In the Southern Italian region of Apulia, local companies in the agri-food sector wish to innovate but struggle to recruit specialised technicians due to emigration and an aging workforce. A selection of these companies will participate in a circular labour mobility scheme with Egypt focused on enhancing the skills of young Egyptian workers and students in the fields of green economy, digitalisation and agriculture.
Displaced Ukrainians in Moldova face many barriers when trying to access essential services in the towns where they live, exacerbating existing vulnerabilities. In turn, local and national authorities lack sufficient data on needs and challenges that migrants have when accessing social services and to be able to make informed decisions.
Since December 2024, the project funded through the MPF, Cities and Regions for All (CR4A): Full Integration of Refugees and Migrants in Urban and Rural Environments, and implemented by People in Need International and Prague 5 Municipal District, wants to help overcome these challenges.
The closing ceremony of the “Strengthening Migrant Integration through cooperation between Portugal and Cabo Verde” (Coop4Int) project took place on July 24, 2025, in the city of Praia, Cape Verde. Coop4Int was funded by the European Union through the MPF since December 2021 and sought to enhance the inclusion of migrants in line with the National Immigration Strategy and 2018-2021 Action Plan for Immigration and Social Integration of Cabo Verde.
SUSTAIN Europe connects Nigerian STEM talent with jobs in Germany and Ireland through regular migration, tailored training, and strong employer partnerships.
Innovative skills partnerships are laying a solid foundation for legal migration and workforce development between Ghana, Senegal, and Germany.
The closing conference of the project “Reinforcement of the Migration Management System in the Republic of Armenia,” (ReMMAr) funded by the EU through the MPF and implemented by People in Need, was held on 23 April 2025 in Yerevan. The event showcased the project’s key achievements and underscored its impact on supporting both individual migrants and returnees and Armenian state institutions.
The crucial role of the newly-established Risk Analysis system in combatting irregular migration in Pakistan was highlighted during the closing conference of the RAPAK Project that took place in Islamabad.
A delegation of 15 Gambian senior officials visited the ICMPD Brussels Mission on 19 February to learn more about the MPF and the Rabat Process as part of activities of the Migration Management for the Gambia Programme, coordinated by the UNU-MERIT Maastricht University through the Migration Partnership Facility.
After three years of successful implementation, the 'Women as Financially Independent Rural Actors' (WAFIRA) project, one of the flagship projects under the MPF’s labour migration portfolio, officially wrapped up activities with a closing ceremony in Rabat, Morocco, on 24 January 2025.
