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GMF celebrates its 40 year history and Founder and Chairman, Dr. Guido Goldman at Gala Dinner May 09, 2013 / Washington, DCGMF held a celebratory gala dinner at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, Wednesday May 8.
In this podcast, GMF Vice President of Programs Ivan Vejvoda discusses last month's historic agreement to normalize relations between Kosovo and Serbia.
Anchor Elaine Reyes speaks with Andrew Small, Transatlantic Fellow of the Asia Program for the German Marshall Fund, about Beijing's potential role in brokering peace between Israel and Palestine
Events List
GMF Hosts Second Dialogues for Change Workshop: Transatlantic Lessons in Civic EngagementMay 01, 2013 /
In a city steeped in grassroots engagement and citizen participation, the Dialogues for Change initiative held its second workshop from April 21-24, 2013, in Leipzig, Germany. Welcome Centers in Canada: Lessons for Newcomer Integration in GermanyApril 24, 2013 / Berlin, Germany
The Immigration and Integration program launched the first ever “Welcoming Weeks” in Germany, as part of the GMF Welcoming Weeks, which showcases Canadian and U.S. initiatives for welcoming immigrants. Shifting Economies, Shifting Migration Patterns: Local Impacts and Policy ResponsesApril 23, 2013 / Turino, Italy
GMF hosted the first International City Dialogue in Turin, Italy, with the support of the Compagnia di San Paolo and FIERI, on April 11-13, 2013.Policies and Strategies in Shrinking Cities: The Case of Youngstown, OhioApril 22, 2013 / Youngstown, OHOn March 28, 2013, the Urban and Regional Policy Program of the German Marshall Fund of the United States hosted the event, “Policies and Strategies in Shrinking Cities: The Case of Youngstown, Ohio.Green Energy Peer Exchange Connects Detroit and Torino LeadersMarch 27, 2013 / Detroit, Michigan From March 10-14, the Urban and Regional Policy Program of the German Marshall Fund hosted a peer exchange as part of the Detroit –Torino Partnership. Dialogues for Change Workshop – Transatlantic Lessons in Civic ParticipationJanuary 31, 2013 / Washington DC
GMF's Urban and Regional Policy Program hosts a workshop on civic engagement for US and German practitioners and policymakers.
Cities in Transition Study Tour: The “Educonomy” AlignmentJanuary 30, 2013 / Germany
GMF's Urban and Regional Policy Program hosts Year 3 study tour on the alignment of education and economic development policy
Transatlantic Workshop Supports Torino’s Social Innovation StrategyJanuary 04, 2013 / Torino, Italy
Workshop supports Torino, Italy as it launches a social innovation strategy for youth entrepreneurship“Two Wheels-Lots of Green” highlights community-based greening initiatives in PittsburghDecember 14, 2012 / Pittsburgh, PA
GMF's Urban and Regional Policy Program supports local community greening initiatives.
Transatlantic Cities Network Annual Meeting 2012October 03, 2012 / Birmingham, UK
This year’s Transatlantic Cities Network annual meeting took place in Birmingham, UK from September 30-October 3.
Managing Resource Risks in the 21st CenturyJune 06, 2012 / Brussels, Belgium
On Friday June 1, the German Marshall Fund of the United States and the German Institute for International and Security Affairs hosted a roundtable workshop on the transatlantic governance of resource risks.
Transatlantic Trends: Immigration Launch in ParisJanuary 18, 2012 / Paris
On January 18th, 2012, the Paris office partnered with the Association France-Amériques to organize an expert roundtable to discuss the results of the Transatlantic Trends: Immigration report.
Flats Forward Summit Looks to Redevelop Waterfront in ClevelandOctober 18, 2011 / Cleveland, OHU.S. Mayors: Lessons from Europe Can Drive Green Growth in U.S. CitiesOctober 04, 2011 / Washington, DCDetroit-Turin Partnership: Urban Markets Study TourJuly 18, 2011 / Turin, Italy
From July 18-22, 2011 the German Marshall Fund’s Urban and Regional Policy program led a delegation of practitioners from Detroit, Michigan to Turin, Italy to examine Turin’s network of open-air (urban) markets.
