The meeting provided an opportunity for mutual exchange of views on potential academic and scientific collaborations between the two institutions. Discussions focused particularly on joint research projects, academic staff and student mobility, and the organization of collaborative scientific events. It is expected that this meeting will lay the groundwork for concrete cooperation initiatives and further strengthen the academic ties between the two institutions.

Within the scope of the UNESCO CoastWAVE 2.0 project, the Seferihisar Project Introduction Stakeholders Meeting, organized with the goal of "Strengthening the Resilience of Coastal Communities in the North-East Atlantic and Mediterranean Regions Against Tsunami and Other Sea-Level Related Coastal Hazards," was held on February 3, 2026, at the Izmir Historical Coal Gas Factory under the coordination of our Institute and in cooperation with METU.

The project “Strengthening the Resilience of Coastal Communities in the North-East Atlantic and Mediterranean Regions Against Tsunamis and Other Sea-Level Related Coastal Hazards (CoastWAVE 2.0),” carried out in cooperation between our Institute and Middle East Technical University (METU) and under the leadership of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (UNESCO-IOC), has been implemented.

On 17 November 2025, a group of Uzbek researchers and engineers visited Boğaziçi University’s Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute as part of the “Training and Applied Internship Program in Seismic Safety and Disaster Preparedness,” organized by the Consulate General of the Republic of Uzbekistan in Istanbul.