On 19 June 2020, IKV organised an online expert discussion on the occasion of 20 June World Refugee Day. IKV Chairman Ayhan Zeytinoğlu delivered the opening speech of the event entitled “The Global Compact on Refugees: Opportunities for Promoting Self-Reliance of Syrian Refugees” which brought together numerous academics and experts specialising on Turkey-EU relations, migration and refugees. At the event, Brookings Institute Non-Resident Senior Fellow Prof. Kemal Kirişci presented his report titled “How the EU and Turkey Can Promote Self-Reliance for Syrian Refugees through Agricultural Trade?” while Prof. Murat Erdoğan from the Turkish-German University moderated the discussion and evaluated the report.

Video recording of the event is available here.