On 5 May 2021, IKV organised a webinar entitled “EU as a Global Player” in association with the Jean Monnet Chair of Istanbul 29 Mayıs University and Istanbul Consular Corps led by the Consulate General of Croatia. Following the opening speeches by IKV Chairman Ayhan Zeytinoğlu, Jean Monnet Chair holder Prof. Özgür Ünal Eriş and Consul General of Croatia Dr. Ivana Zerec, former EU High Representative for Foreign Policy and Security Policy Federica Mogherini, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Director for EU Affairs Ambassador Faruk Kaymakcı and Head of the EU Delegation to Turkey Ambassador Nikolaus Meyer-Landrut delivered speeches at the webinar. 

IKV Secretary General Assoc. Prof. Çiğdem Nas moderated the second panel session which focused on EU’s global effectiveness as well as its policies towards neighbouring regions and Turkey-EU relations. Speakers of the panel were Amanda Paul from the European Policy Center, Deputy Head of Unit at the European Commission’s Turkey Desk Katarzyna Marzec, Kadir Has University faculty member Dimitrios Triantaphyllou and Dr. Seda Gürkan from Universite Libre d’Bruxelles.