On February 18th, 2009, Civil Society Institute organized a presentation of “Key facts about Nagorno Karabakh conflict” book and “10 Questions about Karabakh conflict” booklet. The co-authers, who represented the “Sahmanagits” team talked about the idea and preparation of the book.
In continuation of the series of cultural events, on Thursday, January 29th 2009, a Syrian party was organized at Civil Society Institute. “Syria: Crossroad of Civilizations” was the title of this gathering.
On January 20th 2009, at CSI organized a seminar-discussion on the mentioned topic. The meeting was led by Ashot Barseghyan-Researcher for PhD in Middle Eastern Studies, Department of Oriental Studies of Yerevan State University.
On December 12th 2008, The Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR) and “Civil Society Institute” NGO (CSI) organized a round-table discussion at CSI office. The topic of the discussion was possible amendments to the Law on military service. The amendments foresee removing the right to academic leave for students during military call-up.
On December 11th 2008, a meeting at CSI was led by a young expert from the Political Development Research Center, Sergey Harutyunyan. In his presentation the speaker talked about Kemal's doctrine, foreign policies of Turkey at different time periods, Turkey's relations with neighbours and European Union. The discussion was held around the current internal and foreign policies and public opinions in Turkey.