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Under “Presidencies of the EU Council and Turkey’s EU Accession Process" Project, IKV aims to contribute to Turkeys EU accession negotiations process through events organised in the capital of each EU member state holding the rotating presidency of the Council of the EU.

Repeatedly stressing the importance of the communication strategy in the EU accession process, IKV expanded its Brussels-based activities towards the EU and pursued its efforts in raising awareness of EU citizens in other EU member states and in providing a better understanding of the process by organizing conferences.

In this context, under this project IKV has been organising events in the EU member states holding the rotating presidency of the EU Council since 2010. The events held so far are as follows:

In 2010:

  • In cooperation with the Elcano Royal Institute for International and Strategic Studies - Spain

In 2011:

  • In cooperation with the Europe Foundation and Central European University, Center for EU Enlargement Studies - Hungary

In 2012:

  • In cooperation with the Danish Institute for Study Abroad - Denmark

In 2013:

  • In cooperation with the Institute of International and European Affairs - Ireland
  • In cooperation with the International Relations and Political Science Institute - Lithuania

In 2014:

  • In cooperation with Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), Rome - Italy 

In 2015: 

  • In cooperation with Stockholm School of Economics, Riga - Latvia 

In 2016: 

  • In cooperation with the Amsterdam Centre for European Law and Governance (ACELG), Amsterdam - the Netherlands
  • In cooperation with the Slovak Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Bratislava - Slovakia

In 2017:

  • In cooperation with the Estonian Business School, Tallinn - Estonia

In 2018:

In 2022:

  • In cooperation with the Prague Institute of International Relations, Czechia

In 2023 

In these events topics such as the gains obtained by Turkey in the EU accession negotiations process, the Turkish economy, the visa problem encountered by Turkish citizens were discussed in the context of the priorities of the state holding the EUs rotating presidency. Informational activities in the events reach wider audiences through local media.