What does the Transnational Institute do?

The Transnational Institute (Stichting, ANBI) is an international research and advocacy institute committed to building a just, democratic and sustainable world. TNI serves as a unique nexus between social movements, engaged scholars and policy makers. TNI is the legal host of the Seattle to Brussels Network, which brings together NGOs from different fields in their advocacy for trade justice.

Why do we support TNI?

We support Transnational Institute as the capable leader of a unique transnational consortium of NGOs with a track record of working on trade and investment agreements (Powershift, Germany; Corporate Europe Observatory, Belgium; Attac, Austria; Ecologistas en Acción, Spain; Veblen Institute and Aitec, France, War on Want, UK). They complement each other geographically, in terms of their methods, target audiences and specific expertise.

What have we achieved together?

By supporting the project „No more ISDS!“, we did prevent unilateral investor protection (Investor-State-Dispute-Settlement, ISDS) from expanding and from being further institutionalised to state: despite the partial victories against this “parallel justice system”, which the anti-TTIP/CETA campaign of recent years won, ISDS in its various manifestations (ICS, MIC BITs) remains an aberration.