The 3^rd coordination meeting of the EU Information Centres Network Support Project, which is carried out by TOBB, was held in Istanbul on 29-30 April 2019. IKV Vice Chairman Prof. Halûk Kabaalioğlu, IKV Secretary General Assoc. Prof. Çiğdem Nas, Head of Press and Information Team Counsellor at the EU Delegation to Turkey, Maria Magdalini Kanellopoulou, EU Delegation to Turkey Communication Officer Selda Düzenli, the project coordination team and the coordinators of EU Information Centres located in 20 cities attended the meeting hosted by IKV.

The first session of the meeting began with the opening speeches of Prof. Halûk Kabaalioğlu and Counsellor Maria Magdalini Kanellopoulou. IKV Secretary General Assoc. Prof. Çiğdem Nas delivered a speech about recent developments in Turkey-EU relations.

The EU Information Centres and Documentation Centres aim to provide information about EU institutions and the EU's core values in order to minimise widely held misconceptions about the EU and Turkey-EU relations. IKV, which hosts the first EU Library and EU Documentation Centre in Turkey, is part of the EU Information Centres Network Project through the Istanbul EU Information Centre. Within this scope, IKV Istanbul EU Information Centre organises regional and thematic events, social debates and cultural activities.