TFMI Spin off project on the subject of Pre-departure Migrant TrainingMay 24, 2011 / The HagueOn May 24th a successful spin-off project of the Transatlantic Forum on Migration and Integration (TFMI), sponsored by GMF and the Robert Bosch Stiftung, was held in The Hague.“Policies that Shape Perceptions” Panel DiscussionJune 23, 2010 / New York, New York
From June 14 – July 7, 18 emerging European leaders traveled extensively throughout the United States for 24 days with the Marshall Memorial Fellowship program (MMF). Inaugural Forum for Cities in Transition HeldMay 24, 2010 / Mitrovicë, Kosovo
The city of Mitrovicë, Kosovo hosted the first annual Forum for Cities in Transition on May 24-28, bringing together ten cities from around the world, which are dealing with divisions from the aftermath of conflict.Transatlantic Cities Forum 2010: Waterfront DevelopmentMay 20, 2010 / Genoa, Italy
From May 20-23, 2010, GMF hosted waterfront development experts from 22 TCN member cities at its Transatlantic Cities Forum on Waterfront Development in Genoa, Italy for a dialogue on key issues that face planners and practitioners working on waterfront projects in cities on both sides of the Atlantic.
Brussels Forum wraps upMarch 23, 2010 / Brussels, Belgium
The fifth annual Brussels Forum was held in Brussels, Belgium, March 26-28. Video of the Forum's sessions, as well as interviews, transcripts, and photos are on the Brussels Forum website.GMF workshop on post-industrial development highlights Great Lakes region’s future economic potentialOctober 02, 2009 / Cleveland, Ohio & Detroit, MichiganGMF, with the support of the Ford Foundation and in close cooperation with local leaders, hosted workshops in Cleveland, Ohio on September 14 and 15, and in Detroit, Michigan on September 18, to examine the concept of regionalism, how regional identities are fostered, and how regional strategies can help promote economic development. The workshops drew on the experiences of older industrial European cities as well as the perspectives of local and regional leaders to explore in depth a number of topics relating to these themes. Audio and video from the workshops can be found here.GMF workshops on active transportation highlight European lessons for US regionsSeptember 27, 2009 / Oakland, California & Portland, OregonGMF organized a series of workshops from September 27 to October 3, focused on advancing “active” (non-motorized) transportation policy and investment in the Oakland, California and Portland, Oregon metropolitan areas. The workshops brought five European transportation experts to the U.S. to share their experiences promoting cycling, pedestrian, and other non-motorized transportation policies and infrastructure investments with local practitioners, advocates, policymakers and interested citizens. GMF Fellow analyzes economic and industrial regeneration strategies in EuropeJuly 31, 2009 / Washington, DCOn July 29, GMF hosted Jess Zimbabwe, a Comparative Domestic Policy Fellow, to present her preliminary findings on her research in Europe on public leadership decisions in older industrial cities.
Public engagement in long-term regional transportationJune 03, 2009 / Washington, DCOn May 7, GMF hosted John Swanson, senior transportation planner for the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments and a fellow in GMF’s Comparative Domestic Policy program, for a luncheon discussion of his recently completed fellowship in Europe, during which he examined European approaches to long-term regional transportation planning, particularly related to implementing congestion pricing schemes.The Feed-In Tariff: European and U.S. Policies to Promote Renewable ElectricityMay 29, 2009 / Washington, DCOn May 29, the Climate & Energy Program in partnership with the Heinrich Böll Foundation hosted a luncheon for staffers, business representatives, and European and U.S. climate policy experts on Capitol Hill to discuss the “feed-in tariff.” The feed-in tariff is a policy to promote renewable electricity that has been credited with driving the deployment of renewable electricity in Europe and is being considered by several U.S. states and in Congress.Swedish deputy PM stresses EU Presidency theme: transition to an eco-efficient economyMarch 31, 2009 / Brussels, BelgiumOn Tuesday, March 31, the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) hosted a discussion on clean industrial transformation and the prospects for reaching agreement on a new international climate treaty at the fifteenth Conference of the Parties (COP15) in Copenhagen in December 2009. The event featured Maud Olofsson, minister for enterprise & energy and deputy prime minister of Sweden, and Jonathan Lash, the president of the World Resources Institute.Americans, Europeans Discuss Rail Transit at Texas WorkshopFebruary 18, 2009 / San Antonio, San Marcos, and Austin, Texas
The Central Texas Transatlantic Rail Workshop brought five European rail and public transportation experts to San Antonio, San Marcos, and Austin, Texas from February 18-20, 2009, to help local leaders and the broader public think about ways to address the challenges inherent in several passenger rail initiatives - commuter rail, light rail, bus rapid transit (BRT), and intercity rail.
Transatlantic Cities Network Study Tour to Belgrade and TurinJanuary 28, 2009 / Belgrade, Serbia & Turin, ItalyFrom January 28 to February 5, the GMF Comparative Domestic Policy (CDP) program led a study tour and workshop for 20 Transatlantic Cities Network (TCN) representatives to Belgrade, Serbia, and Turin, Italy. The tour began in Belgrade, where the TCN representatives participated in meetings, briefings, and site visits designed by the Balkan Trust for Democracy to provide a context for understanding the particular systemic challenges that the city of Belgrade is facing. From Belgrade, the group traveled to Torino, where they spent two days learning about the city’s strategy for urban transformation, developed in the mid-1990s and still undergoing implementation today.
