A sad news: Gorka Agirre Arizmendi, member of the Board of Directors of the Institute of European Democrats, died today. IED would like to send sincere condolences to his family and friends.
IED is sponsoring a Conference on: "EU Energy Security Strategy and its significance to Lithuania".

The Institute of European Democrats has organised a meeting focused on the political situation in Chile. This initiative has been held in Brussels on December the 5th, 2008.
The meeting was titled "The case of the Chilean democracy: in between rightwing and leftwing populisms in Latin America".

The Transatlantic Policy Forum took place in Paris on December 17, 2008.

Conference: "EU foreign relations with the emerging global powers of Asia"
The Institute of European Democrats has organised a conference on "New political perspectives for the Mediterranean region - Security challenges and new opportunities: a view from the eastern Mediterranean".
The conference took place in Larnaca, Cyprus on October 18, 2008.

The Institute of European Democrats - IED was represented by Luca Bader, Chief Executive Officer, in the event: "A More "Liberal" Social Democracy? - Seeking fairness and progress in the global age".
On September 18, the Institute of European Democrats held in Brussels a meeting of its Scientific Committee. The members of the Scientific Commitee convened to plan and further develop the activities programme for 2008-2009. The Institute of European Democrats will focus in the next months particularly on different aspects concerning the role of the European Union as a global player...

An International Conference on "the European Union and the future of the Mediterranean region" took place in Brussels on the 8 July, 2008.