Department of Associations organized the first International Conference on Public and Civil Society Relations participated by civil society representatives from Azerbaijan, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Albania, Kosovo, Bosnia Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, Macedonia, Croatia, Romania and Bulgaria under auspicious of our Interior Minister Muammer GULER on 27-28 March, 2013. The main objectives behind this conference was to raise civil society awareness by introducing organizations serving for civil society and their relevant works both in Turkey and in peripheral countries besides comparing legislations, their practices and principles of accountability, transparency and auditing concerning civil society.