Portland city officials glean bicycle infrastructure policy from Amsterdam, CopenhagenOctober 05, 2008 / Amsterdam and CopenhagenFrom October 5-12, the German Marshall Fund organized a study tour on bicycle infrastructure and policy for 13 representatives from Portland, Oregon, representing Portland Metro Council's Blue Ribbon Committee for Trails. The group, made up of civic, elected, and business leaders, visited two of the most bicycle friendly cities in the world, Amsterdam and Copenhagen, to learn how the experiences of these cities could inform the development of more than 900 miles of user-friendly, multi-modal trails in the Portland metropolitan region.Transatlantic Cities Network launch convenes a meeting of U.S.-EU city representativesSeptember 25, 2008 / Washington, DCFrom September 25-27, GMF launched the Transatlantic Cities Network (TCN) with a three-day workshop, bringing together for the first time representatives from 15 of the network's 25 cities. The representatives, a diverse group of planners, architects, leaders of community foundations and organizations, members of the business community, city officials, and policy experts, gathered at GMF's headquarters in Washington, DC, to collaboratively define a vision and purpose for the network.Broadbent, Turner discuss urbanization in Canada and the United StatesJuly 17, 2008 / Washington, DCOn July 17, GMF hosted a luncheon in the Cannon House Building on Capitol Hill with Alan Broadbent, the chairman of the Maytree Foundation, and Congressman Michael Turner (R-OH). Mr. Broadbent opened the event by discussing his recent book, Urban Nation. In addition to highlighting the book’s main points, he offered ways in which its prescriptions for empowering Canadian cities can be applied to an American context.GMF leads study tour through France and Germany to investigate transportation issuesMay 24, 2008 / Paris, France; Stuttgart, GermanyFrom May 24 to 30, GMF led a study tour through Paris, France, and Stuttgart, Germany, consisting of six congressional staffers, one Congressional Research Service researcher, and two state-level elected officials to examine transportation infrastructure, systems, policies, and financing at all levels of government.Fighting urban sprawl in Europe: the story of LyonNovember 05, 2007 / Washington, DCOn November 5, GMF hosted a presentation and discussion entitled "Fighting urban sprawl in Europe: the story of Lyon," with Hubert Julien-Laferrière, Greater Lyon Coucil Delegate and mayor of the ninth district of Lyon. The presentation, which focused on Lyon's efforts to fight urban sprawl, was attended by representatives from the business, nonprofit, civic, and academic communities.
Lessons from Europe for America’s older industrial citiesJune 14, 2007 / Washington, DCOn June 14, the GMF invited guest speakers from four traditionally industrial European cities to demonstrate how they have succeeded in modernizing their economies and restoring their urban centers.Virginia benefits from Stuttgart’s regional developement experienceAugust 08, 2006 / Washington, DCOn Tuesday, August 8, GMF Washington’s Comparative Domestic Policy program hosted a luncheon entitled “Different Structures – Similar Problems: Transatlantic City-to-City Learning.” The discussion focused on the partnership between Northern Virginia in the United States and the Stuttgart Region in Germany.Brussels Forum: Transatlantic Challenges in a Global EraApril 28, 2006 / BrusselsBrussels Forum is an annual high-level meeting of the most influential American and European political, corporate, and intellectual leaders to address pressing challenges currently facing both sides of the Atlantic. The inaugural Brussels Forum took place April 28–30, 2006, in Brussels, Belgium. Heads of state, senior officials from the European Union institutions and the member states, U.S. Senators, and Parliamentarians were among the 280 participants.2006 Marshall Forum on Transatlantic AffairsMarch 16, 2006 / Tremezzo, ItalyAs the transatlantic community grapples with local and global challenges and searches for ways to address them together, GMF will convene the 6th annual Marshall Forum on Transatlantic Affairs on the shores of Lake Como in northern Italy.U.S., French experts share best practices on equal access to higher educationMarch 03, 2006 / ParisOn March 3, GMF’s Paris office held a seminar on immigration and minority youth, focusing primarily on equal access to higher education.5th Annual Transatlantic Conference for Young LeadersJune 22, 2005 / Tremezzo, ItalyEvery year since 2001, the German Marshall Fund together with the Bertelsmann Foundation has convened the Transatlantic Conference for Young Leaders on the shores of Lake Como in Tremezzo, Italy.Bundestag Members Learn About U.S. Foreign PolicyJune 17, 2005 / BerlinThe 4th annual Bundestag Forum on the United States brings U.S. foreign policy experts to the seat of German government.