High-Level Meetings
NGIC also organizes regional conferences with its local partners to assess issues and offer remedies to problems plaguing a given region. NGIC organized almost up to 40 High-Level Meetings and Missions across Europe, USA, Middle East and China to tackle regional and global problems and seek ways to overcome them.
2026
XXXVII HLM “Rebuilding Trust, Cooperation and Global Stability for a Shared Future”
23–24 September | New York, USA
XXXVI HLM: “The Western Balkans in the Vortex of the New Security Geopolitics"
27-28 April | Ljubljana, Slovenia
XXXV HLM: “Reshaping Multilateralism in an Era of Divides and Transformation”
15-16 January | Geneva, Switzerland
2025
XXXIV HLM: “Multilateralism at a Crossroads: Challenges and Pathways to Peace”
24-25 September | New York City
XXXIII HLM: “Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan and Europe – Cooperation for Common Development.”
18-20 August | Tashkent, Uzbekistan
XXXII HLM: “The New Global Geopolitics & The Western Balkan"
24-25 April | Ljubljana, Slovenia
XXXI HLM: "From Promise to Impact: Implementing the Pact of the Future and COP29 Commitments"
16-17 January | Geneva, Switzerland
2024
XXX HLM: "Trust and Global Governance, Climate Action: Linking the UN Summit of the Future with COP29"
25-26 September | New York, USA
XXIX HLM: "Pathway to COP29: Sustainable and Resilient Future"
19-20 June | Baku, Zangilan
XXVIII HLM: "The Middle East in a Changing World: Uncertainties, Risks and Opportunities"
19-20 May | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
XXVII HLM: "The Future of Multilateralism: The Summit of the Future and the Need for a New Global Pact for International Cooperation"
11-12 January | Geneva, Switzerland
2023
XXVI HLM: "Shaping the Future: Rebooting Multilateralism"
19-20 September | New-York, USA
XXV HLM: "Picking Up the Pieces: The Challenges of Fixing Broken World"
12-13 January | Geneva, Switzerland
2022
XXIV HLM: “Challenges and Multi-Stakeholder Responses to Peace, Security and Climate Criss”
21-22 September | New York, USA
XXIII HLM: “Challenges to the Global World Order”
10-11 April | Athens, Greece
2021
XXII High Level Meeting “New Multilateralism”
2-3 December | Geneva, Switzerland
XXI HLM: Exclusive side event to the UNGA “What does PEACE & STABILITY mean in the 21st century?”
20 September | New York, USA
High-Level Meeting: “Peace, Diversity & our Common Humanity” in partnership with UNOG
4-6 October | Geneva, Switzerland
High-Level Meeting: “Assessing Western Balkans-Way Forward” in partnership with SSVSA and NCAFP
28 June | Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2020
XX HLM: “Climate Change and Its Impact on the Life and The Cultural Heritage of Mediterranean”
20-22 January | Athens, Greece
2019
Imperial Springs International Forum “Multilateralism and Sustainable Development”
1-2 December | Guangzhou, China
XIX HLM: “Freedom from Violence: Peace, Security and Conflict Prevention in the 2030 Development Agenda”
27-28 November | Rome, Italy
85th Int'l Forum on China Reform “China and the World in the context of Unprecedented Profound Changes”
27 October | Haikou, China
Understanding China Guangzhou Conference “ New Globalization and China’s New Round of Reform and Opening-Up”
25-27 October | Beijing, Guangzhou, China
The Third Sustainability Summit for South-East Europe and Mediterranean joint with The Economist
16-17 October | Athens, Greece
“EU Future for Western Balkans and Human Rights-Speak Truth to Power”
10 October | Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo
XVIII HLM: “Geopolitics in the Age of Sustainable Development”
24-25 September | New York, USA
XVII HLM: “Development of China, Opportunities for the World”
in partnership with Chinese People’s Institute of Foreign Affairs | 23-25 June | Beijing, China
2018
XVI HLM: “Rebooting the European Projects: New Vision for a United Europe”
28-29 November | Riga, Latvia
XV HLM: “ Islam and the West. Diversity and Integration”
22-23 October | Cairo, Egypt
XIV HLM: “Sustaining Peace and Development in the Changing World”
27 September | New York, USA
High Level Mission on Exploring Dialogue in the Middle East
11-13 June | Jerusalem, Tel-Aviv, the State of Israel
High Level Mission to Beijing
26-27 May | Beijing, China
High Level Mission on Exploring Dialogue in the Middle East
21-22 January | Amman, The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
2017
XIII HLM: “Addressing the Humanitarian Challenges of a Euro Mediterranean Partnership”
22-23 November | Athens, Greece
XII HLM: “China’s New Role in International Relations: The Prospects of One Belt, One Road Initiative”
21-22 June | Beijing, People’s Republic of China
XI HLM: “Democratic Security in a Time of Extremism and Violence”
14-16 January | Cairo, Egypt
2016
X HLM: “Violent Extremism and How to Fight It”
10-11 December | Gabala, Azerbaijan
IX HLM “The European Peace: What Recipe for a Strong Union for All?”
22-23 November | Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
VIII HLM: “Global Forces, Local Voices: People Power in Globalized World”
13-14 June | Andorra la Vella, Municipality of Andorra
VII HLM: “Addressing/Challenging Radicalization and Extremism with Interfaith Dialogue for Peace: What works?”
27-28 January | Rome, Italy
2015
VI HLM: “New Visions of Partnership and Neighborhood for Europe”
8-9 October | Sofia, Bulgaria
V HLM: “European Neighborhood: Leader’s Discussion on Riga Summit”
19-20 May | Riga, Latvia
Library of Alexandria, inauguration of Nizami Ganjavi Bust
20 April | Alexandria, Egypt
Fact Finding Mission to Istanbul
8 April | Istanbul, Turkey
Fact Finding Mission to Ukraine
1 April | Kyiv, Ukraine
Nizami Ganjavi Ethics, Research-International Symposium-Project
11-13 March | Geneva, Switzerland
IV HLM: “Building Trust in the International World Order”
19-21 February | Brussels, Belgium
2014
III HLM: “Rebuilding Trust in a Wider Europe”
5-7 September | Andorra la Vella, Municipality of Andorra
“New Paradigm for Human Development”, Preparatory Meeting on consortium Partners
30 April | Baku, Azerbaijan
II HLM: “Post 2015 Sustainable Development Agenda; Measuring Shared Societies”
19-21 February | Athens, Greece | Acropolis Museum
2013
I High Level Preparatory Meeting for “II Shared Societies Forum Baku”
4-6 September | Baku, Azerbaijan
Road Map Meeting; for the new World Paradigm or World Governance
15-18 July | Baku, Azerbaijan
2012
International Celebrations of the 870th anniversary
29-30 September | Ganja | Baku, Azerbaijan