On 24 March 2022, IKV Secretary General Assoc. Prof. Çiğdem Nas attended the closing meeting as a panelist of the project “A New Road Transport Cooperation Between Turkey and the EU: Prospects and Probability,” which was co-organised by the International Transporters Association (UND), The European Union and Global Research Association (ABKAD), and the European Neighbourhood Council (ENC), and funded by the Supporting Civil Society Dialogue Between the EU and Turkey Grant Scheme (CSD-VI).

IKV Secretary General Assoc. Prof. Nas stated that transportation is an integral part of the Turkey-EU Customs Union and that barriers and surcharges in the transportation sector is accepted as a non-tariff barrier. Stating that the disruptions and obstacles in the supply chains created by the pandemic and the Ukraine crisis have made the Turkey-EU trade relationship even more important, Nas emphasized that the Turkey-EU Customs Union should be modernized by including a more effective cooperation in the field of transportation, as well as green and digital agendas.