The foundation took place in Vienna on Nov. 20th 2010. On January 12, 2012, IPM was a co-organizer of an international forum in
Vienna, which was attended by representatives from 14 states. From August 23 to August 25, 2013, IPM International and IPM Slovenia conducted the first "local event" of
YEPP together with the "Youth of the Slovenian Democratic Party" (SDM) in
Ptuj/
Slovenia. There the participants from
Hungary,
Austria and
Slovenia discussed the topic of youth employment. IPM again co-hosted a large international conference on July 2, 2014, in Vienna. 110 guests from 16 nations discussed the issue of "European energy policy". IPM completed its focus on "Energy" in 2014 with a conference in
Fürstenfeld/Austria on Oct. 10th. The conference was preceded by an article of Austria's second largest newspaper
Kleine Zeitung, introducing IPM and its president. On April 23, 2016, IPM celebrated its five-year anniversary in
Klosterneuburg together with
Johannes Schmuckenschlager, president of the Austrian winegrower federation. Together with
DEMYC the Middleeuropean Initiative conducted an international congress on "Migration - Challenges and Opportunities" in July 2016 in
Graz/Austria including almost 70 participants from 20 different countries (among others
Armenia,
Irak,
Israel,
Russia,
Ukraine). During this congress both organisations adopted a joint resolution against a possible membership of
Turkey in the
European Union. General meeting and elections again took place on March 11, 2017, in the
Austrian Parliament. During this event the "Middle-Europe-Award" was introduced. With this IPM wants to honor special people who have gained earnings to the European peace project. A meeting with former UN secretary-general
Ban Ki-moon was the highlight of the IPM "summit" in
Alpbach/Austria on August 27, 2018. Elections again took place on May 15, 2021. In March 2022 the Middleeuropean Initiative organized a transport of medicines to
Lviv,
Ukraine. == Self-image and structure ==