ICMPD analyses and advises on a range of migration policy areas to equip our member states and partners to address opportunities and challenges. Our aim is to provide platforms for dialogue, consultation, and exchange on important policy issues – to engage, convene, and connect thought leaders and decision-makers and develop ideas and initiatives that can help move the migration policy debate and shape governance frameworks and operations in productive, meaningful, and pioneering directions. In our daily work, we analyse and write about migration policies and engage in policy discussions on topics that mirror current priorities for our Member States and strategic partners. We draw on empirical research, best practices, and interdisciplinary knowledge to craft insights that inform policymakers and other key stakeholders.
Leveraging the policy-relevant know-how and results of the organisation’s work in research, migration dialogues, and capacity building makes us responsive, accurate, and able to advise on issues that matter.
Policy insights
Annual policy initiative
The Annual Policy Initiative (API) is ICMPD’s main framework for contributing to current EU migration policy debates, with a focus on detangling issues, identifying problems, and proposing solutions. It leverages internal expertise, research, and analysis, as well as experience from our operational work. The API also draws on consultations and exchanges among senior experts and stakeholders in member and close partner states, EU institutions, think tanks, and other key actors. The Initiative seeks to move needle through a range of outputs, ranging from stakeholder meetings to commentaries and targeted policy recommendations. The API is driven by ICMPD’s Policy Unit. Current focus areas include labour migration, temporary protection, return and reintegration, and Pact implementation.