In a rare and large meeting of minds, media leaders across the Middle East came together with parliamentarians, government officials, former ministers and water experts in Istanbul with a call for action to transform the Blue Peace framework into a reality of trans-boundary water cooperation in the region. The conference was co hosted by Turkish Review, a leading magazine in Turkey and Strategic Foresight Group.

A High Level International Roundtable of Parliamentarians and Policy Makers on The Blue Peace was held at the House of Lords, UK Parliament, London, on 30 November, 2012.

An international workshop on future of the Nile was co-hosted by Strategic Foresight Group and Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) in cooperation with Political Directorate of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs at Zurich Marriott Hotel, Zurich, Switzerland, on 23-24 February 2012.

Strategic Foresight Group (SFG) and the S Rajaratnam School for International Studies (RSIS) organized the Third International Workshop on Benefits of Cooperation in the Himalayan River Basins in Singapore on 2-3 December 2010. The Centre for Non- Traditional Security Studies was the co-host, on behalf of RSIS at the Nanyang Technology University of Singapore.

An international workshop on regional cooperation for sustainable water management held at Sanliurfa, Turkey on 26-27 September, 2010 recommended the establishment of a cooperation council. The workshop was hosted by the Strategic Foresight Group and co hosted by AK Party of Turkey and the General Directorate of State Hydraulic Works (DSI).

Strategic Foresight Group hosted a High Level Plenary on Our Common Future: Water, Environment and Energy Community at WANA Forum on May 17, 2010 in Amman, Jordan.

An international initiative on Water Security in the Middle East was launched at Montreux, Switzerland, on February 15-16, with two workshops attracting the participation of 60 leading policymakers. Workshop I on February 15, 2010 focussed on Iraq, Lebanon, Syria and Turkey. Workshop II on February 16, 2010 focussed on Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Territories.

Strategic Foresight Group (SFG) and Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies (BIPSS) organized the Second International Workshop on Himalayan Sub-regional Cooperation for Water Security in Dhaka on 15-16 January, 2010. This is part of a long term process to build confidence and cooperation between countries that make up the Himalayan River Basin.