the sector’s biggest challenges.
We are starting the 2025 State of the Sector Report cycle. In the coming weeks, the team will design the survey. If you would like to share your ideas regarding questions or topics of interest for the sector that should be considered for the present edition, or if you want to support the On Think Tanks programme and its full range of initiatives for the sector, please get in touch.
Learn more about the On Think Tanks programme initiatives:
- Join the Open Think Tank Directory
- Deep dive into the On Think Tanks State of the Sector Report 2024
- Learn about our Building for the Future initiative — support student think tankers
Best Regards,
Estefanía Terán Valdez
Director, On Think Tanks Programme
On Think Tanks is a public good, a part of OTT’s support to think tanks work stream. Our efforts are currently possible thanks to partnerships with the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Ford Foundation, Mercator Stiftung, Open Society Foundations and the Robert Bosch Foundation.
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