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EMLINK Call for Applications: short-term mobility programme in Belgium for Georgian start-ups

Released 01.03.2024

International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) in the framework of the EU-funded project “Strengthening the Partnership between Belgium and Georgia through Temporary Mobility of Entrepreneurs (Entrepreneurial Mobility Link” (EMLINK) is launching the call for start-ups! 

The EU Global Diaspora Facility celebrates 5 years of impactful diaspora-development

Released 19.06.2024

The 19 June 2024 marks five years of the EU Global Diaspora Facility (EUDiF), based at ICMPD’s Brussels office. Simultaneously, EUDiF celebrates the end of its first phase and starts a second to continue its work to support an informed, inclusive and impactful diaspora-development ecosystem. 

ICMPD opens a Ukrainian Consultation Centre in Düsseldorf

Released 24.09.2025

On 18 September 2025, ICMPD's Regional Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia officially opened a new Ukrainian Consultation Centre (UCC) in Düsseldorf, Germany. The Centre was established within the framework of the Comprehensive Resilience Support for Displaced Persons from Ukraine (CORE-UA) project, funded by the (National) German AMIF Programme 2021-2027 and the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF).

Vienna Migration Conference marks a decade of dialogue shaping international migration policy

Released 23.10.2025

The Vienna Migration Conference (VMC) on 21-22 October 2025 hosted discussions on the role of international partnerships in managing sustainable migration, global efforts to attract skills and talent, ongoing progress and challenges in implementing EU reforms, and return and reintegration in diverse contexts. This year’s VMC gathered over 300 delegates from government, the private sector, academia and research, think tanks, international organisations, and civil society.

Budapest Process

Afghanistan / Albania / Armenia / Australia / Austria / Azerbaijan / Bangladesh / Belarus / Belgium / Bosnia and Herzegovina / Bulgaria / Canada / China / Croatia / Cyprus / Czechia / Denmark / Estonia / Finland / France / Georgia / Germany / Greece / Hungary / India / Iran (Islamic Republic of) / Iraq / Ireland / Italy / Jordan / Kazakhstan / Kyrgyzstan / Latvia / Lebanon / Liechtenstein / Lithuania / Luxembourg / Malta / Moldova (Republic of) / Montenegro / Netherlands / North Macedonia / Norway / Pakistan / Poland / Portugal / Romania / Russian Federation / Serbia / Slovakia / Slovenia / Spain / Sri Lanka / Sweden / Switzerland / Tajikistan / Türkiye / Turkmenistan / Ukraine / United Kingdom / United States of America / Uzbekistan

IBM Silk Routes: Integrated Border Management in the Silk Routes Countries

Afghanistan / Iran (Islamic Republic of) / Iraq / Bangladesh / Pakistan

Border management and security / Silk Routes / Border management and security

TRAFIG: Transnational Figurations of Displacement

Congo (Democratic Republic of) / Ethiopia / Germany / Greece / Italy / Jordan / Pakistan / Tanzania (United Republic of)

Migration good governance

CEASEVAL: Evaluation of the Common European Asylum System under Pressure and Recommendations for Further Development

*European Union / Austria / Belgium / Bulgaria / Croatia / Cyprus / Czechia / Denmark / Estonia / Finland / France / Germany / Greece / Hungary / Ireland / Italy / Latvia / Lithuania / Luxembourg / Malta / Netherlands / Poland / Portugal / Romania / Slovakia / Slovenia / Spain / Sweden

Asylum, refugees and international protection / Policy

REF-VET: Complementary Pathways for Adult Refugees: the Role of VET, Skills and Qualifications

*European Union / Canada / Finland / France / Germany / Greece / Ireland / Italy / Netherlands / Norway / Portugal / Spain / Sweden

Integration and social cohesion / Legal and labour mobility

Silk Routes III: Improving Migration Management in the Silk Routes

Afghanistan / Bangladesh / Iran (Islamic Republic of) / Iraq / Pakistan

Migration good governance

SPRING: Sustainable Practices of Integration of Newly Arrived Migrants

*European Union / Austria / Belgium / Croatia / Czechia / Finland / France / Germany / Greece / Ireland / Italy / Lithuania / Netherlands / Poland / Portugal / Romania / Slovakia / Spain / Sweden

Integration and social cohesion / Policy

MCP MED TI: Training Institute on Migration Capacity Partnership for the Mediterranean

Jordan / Libya / Morocco / Lebanon / Tunisia

Capacity development

FAiR: Finding Agreement in Return

Austria / Bulgaria / Czechia / Georgia / Germany / Greece / France / Italy / Iraq / Netherlands / Nigeria / Poland / Romania / Spain / Sweden / Switzerland / Türkiye / United Kingdom

Research / Return, readmission and reintegration / Policy

UCCs: Ukrainian Consultation Centres

Germany / Czech Republic / Poland / Sweden

Integration and social cohesion / Return, readmission and reintegration / Temporary Protection

10th Anniversary of Migrant Resource Centres (MRCs)

Released 19.05.2026

This year ICMPD’s flagship initiative - Migrant Resource Centres - marks a decade of frontline service delivery, growing from a single pilot centre in Lahore, Pakistan, to multi-country model that supports migrants, returnees and communities across the full migration cycle. 

Call for Proposals: Migration Partnership Facility launches three new funding opportunities

Released 15.07.2026

The Migration Partnership Facility (MPF), programme financed by the European Commission Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs (DG HOME), launches three new Calls for Proposals, opening new funding opportunities for cooperation between European Union Member States and priority partner countries in three areas of migration management.  

Oyo State and ICMPD sign MoU to support 700 young Nigerians into sustainable livelihoods

Released 29.09.2026

ICMPD and the Oyo State Government signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Ibadan on 18 September 2026, formalising cooperation on the Denmark-funded Youth Empowerment and Reintegration Project (YERP), which builds agricultural livelihoods for 700 returnees and rural youth in Oyo State.

IBM PAK: Support to Integrated Border Management in Pakistan

Pakistan

Border management and security / Capacity development / Irregular migration

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