Who we are
We are the official think tank of the TOP 09 political party. Our aim is to help cultivate public space, to be an incubator of new ideas, and to name the main social and political problems and offer solutions to them. With the help of our academic team, and in collaboration with experts and politicians, we actively formulate innovative approaches and visions for modern and responsible politics. We do this primarily by organising public debates, conferences with international participation, and seminars with experts on specific topics, and by publishing analyses, studies, and policy papers. Only an educated society can be resilient to threats. Therefore, we organize roundtables and educational events for professionals and the public, as well as seminars for novice and experienced politicians.
Our main partners include the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, the European People's Party think tank, Wilfried Martens Centre for European studies, Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung, Robert Schumann Institute, Campus Tivoli a Institute of European Right.
President

Karel Schwarzenberg (1937-2023)
The birth of TOPAZ was spearheaded by the then chair of TOP 09, Karel Schwarzenberg, who in the autumn of 2010 initiated the idea of establishing his own think tank. TOPAZ was founded in April 2012 as a civic association whose mission was primarily to continue the activities coordinated by the TOP 09 internal commission for education prior to its establishment. Today TOPAZ operates as a registered association. The establishment of the institute as an educational platform for the political party was inspired by similar projects abroad, such as the Political Academy of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) or the Konrad Adenauer Foundation with links to the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
Executive board

Academic board
Project manager
Contact
TOPAZ, z.s., Opletalova 1603/57
110 00 Praha 1-Nové Město, Czech republic
tel.: 773 000 242
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