Numerous states and cities have learning alliances, agreements and partnerships for improving environmental policies and practices.  These arrangements often begin with one or two visits, and then die slow deaths due to their extensive workload, limited funding and the transition of employee. For its International Ecological Policy Dialogue on 18 to 20 June 2007 in Madison, Wisconsin, the US Multi-State Working Group on Environmental Performance (MSWG) invited R. Andreas Kraemer to present European experience with policy learning processes as well as sketch the outlines of a stronger transatlantic infrastructure for cooperation.

Click here for the presentation given by R. Andreas Kraemer.
Click here for a full report of the event with links to the presentations by Ingmar von Homeyer and R. Andreas Kraemer.  See also the Ecologic web site for a more detailed description of Ingmar von Homeyer's contribution to the Ecologic Policy Dialogue in Madison, Wisconsin, and  for a presentation of a joint project on EU governance reform with the European Union Center of Excellence at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.

Keywords: transatlantic cooperation, transnational networks, policy learning, environmental policy, sustainable development