Since 2009, IAI has contributed to this initiative of Unicredit in cooperation with the Center for Strategic Research (Stratejik Arastirmalar Merkezi - SAM) and and the Italian and Turkish Ministries of Foreign Affairs, which is held on alternate years in Rome and Istanbul. This is an event of high cultural and political profile, which aims to encourage dialogue between Turkish and Italian civil societies and to support the accession of Turkey to the European Union.