Also, countries tend to follow or use a model from another country and develop the model into one suitable to their own culture. This can be said of the Finnish model and practices, which has followed the New Zealand practices, but applied other elements from other countries. De Jong (2002) shows that countries tend to incorporate practices from one country and then adapt to their own culture, internal practices, and legal systems. This can be considered as a wise practice since one form of practice from a culture does not necessarily mean that it will work in another culture. The Anglo-Saxon countries tend to have more of a partnering and cooperative approach as opposed to the strict interpretation of the contract. Another example can be seen from The Nether-lands, which has actually signed an agreement with the UK Highways Agency to study the feasibility to use integrated maintenance practices into their own country. Another form of cooperation and exchange type environments is the "Nordic Road Association" and "Baltic Road Association". Both these provide a networking capacity to develop practices and share practices within the Nor-dic and Baltic countries, and many are joint meetings. This type of cooperation is relevant globally.