Transatlantic Policy Forum

Project Manager: David Král

Timeframe: completed (January 2008 – December 2009)

Executive Summary:

The project aimed at the enhancement of the debate on a transatlantic policy community by bringing together scholars and experts from both the US and the EU. It delivered specific, policy-oriented recommendations on these issues to policy makers on both sides of the Atlantic. The experts participating on the project formed a Transatlantic Task Force, which was sub-divided in four different working groups created around the following topics: Energy security and climate change, Transatlantic market and WTO issues (including trade in agricultural products), Democracy assistance and promotion worldwide, EU – US co-operation in the EU neighbourhood (Western Balkans, Eastern Europe, Caucasus). Each working group, composed of 6 experts from the US and the EU on a parity basis, discussed, amended and endorsed a policy paper, submitted by the leader of each working group and containing the recommendations as to what steps and measures the EU and US could pursue in each particular policy area in a near future. The working group outputs and recommendations were addressed to a variety of policy makers and other stakeholders, namely the newly emerging presidential administration in the US, the team presidency of France-Czech Republic – Sweden, to the EU institutions (Commission, Council Secretariat).

The project enjoyed full support of the Czech Vice-Premier for the EU, who was the chief person in charge of the Czech EU presidency, which was to assure its wide policy outreach to the key Czech decision makers during the presidency term. The involvement of strong and renowned partners in the project assured the outreach to the key US, French, Swedish and EU policy makers.

Outputs: 

• Publication Transatlantic Relations 2009: A Chance for a Fresh Start?, including an edited transcript of conference contributions in Prague and the final version of the four policy papers elaborated by the Transatlantic Task Force
• International conference Transatlantic Relations 2009: A Chance for a Fresh Start?, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech republic, May 28, 2009
• Events in Washington, D.C, Brussels and Stockholm
  

Policy papers:



Donors:
Delegation of the European Commission to the United States
Office of Government of the Czech Republic
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech republic
German Marschall Fund of the United States
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Prague

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