CEU Center for EU Enlargement Studies (CENS) and The Patriotism and Progress Public Policy Foundation hosted a public lecture on 21 May 2012 entitled “Country development, strategy, good governance – the lessons from Finland through SITRA model”. The lecture was delivered by Mikko Kosonen, President of SITRA (Finland) to a distinguished group of diplomats, students and university professors.

On April 3rd the CEU Center for EU Enlargement Studies hosted a public lecture entitled: "Israel' s National Security in a Dramatically Changing Middle Eastern Environment" by Dr. Dan Schueftan, Director of the National Security Studies Center University of Haifa, Israel.