Alexander Tölle

Abstract The globalisation of economic relations in conjunction with the European integration process has resulted in the creation of strategic networks between cities and regions on a transnational level. The overall motivation is to combine strengths and to balance weaknesses in order to compete with other spaces. In this context, the Polish-German “Oder Partnership” created in 2006 between four voivodships and four federal states including Berlin may be interpreted as a transborder strategy to foster economic development in from a European perspective deprived regions. A look on its first steps shows the potentials of the network tool as well as obstacles on the long way to the creation of stable cooperation structures

Keywords: strategic networks, cooperation space, transnational cooperation, European regions, Polish-German cross-border cooperation, Oder Partnership

Citation

APA: Tölle, A. (2010). Networking in a transnational cooperation space—the case of the Oder Partnership. Europa XXI, 20, 131-144. https://doi.org/10.7163/Eu21.2010.20.10
MLA: Tölle, Alexander. "Networking in a transnational cooperation space—the case of the Oder Partnership". Europa XXI, vol. 20, 2010, pp. 131-144. https://doi.org/10.7163/Eu21.2010.20.10
Chicago: Tölle, Alexander. "Networking in a transnational cooperation space—the case of the Oder Partnership". Europa XXI 20 (2010): 131-144. https://doi.org/10.7163/Eu21.2010.20.10
Harvard: Tölle, A. 2010. "Networking in a transnational cooperation space—the case of the Oder Partnership". Europa XXI, vol. 20, pp. 131-144. https://doi.org/10.7163/Eu21.2010.20.10