ABSTRACT
The point of departure for this book was the expectation that an ever accelerating process of globalization would be driving policy and institutional changes in sub-national regions, triggering policy learning, internationalization and cross-border contacts as ways of coping with changing environments. Regions with responsibilities as development agents would try to learn from each other through cross-border networks. Under conditions of growing uncertainty as to policy choices political skills would be in demand to create the levels of trust necessary for collective action. Consequently, political actors would be increasingly involved in cross-border activities.
