In relation the preparation session for the Grand Meeting to be held on February 20, 2016, the members of Network for Checks and Balances in Istanbul came together to discuss the institutional and advocacy priorities of the Network prior to the big event. During the meeting of January 12, 2016, the members exchanged views on the institutional and advocacy priorities of the Network. Different groups were constituted and each was assigned a moderator at the time of the discussions. Mrs. Müjgan Suver, the president of the EU and Human Rights Platform of the Marmara Group Foundation, acted as the member of the Coordination Group and took over the moderation of her group. At the group meetings, the remarkable standpoints were compiled and shared with the other participants.