ABSTRACT

In the previous chapters we have seen how transnational learning relies on the ability of actors to translate external elements into something which fits together with emergent networks in the receiving country. These networks are likely to be located within a process of development, which is kept in motion by strategies of the national elite. In this chapter, we discuss the preliminary outcomes of experiments in Nordic learning, presented in other chapters in Part II. These findings are seen from the point of departure of two questions; first, what is the national strategy? And second, to what extent does this national strategy enable local or regional actors to follow experimental strategies on their own? The answer to this question is different in the West and in the East.