Cover; Title page; The International Institute of Administrative Sciences; Foreword; Contents; East-West Co-operation in Public Administration -- a framework for assessment; Transformation and Transition: An Introduction; Assistance or Co-operation?; Cultural Issues -- Success and Failure in Finland's Neighbouring Areas Co-operation; Models of Knowledge Transfer in East-West Collaboration: Organisational Co-learning or Ships that Pass in the Night?; Administrative Convergence in the EU: Some Conclusions for CEECs; Portugal as an Example for Candidate EU-Members.