Roundtable meeting: On the way to the G-20 London Summit

In collaboration with the British Embassy in Ankara, Global Political Trends Center (GPoT) organized a roundtable meeting on the global economic crisis and the G20 London Summit that was held in April 2009.

The meeting was intended as a preparation for the G-20 London Summit. The participants included civil society representatives, academicians, Union members, business world representatives and journalists from Turkey. The meeting was realized with the support of Referans Newspaper, Hurriyet Daily News and EDAM. During the meeting, the various aspects of the global economic crisis were discussed especially regarding its effects on Turkey. At the end, policy recommendations were proposed for the Summit in London with respect to the global economic crisis. One of the most important messages that came out from the meeting was that since this is a global economic crisis we are facing, the solution also has to be a global one. Therefore, international coordination and cooperation was deemed necessary to overcome the challenges.