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TRANSATLANTIC PUBLIC POLICY ADVOCACY THROUGH THE TRANSATLANTIC POLICY NETWORK (TPN)

Submitted by christian on Wed, 07/10/2013 - 12:45

Since its launch in 1992, the Transatlantic Policy Network (TPN) has consistently sought to help define the transatlantic relationship in the post-Cold War world by promoting the closest possible partnership between the governments and peoples of the European Union and the United States.

From a small base of original support in the European Parliament and US Congress, TPN has grown into a broadly based multi-party group of EU and US politicians, corporate leaders, influential think tanks and academics. Through constant informal dialogue and the maintenance of close personal relationships, TPN participants keep the two administrations focused on the indispensability of pursuing the goal of a strengthened transatlantic partnership.

A new dimension to transatlantic cooperation, the Transatlantic Strategy Forum, was launched in Brussels on 18th February 2009 with the support of the Czech Presidency of the European Council. Its goal is to build a transatlantic capacity with the best qualities of a think tank allied to the capacity to mobilise governments in Europe and the US to identify and share strategic priorities. It is a joint initiative between its founding partners including the Atlantic Council of the US , the Transatlantic Policy Network (TPN), Chatham House, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik (DGAP).

The Transatlantic Policy Network (TPN) is a non-governmental network firmly rooted in the worlds of business and politics, but also open to administrators and academics on both sides of the Atlantic.

TPN's mission statement is built on four central purposes, to:

  • help to define the transatlantic relationship in the post-Cold War world and to promote the closest possible partnership between the governments and peoples of the European Union and the United States to ensure global security, economic growth and stability and the enhancement of democratic values;
  • use dialogue, debate and study to help both transatlantic partners to adjust to new challenges and opportunities, to identify their common interests and to minimise actual or potential misunderstandings between governments and between business and governments;
  • look beyond current issues towards new structures and forms of cooperation between the European Union and the United States;
  • work creatively and effectively through the network with other institutions and organisations with complementary purposes.

Business Members
 

  • Allianz (Germany)
  • Amgen (USA)
  • AT&T (USA)
  • BASF (Germany)
  • Bayer (Germany)
  • Bertelsmann AG (Germany)
  • Boeing (USA)
  • BP (UK)
  • Caterpillar Inc. (USA)
  • Citigroup (USA)
  • Coca-Cola (USA)
  • Covidien (Ireland)
  • Daimler AG (Germany)
  • Deutsche Bank (Germany)
  • Dow Chemical (USA)
  • GE (USA)
  • Hewlett Packard (USA)
  • IBM (USA)
  • LVMH (France)
  • The McGraw-Hill Companies (USA)
  • Michelin (France)
  • Microsoft (USA)
  • Nestlé (Switzerland)
  • Oracle (USA)
  • Pfizer International (USA)
  • SAP AG (Germany)
  • Siemens AG (Germany)
  • Syngenta (USA)
  • Time Warner (USA)
  • Tyco International (USA)
  • United Technologies Corporation (USA)
  • UPS (USA)
  • Walt Disney Company (USA)

Cooperating Institutions
The following organisations are part of the TPN Network
 

  • AmChamEU
  • Aspen Institute - Berlin
  • Aspen Institute - Italy
  • The Atlantic Council of the United States
  • Brookings Institution
  • BRUEGEL
  • Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
  • Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)
  • Chamber of Commerce of the United States
  • Chatham House
  • Council on Foreign Relations
  • Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
  • Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik e.V (DGAP)
  • European Policy Centre (EPC)
  • The European Round Table of Industrialists (ERT)
  • European-American Business Council
  • European Institute (Washington)
  • German Marshall Fund of the United States
  • Institut Francais des Relations Internationales (IFRI)
  • Trans European Policy Studies Association (TEPSA)
  • Business Europe
  • US Council on Competitiveness

 

 

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