Ministerial Conferences
5th Ministerial Conference
Date: 19 April 2013Location: Istanbul, Turkey
Description: Marking the 20th anniversary of the Budapest Process, Turkey, as the Chair, will host the 5th Ministerial Conference in Istanbul on 19 April 2013. The Conference will also launch the Silk Routes Partnership for Migration. In order to facilitate the proper preparation of the conference, four preparatory meetings will be held in Turkey. Further information on each meeting can be found here.
Download: Recommendations on the Budapest Process Ministerial Conference: A Silk Routes Partnership for Migration en ru
4th Ministerial Conference
Date: 26 June 2003
Location: Rhodes, Greece
Description: The meeting in Rhodes on 25–26 June 2003 took place at the invitation of the government of Greece and gathered ministers of 43 states and 8 international organisations. The conference reconfirmed the recommendations of the previous conferences of ministers responsible for matters relating to irregular migration, which were held in Berlin on 30–31 October 1991, in Budapest on 15–16 February 1993 and in Prague on 14–15 October 1997. It also recalled the unique role of the Budapest Process in bringing states together in an informal and flexible cooperation framework to prevent irregular migration in the wider European region.
Download: Recommendations of the Rhodes Ministerial Conference en
3rd Ministerial Conference
Date: 15 October 1997
Location: Prague, Czech Republic
Description: The meeting in Prague took place on 14–15 October 1997 at the invitation of the government of the Czech Republic. Ministers of the 36 states and representatives of the following international organisations: Central European Initiative, Council of Europe, European Union, International Centre for Migration Policy Development, Intergovernmental Consultations, International Organization for Migration, Interpol, United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees attended the conference. Discussions centered on the the prevention of illegal migration based on the documents of the previous conferences of ministers responsible for matters relating to illegal migration, held in Berlin in 1991 and Budapest in 1993.
Download: Recommendations of the Prague Ministerial Conference en de hu fr
2nd Ministerial Conference
Date: 16 February 1993
Location: Budapest, Hungary
Description: On the invitation of the government of the Republic of Hungary, ministers of 30 European states, as well as Turkey, Moldavia and Ukraine, met in Budapest on 15–16 February 1993 to hold a conference on the implementation of measures to deal with uncontrolled migration.
Download: Recommendations of the Budapest Ministerial Conference en
1st Ministerial Conference
Date: 31 October 1991
Location: Berlin, Germany
Description: At the invitation of the Federal Minister of the Interior of the Federal Republic of Germany, ministers of 27 states met in Berlin to discuss measures to be taken to deal with illegal immigration from and through Central and Eastern Europe.
Download: Recommendations of the Berlin Ministerial Conference en
