The added value of transnational cooperation: Towards a new framework for evaluating learning and policy change

Colomb, Claire

doi:10.1080/02697450701666712

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“…Both institutional facilitating factors and actor's agency seem to play a crucial role. One of the main research questions inspiring academic studies in this area is the link between individual learning and organizational learning on the one hand, and between organizational learning and policy change on the other hand (Colomb 2007;Guentner and Harding 2015). According to existing research, organizational learning and institutional change would not result automatically from transnational exchanges, but would require specific circumstances such as the presence of individuals in positions of power capable of bringing about change (Guentner and Harding 2015).…”

Section: Eu Project-based Learning and Cultural Diversitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Studies of policy learning within EU transnational cooperation discuss primarily the field of regional policy and programmes such as INTERREG and URBAN (Böhme 2005;Colomb 2007;Hachmann 2016). Regarding the social policy area, the few studies adopting a microlevel dimension of the ESF focus on the EU impact and conclude that it occurs through mechanisms such as conditionality, a leverage effect or mutual learning (Sanchez Salgado 2013;Verschraegen, Vanhercke, and Verpoortenet 2011).…”

Section: Eu Project-based Learning and Cultural Diversitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The understanding of transnational learning requires an in-depth analysis (Colomb 2007), especially if it occurs in the absence of specific guidelines and takes place at multiple levels. A superficial analysis would lead to findings such as that the exchange of good practices is the main outcome of transnational projects.…”

Section: Learning From Cultural Diversity: Analytical Framework and Mmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Learning from cultural diversity? The case of European Union-funded transnational projects on employment

Salgado

2018

Journal of Contemporary European Studies

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This article aims at analysing inter-cultural learning dynamics on the ground. For this purpose, I investigate dynamics of learning from cultural diversity in European Union-financed transnational projects on employment and vocational training. Taking into account literature on new modes of governance and policy learning, I propose first a framework for the study of learning in a context of cultural diversity. The empirical part of this article serves to illustrate under which circumstances flexible modes of governance (such as the EUprogrammes under analysis) lead to different types of learning. In cases of epistemic learning, project managers aimed at the transfer of one-size-fits all solutions and thus, cultural diversity appeared as an obstacle. Flexible governance arrangements in inter-cultural contexts also led to reflective learning (learning from diversity) and ultimately to innovation and empowerment. The understanding of learning from diversity required an in-depth qualitative analysis. Empirical evidence is drawn from document analysis and in-depth semi-structured interviews in France and the Netherlands.

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Section: Eu Project-based Learning and Cultural Diversitymentioning

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Section: Eu Project-based Learning and Cultural Diversitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Learning From Cultural Diversity: Analytical Framework and Mmentioning

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Learning from cultural diversity? The case of European Union-funded transnational projects on employment

Salgado

2018

Journal of Contemporary European Studies

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“…This is partly because research has tended to focus on the initial adoption of EU measures and not on the long-term effects of implementation, where CJEU enforcement action and practitioners' decisions can have big effects (Borrass et al, 2015). Charting subtler, longer-term effects on learning (organisational and individual) and the reframing of objectives for planning is always challenging (Colomb, 2007), not helped by UK governments' politically motivated tendency to obscure when UK domestic policy is driven by EU agendas (Morphet, 2013). The overall 'net effect' of EU membership on planning outcomes also requires careful deciphering.…”

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“…Here the EU has exerted influence through the generation of ideas, notably the much-discussed European Spatial Development Perspective and its successors (Morphet, 2015), from which concepts of sectorally integrated 'spatial planning' influenced previous Labour governments' Regional Spatial Strategies in England (Haughton et al, 2010) and national spatial planning by the devolved governments (Harris et al, 2002). EU funding has also incentivised action, with the INTERREG programme designed to foster collaboration between regions in different member states on cross-border and transnational issues (Colomb, 2007;Dühr and Nadin, 2007). UK planning authorities have been frequent participants.…”

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