Gérard Combe and Jack Kruf, board members of the international PRIMO Europe association, proposed the idea at their May 2013 meeting in Brussels to bring global developments to local governments through a think tank model.
Union des Dirigeants Territoriaux de l’Europe (UDITE), the foremost professional network for Chief Executives and senior managers in the public sector in Europe and Public Risk Management Organisation (PRIMO), the leading international network for the development of products and the dissemination of knowledge and strategic information for the public sector in Europe, joined forces to launch the Think Tank ‘From Global to Local’. It is considered a formal joint project between the two organisations. It was elaborated and applied in the first Think Tank, held in Amsterdam.

The first Think Tank in March 2014 was organised by Jack Kruf, in close cooperation with Eric Frank (director of PRIMO Nederland), and Ronny Frederickx (member of the Executive Committee of UDITE). He was accompanied by Marie Dequae (University of Gent), Ed Mallens (ISO 31000 expert and risk manager), and John O’Dea (president of PRIMO Malta).
It was agreed that it would be a formal collaboration where content meets craftsmanship, and that global risks should be discussed from the perspective of local and regional governance.
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