In 1998 the Communist Party of Greece invited Communist & Workers' parties to participate in an annual conference where parties could gather to share their experiences and a issue a joint declaration.
The conferences are held annually under the title of the International Meeting of Communist & Workers' Parties in November. The 7th IMCWP was hosted by the Communist Party of Greece, in Athens on 18-20 November 2005, 8th by the Communist Party of Portugal, in Lisbon on 10–12 November 2006, 9th jointly by the Communist Party of Belarus and Communist Party of the Russian Federationin Minsk and Moscow in November 2007, 10th by the Communist Party of Brazil in Sao Paulo 21–23 November 2008 and 11th jointly by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and Communist Party of India in New Delhi 20–22 November 2009.
Additionally there are occasionally extraordinary meetings such as the meeting in Damascus 28–30 September 2009 on "Solidarity with the heroic struggle of the Palestinian people and the other people in Middle East".
In December 2009, the communist and workers parties agreed to the creation of the International Communist Review, which is published annually in English and Spanish and has a website.
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The participants of the meeting have created a working group to address all aspects of organizing the meetings. As of 2011 November 2011, the working group is composed by the communist parties of Brazil, Greece, India, Lebannon, Portugal, Russian Federation and South Africa.[1]
The 13th meeting was held in Athens, from 9th to 11th December 2011. The meeting was attended by 80 parties. A total of 8 parties sent a message.
The December, 11th, the meeting sent a delegation in solidarity with Greek Metallurgy workers in a 2 months-long strike action.[1]
The following parties attended the meeting: CP of Albania, PADS, Algeria, CP of Australia, CP of Axerbaijan, CP of Bangladesh, Workers' Party of Bangladesh, Workers' Party of Belgium, Brazillian CP, CP of Brazil, CP of Britain, New Communist Party of Britain, CP of Bulgaria, Party of the Bulgarian Communists, CP of Canada, Socialist Workers' Party of Croatia, CP of Cuba, Progressive Party of the Working People (Cyprus), CP of Bohemia and Moravia, CP in Denmark, CP of Denmark, CP of Egypt, CP of Finland, French CP, CP of Macedonia, Unified CP of Georgia, German CP, Cp of Greece, People's Progressive Party (Guyana), Hungarian Workers CP, CP of India, CP of India (Marxist), Tudeh Party of Iran, CP of Ireland, The Workers' Party of Ireland, Party of the Italian Communists, Party of Communist Refoundation, Jordanian CP, Workers' Party of Korea, Peoples' Revolutionary Party, Laos, Socialist Party of Latvia, Lebanese Communist Party, Socialist People's Front, Lithuania, CP of Luxembourg, CP of Malta, CP of Mexico, New CP of the Netherlands, CP of Norway, CP of Pakistan, Palestinian Communist Party, Palestinian People's Party, Paraguayan Communist Party, Peruvian CP, CP of Peru (Patria Roja), CP of Poland, Portuguese CP, Romanian CP, CP of Russian Federation, CP of Soviet Union, Communist Workers' Party of Russia - Revolutionary Party of the Communists, Union CPs-CPSU, New Communist Party of Yugoslavia, Party of the Communists of Serbia, South African CP, CP of Spain, CP of the Peoples of Spain, Party of the Communists of Catalunia, CP of Sri-Lanka, Sudanese CP, CP of Sweden, Syrian CP, Syrian CP (Unified), Communist Party of Turkey, Labour Party (EMEP), Turkey, Union of Communists of Ukraine, CP of Ukraine, CPUSA, CP of Venezuela, CP of Vietnam.[2]
The following parties sent a message: Communist Party of Argentina, Communist Party of Wallonia, Communist Party of Bolivia, Iraqi Communist Party, Socialist People's Party of Mexico, Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist), Philippine Communist Party - 1930, Communist Party of Uruguay.
The following table is a list of participants in each each meeting. [3]
Key: x = participated o = observer m = sent message