IKV and Research Centre on Asylum and Migration Academy (IGAM Academy) are jointly organising a special programme entitled "5th Year of the Turkey-EU Deal: Experiences & Predictions" on 18 March 2021 between 15.00-17.30 (Turkey time).

During the webinar in which Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey and Director for EU Affairs Ambassador Faruk Kaymakcı will be delivering a keynote speech, Head of the Political Affairs Section of the EU Delegation to Turkey Eva Horelova will be assessing outcomes of the EU Facility for Refugees in Turkey (FRIT). Afterwards the programme will continue with a panel during which distingueshed academics and experts will discuss the yesterday, today and tomorrow of the Turkey-EU Refugee Deal. 

Programme

Opening Speeches: (15.00-15.30)

Ayhan ZEYTİNOĞLU: IKV President, Vice-President of TOBB

Metin ÇORABATIR: IGAM President  

Eva HORELOVA: Head of the Political Affairs Section of the EU Delegation to Turkey
 

Keynote Speaker: (15.30- 16.15)

Ambassador Faruk KAYMAKCI;

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey & Director for EU Affairs

Panel Discussion: (16.15-17.30)

Prof. M. Murat ERDOĞAN: IGAM Academy President, Turkish-German University

Gerald KNAUS: Founding Chairman of European Stability Initiative

Laura BATALLA ADAM: Secretary General of EU-Turkey Forum

Assoc. Prof. Çiğdem NAS: Secretary General of IKV / Yıldız Technical University

Prof. Howard DUNCAN:  Carleton University, former Chair International Metropolis

Prof. Kemal KİRİŞÇİ: IGAM Academy Vice-President / Brookings Institution
 

Moderators:

M. Gökhan KİLİT: Deputy Secretary General of IKV

Dr. Nihal EMİNOĞLU: IGAM Academy Coordinator, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University