Fundación para el Progreso

The Fundación para el Progreso («Foundation for the Progress», FPP) is a libertarian think tank[3][4] oriented to a massive public. Founded in 2012, its financist is Nicolás Ibáñez Scott[5] whilst its historical icon is the political scientist Axel Kaiser, executive director of the foundation. Among other financists, the FPP has received aports from Quiñenco Group or the Luksic Foundation;[6] since 2020, Ibáñez Scott has decreased his financial contributions to the institution.[7]

Fundación para el Progreso
AbbreviationFPP
Formation2012[1][2]
TypeAdvocacy think tank
HeadquartersProvidencia, Chile
CEO
Axel Kaiser
WebsiteOfficial website

The activities of this think tank coincides with the typology of advocacy center[8] made by scholars like James McGann, Diane Stone or Thomas Medvetz, because the FPP has focused on promoting ideas and values within the actors involved in the definition of public affairs[9][10] or, in words of Kaiser, «to create the intellectual weather» in favour of the liberalism[11] like «Timbro or the Institute of Economic Affairs made (...) with Margaret Thatcher».[11] Likewise, according Kaiser, the FPP would be similar to the Cato Institute.[12]

Since 2016 the think tank has gained notoriety through its videos in YouTube. Then, with the re-arrival of Sebastián Piñera to the presidency, according to the media and scholar works,[13][14] the FPP had an influence during the beginnings of Piñera's second government[13][15] (2018–2022)[16][6] through ministers[12] like Gerardo Varela (education), Mauricio Rojas (culture)[17][18] and Roberto Ampuero (foreign affairs).[18] Following the departure of these ministers, the FPP continued being close to the government promoting chats about private pensions system in Croatia[19] or having called to defend the government in the midst of the 2019−20 social crisis (Social Outbreak).[20]

See also

Further reading
  • Alenda, Stéphanie, Anatomy of the Chilean right-wing: State, market and values in times of changes. Santiago, Chile, Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2020.
  • Medvetz, Thomas, Think Tanks in America: Power, Politics, and the New Form of Intellectual Engagement. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 2012.
  • McGann, James and Weaver, R. Kent, «Think Tanks and Civil Societies: Catalyst for Ideas and Action». Transaction Publishers, 2000.
  • Rodríguez, Gina Paola, «Right-wing think tanks and gender discourses in Chile». Revista de Temas Sociológicos. N°27. 2020, pp. 91-125
  • Stone, Diane, «Think Tank Transnationalisation and Non-profit Anayalis, Advice and Advocacy». Global Society. N°14. Vol. 2, pp. 153−172

References
  1. Rodríguez 2020, p. 99.
  2. Alenda 2020, p. 135.
  3. "Fundación Para El Progreso: el Kidzania del neoliberalismo chileno". El Desconcierto. 4 October 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  4. "Cuatro hombres Cis ABC1 hablando de aborto: el curioso foro de la Fundación Para el Progreso". El Desconcierto. 17 October 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  5. "Fundación Para el Progreso: la organización fundada por Nicolás Ibáñez que perdió a dos ministros en menos de una semana". El Desconcierto. 13 August 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  6. "Fundación Para el Progreso: los socios del gobierno que más han traído problemas a Piñera". El Mostrador. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  7. Gutiérrez, M. José; López, M. José (3 June 2020). "Nicolás Ibáñez disminuye fuertemente su aporte a la FPP". Revista Capital. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  8. Alenda 2020, p. 122.
  9. Stone 2000, p. 154.
  10. Medvetz 2012, p. 42.
  11. "Axel Kaiser: La Fatal Ignorancia. Curso de Verano 2015". Fundación para el Progreso. 16 February 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  12. "#26 - Axel Kaiser sobre Think Tanks, Hegemonía de Izquierdas y Corrección Política". Spanish Libertarian. 17 July 2018. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  13. Rodríguez 2020, p. 96.
  14. Alenda 2020, p. 137.
  15. Alenda 2020, p. 144.
  16. "Fundación Para el Progreso, Avanza Chile y Libertad y Desarrollo: El Mapa de los think tank en el gabinete de Piñera". Emol. 24 January 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  17. "Con la salida de Ampuero, ¿se acaba la influencia de la FPP en el gobierno? Responden Ibáñez y Varela". La Tercera. 14 June 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  18. "Tribus antisistema, feminismo militante y Daniel Jadue: el debut de Mauricio Rojas como analista de la Fundación Para el Progreso". 13 March 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  19. "Gobierno promociona charla de Axel Kaiser sobre el sistema de AFP chileno y su "exitoso modelo económico" en Croacia". CNN Chile. 17 May 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  20. "Informe de Fundación Para el Progreso llama a defender continuidad de Piñera y advierte que Mandatario se juega capital político en crisis por Covid-19". La Tercera. 17 March 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
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