Centre for International Relations together with The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung and the Israeli European Policy Network held the conference "The Future of Youth in Europe and Israel. Social Exclusion and the Quality of Democracy". During several roundtable debates, participants will discuss - among other subjects - socio-economic challenges for youth in Europe and Israel, problems of reviving democracy, fighting voter apathy and populism.

Dr Małgorzata Bonikowska, President of the Centre for International Relations, participated in the conference: "NATO – Asia / Pacific Dialogue 2014. Cooperative Security in a New Strategic Security Environment" organized by The Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung. The conference took place between June 24-31 in Seoul, South Korea. Participants debated on several issues, including the influence of Russian Crimea annexation on international safety, lessons which NATO has learned from the intervention in Afghanistan and challenges of smart defense in regard to cyber security.

The ‘Africa, Belgium, Poland – Cooperation for Development’ conference was held on June 5th, 2014 in Brussels. The seminar was organized within the activation of economic cooperation with the African continent and regarded opportunities of cooperation on the African market, the most important challenges that both Polish and Belgian economies need to face regarding expansion to third markets, especially African ones.