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ABOUT US Member States, the European Commission, the UN and other multilateral institutions, as well as bilateral MAKING MIGRATION BETTER donors. Founded in 1993, ICMPD holds UN observer The International Centre for Migration Policy Devel- status and cooperates with more than 570 partners in- opment (ICMPD) is an international organisation with cluding EU institutions and UN agencies. 18 Member States and more than 340 staff members. Active in more than 90 countries worldwide, it takes a Migration is one of the most important political issues in regional approach in its work to create efficient cooper- current public debates and ICMPD strives to be an objec- ation and partnerships along migration routes. Priority tive and fair-minded companion in this context. It aims regions include Africa, Central and South , Europe to shape a nuanced discourse and facilitate dialogue be- and the Middle East. Its three-pillar approach to migra- tween all relevant stakeholders. ICMPD bases its work tion management – structurally linking research, mi- on knowledge and solid evidence and has vast experi- gration dialogues and capacity building – contributes ence in bridging the gap between theory and practice. to better migration policy development worldwide. Thus, ICMPD is able to provide policymakers and poli- ticians with the necessary groundwork to make critical The Vienna-based organisation has a mission in Brus- decisions. Furthermore, ICMPD is present on the ground sels, a regional office in Malta and project offices in with capacity building activities in various areas of mi- several countries. ICMPD receives funding from its gration management.

THEMATIC EXPERTISE

BORDER MANAGEMENT

PREVENTING AND CURBING IRREGULAR MIGRATION

RETURN AND READMISSION

ASYLUM AND INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION

COMBATTING TRAFFICKING IN HUMAN BEINGS AND RELATED FORMS OF EXPLOITATION

LEGAL/LABOUR MIGRATION/IMMIGRATION

SOCIAL COHESION

MIGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT

OUR MISSION STATEMENT Making migration and mobility of people orderly, safe and regular, including through the implementation of planned and well-managed migration policies.

2020/06 Director General Michael Spindelegger ICMPD ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE

Director General

Deputy Director General Director Gener als Office Corporate Financial Management

Resources and Policy Research Brussels Mission and Strategy

Corporate Resources External and Member States Programmes and Policy and Management Project Development Strategic Partnerships

Human Member States estern Balkans Resources Management Programme and

Policy Unit Eastern Europe Resources Management and

Management Systems Support Research Unit Silk Routes

Safety and Security Mediterranean

Procurement and Grants Unit Africa

WHERE WE ARE LOCATED

BRUSSELS MISSION BELGIUM NUR-SULTAN VIENNA HEADUARTERS KYIV KAAKHSTAN AUSTRIA UKRAINE CHISINAU MOLDOVA BELGRADE SERBIA PRISTINA KOSOVO KYRGYSTAN SKOPE UBEKISTAN REGIONAL TURKEY NORTH MACEDONIA OFFICE MEDITERRANEAN AERBAIAN VALLETTA/MALTA TAIKISTAN TUNIS BAGDAD TUNISIA IRA ORDAN PAKISTAN SOUTH AMERICA

DHAKA CUMILLA BANGLADESH

BRASILIA BRASIL

ABUA NIGERIA ACCRA GHANA

*This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/99 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence. OUR THREE-PRONGED APPROACH

ICMPD strives for comprehensive, sustainable and Drawing on the three-pronged approach, ICMPD sup- future-oriented migration governance and applies a ports its Member States and partners by sharing with three-pronged approach: capacity building, migration them its in-house knowledge and profound expertise in dialogues, and research. These three elements feed all fields of migration management. As the facilitator of into each other and together they represent the “DNA” several migration dialogues, ICMPD is in a unique posi- of ICMPD. tion in terms of its regional networks, knowledge and geographic and thematic outreach.

Migration Dialogues

Policy & Research

Capacity Building

Policy-relevant research, empiri- Support dialogue between Europe Training, capacity building pro- cal research with a comparative, and its neighbours, East (Budapest grammes, workshops, study visits, interdisciplinary, and international Process and Prague Process) and facilitation of international and in- approach covering numerous mi- South (Rabat Process and Khartoum teragency cooperation and support gration related topics. Process). in institution building.

The Vienna Migration Conference (VMC) is ICMPD’s an- nual flagship event for discussing the most challenging issues in the field of migration together with political decision makers, government experts, and represent- Vienna atives from the academic world, the media, and civil society. The VMC discusses these issues from a Europe- Migration an perspective as well as from the perspective of our many partners from outside Europe. It aims to identify where progress has been made, whilst also focusing on Conference persistent gaps and remaining unresolved questions. ICMPD MEMBER STATES

Austria (1993) PRIORITY REGIONS Bosnia and Herzegovina (2011) Bulgaria (2003) Africa Croatia (2004) Czech Republic (2001) Eastern Europe and Central Asia Germany (2020) Hungary (1995) Mediterranean Malta (2018) North Macedonia (2015) Silk Routes Poland (2003) Portugal (2002) Western Balkans and Turkey Romania (2010) Serbia (2011) Slovakia (2006) Slovenia (1998) Sweden (2002) Switzerland (1993) Turkey (2018)

KEY FIGURES 18 27 346 65 Member States Duty stations Staff members Nationalities € 241 M

70 Projects in over 90 countries Contracted project volume Over 580 partners

YEARLY OUTREACH 39 conferences, 1404 trainings with 68.410 participants at 330 locations

5% FUNDING 1% Programme expenditures in 2019 by funding structures in % 11%

European Commission ICMPD Member States Other States 83% UN & other institutions

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