Public Policy
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Baltimore and Rotterdam exchange visits of city officials and administrators on an ongoing basis. They trade knowledge, participate in conferences, and develop new ideas together.
 Rotterdam City Hall (Photo courtesy of Rotterdam city government) |
 Baltimore City Hall at night. (Photo: © George Hagegeorge) |
Netherlands Ministry of Interior Visit to Baltimore
30 young policy advisors from the Netherlands Ministry of Interior and Kingdom Relations visited Washington, DC and Baltimore, Maryland in April 2010. In DC, they visited government and non-governmental organizations (primarily focusing on the federal level). The purpose of the Baltimore visit was to learn more about the role of governmental and non-governmental organizations in a city, the interaction between Baltimore city and the state of Maryland, US-style democracy, and how the city handles public safety and urban renewal. They also shared information about how these topics are handled in the Netherlands.
 Baltimore hosted several meetings for the Dutch policy advisors, including this meeting about urban renewal and public safety at Baltimore Development Corporation. |
 BRSCC’s Gay Legg lead the policy advisors on a walking tour of the Westside urban renewal initiative (assisted by Kathy Robertson from BDC). |
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Netherlands ambassador Renée Jones-Bos with committee members Paul Dombrowski (Baltimore Development Corporation), William Gaskins and Mrs. Elena Gaskins.
ThinkBike Workshops
Dutch government is bringing Dutch experts to USA & Canada to advise communities on how to promote bicycling in their areas. In November 2010, they came to Washington, DC.
