IKV Secretary General Assoc. Prof. Çiğdem Nas attended the ceremony held on 17 September 2025, to mark the end of the term of President of the European Economic and Social Committee Oliver Röpke. Opening speeches were delivered by Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for Social Rights and Skills, Quality Jobs and Preparedness Roxana Mînzatu, Chair of the European Parliament's Committee on Employment and Social Affairs Li Andersson, Deputy Prime Minister of Spain Yolanda Diaz, President of the European Trade Union Confederation Wolfgang Katzian, President of Business Europe Maekus Beyrer and Secretary General of Solidar Mikael Leyi.

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama also delivered a speech at the ceremony. Permanent Delegate of the Republic of Türkiye to the European Union Ambassador Faruk Kaymakcı, and representatives of civil society organizations from Türkiye, such as The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye, IKV, and the Türkiye Europe Foundation, also attended. The ceremony continued with contributions from civil society representatives, and Brussels representative of KAGIDER Ayşe Yürekli delivered a speech on behalf of Turkish civil society. The ceremony concluded with a speech by President Röpke, whose term had come to an end.

During President Röpke's term, for the first time, civil society organizations from candidate countries were included in the work of the Economic and Social Committee through the “Enlargement Candidate Member” initiative. The Economic and Social Committee granted the IKV the status of Enlargement Candidate Member (ECM).