TEPAV Attended the Civil 20 Summit in Melbourne Participants met with Australia’s Prime Minister Tony Abbott

MELBOURNE – TEPAV attended the Civil 20 (C20) Summit in Melbourne on 20-21 June 2014. Along with TEPAV, OXFAM, change.org, (Turkey and Middle East Office), WWF Turkey and GIF attended the Summit.

On 22 June, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott met with a delegation of the Australian C20 Steering Committee and representatives of international NGOs and CSOs from Turkey, China, India, the USA, Russia, and the UK. Turkey was represented by TEPAV research associate Feride İnan.

During the meeting, the Australian Civil 20 Communique was submitted to Prime Minister Abbott and civil society recommendations to G20 leaders were discussed.

TEPAV, the representative of Turkey in Civil 20, had also attended last year’s Summit in Moscow.