Conferences and Interparliamentary Working Groups
To reach as many policymakers as possible and to influence the decision-making, the Kurdish Institute regularly organizes conferences.
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We are active in Flanders with the Interparliamentary Working Group on the Kurds (IPWK) which meets 4 times a year.
During the IPWK, specialized guest speakers provide first-hand information about the current situation in the Kurdish regions to politicians, parliamentary assistants, academics, interested citizens and journalists.
These working groups are open to all political parties, NGOs, socio-cultural organizations and activists.
At European level, together with our partners from the EU Turkey Civic Commission, we highlight burning current issues at conferences in the European Parliament and we call out Europe’s responsibility. In addition, we organize numerous conferences about people and peoples rights.
IPWK Reports
Address by Bart STAES
Member of the European Parliament (GREENS)
Flemish parliament resolution calls for closer ties with Kurdistan Region
Brussels, Belgium (KRG.org) – The Flemish parliament has unanimously passed a resolution calling for closer political, economic and cultural cooperation with the Kurdistan Region in Iraq. The resolution was proposed by four MPs in the Flemish parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee shortly after they visited the Region in April on a fact-finding mission.
Dutch politicians interested in the Kurds
On Wednesday 13 May 2009, there was a round-table meeting about the current political situation in the Iraqi Kurdistan and the situation of Kurds in general in the House of Representatives of The Netherlands. The meeting was attended by several members of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Dutch Parliament, intellectuals, journalists and students of various Dutch Universities.
