The Hellenic Studies Forum is a founding member of the Coordinating Committee of Research Institutes of Hellenism (known as SEEIE from the Greek abbreviation). 

An the initiative of the Cyprus Research Centre (KY.KE.M.) SEEIE was established in 1994. Its founding members are:

Cyprus Research Centre (KYKEM) -Cyprus 

S.B. Vryonis Center for the Study of Hellenism -USA 

Hellenic Studies Forum Inc-Australia 

Centre for Hellenic Studies and Research -Canada 

Group for the Study of Greeks Abroad Sorbone University -France 

Hellenic foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP) -Greece 

Greek Centre of European Studies -Greece 

Research and Policy Strategy Institute (INEPOST) -Greece 

Pantion University International Relations Institute -Greece 

Research Centre of Haemes Peninsula (IMXA) -Greece 

Mediterranean Studies Institute -Greece

The Coordinating Committee of Research Institutes of Hellenism would serve as the platform from which Greek professionals, academics and scientists all over the world would contribute and play an active role in shaping and realising an international strategy for Hellenism.

The establishment of the Coordinating Committee aims to:

· Utilise the significant scientific and human resources existing where Hellenism lives and is active; 

· Co-ordinate activities between research organisations concerning themselves with the study of Hellenism and undertake joint research projects on important issues affecting Hellenism; 

· Identify gaps and overlapping in research on issues of national and international importance; 

· Systematic study of issues concerning Hellenes abroad; 

· Formulate strategies and facilitate communication between Hellenic communities abroad and the metropolitan centres, Greece and Cyprus.

1st International Conference - "Hellenism in the Global Village" 

Nicosia, Cyprus, November 1995

It was organised and hosted on behalf of the Coordinating Committee by KYKEM. This was a recognition of KYKEM's initiative to get the Institutes together and an attempt to reconfirm the significance of the Cyprus issue internationally. 

2nd International Conference - "Hellenism in the 21st Century" 

Melbourne, Australia, August 1997

This Conference provided a public forum for the examination of the forms of Hellenism in the light of globalisation, rapid technological developments and the development, role and future directions of the Hellenic communities abroad. The Conference enabled over one hundred participants to debate issues identity and culture, demographics of the communities, social and economic trends, political activism, and the role of Greece and Cyprus in the European Community.

3rd International Conference 

Toronto, Canada, May 1999