The UW-Madison Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE) and the European Union Center of Excellence (EUCE) received joint recognition for teaching, research, and outreach activities in support of innovative systems of environmental governance at the annual workshop of the Multi-State Working Group (MSWG) on Environmental Performance.  Professor Jonathan Zeitlin, WAGE and EUCE Director, accepted the “International Innovation Award” from Scott Hassett, the Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, and Jeff Smoller, MSWG President, on June 19 at the Monona Terrace Conference Center in Madison. 

 

WAGE and EUCE organized a day-long workshop on "“Innovative Environmental Governance and Regulation in the European Union: Lessons for US?"” as part of the larger MSWG conference.  The WAGE-EUCE workshop brought together representatives of academia, business, and international organizations for a discussion of new forms of governance and regulation in the European Union and their promise for meeting environmental challenges in the United States and elsewhere.