TPN Activities
Generating Ideas to Drive Action

The central focus of TPN's work is developing ideas and coherent policy recommendations and encouraging the active participation of its political, business and institutional members. Ideas and opinions are currently generated through:

•  STRATEGY MEETINGS:

TPN holds semi-annual meetings to discuss major issues under review in the network. Normally, the two to three day conferences are held in the spring and autumn of each year, with locations alternating between the EU and the US.

TPN's Annual General Meeting in the late autumn bring the TPN ‘family' together to assess progress and approve strategic priorities for the following year. All Network participants from both sides of the Atlantic are invited for a congenial period of informal networking, together with a series of strategy sessions focusing on the Network's central themes.

•  TASK FORCES:

Task Forces provide a platform for TPN participants to engage in informal high-level discussion and to suggest practical recommendations for improving transatlantic co-operation in a number of key areas identified in TPN's Strategy to Strengthen Transatlantic Partnership. Based in Brussels and Washington DC under political leadership, these meetings help generate ideas and ensure a balanced opinion reflecting the views of members on both sides of the Atlantic, working closely with the European and American Administrations.

•  EXCHANGES:

These visits take the form of visits of the US Members of Congress to Europe and visits of Members of the European Parliament to the US. They help facilitate important understanding of the prominent issues discussed in the transatlantic relationship. Furthermore, exchange participants have the opportunity to get to know their transatlantic counterparts better through participating in a series of TPN-organised meetings designed to broaden support for the Network's goals. TPN also helps facilitate staff exchanges organised by cooperating institutions.