EuroMeSCo Annual Conference 2012

Following the workshop entitled “The Multilateral Track of Euro-Mediterranean Relations: The Role of the Union for the Mediterranean", which was organized by the Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean, European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed) and Euro-Mediterranean Study Commission (EuroMeSCo) in Barcelona on October 3, 2012, the directors of GPoT Center, Prof. Dr. Akgün and Dr. Tiryaki, participated in the EuroMeSCo Annual Conference.

The theme of this year's conference which took place in Barcelona between October 4th and 5th, 2012 was "Europe, the Mediterranean and the Arab Spring: Crisis as an Opportunity". Prof. Dr. Akgün delivered a speech, during the roundtable discussion, on "Europe and the New Mediterranean: Crisis as an Opportunity".

Three years after acquiring its observer status with EuroMeSCO, GPoT Center became a member of EuroMeSCo's Steering Committee in 2011.