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.
The Migration Partnership Facility makes available a detailed mapping of labour migration pathways across the 27 European Union member states to the wider public. Following an initial presentation at the third annual conference of the Labour Migration Practitioners’ Network earlier in November, the mapping is offered now available to all audiences, with labour migration practitioners, researchers, and policymakers particularly in mind.
The 2024 edition of Labour Migration Practitioners’ Network (LMPN) In-person conference brought 100 European practitioners in labour migration, skills recognition and employment to Brussels, Belgium for a two-day conference under the theme of “Moving Talents: Scaling up Action in Key Sectors”. After two days of lively discussions and in anticipation of the conference report, here are six take-aways from the conference.
A Nigerian delegation with representatitves from the Nigerian President's office, the Nigerian Diaspora Commission, and the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment completed an exchange visit to Brussels, Belgium and Szczecin, Poland in late October 2024.
As Europe grapples with growing labour shortages, particularly in specialised fields like ICT, energy, and renewables, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are facing an uphill battle in attracting and retaining international talent. At a recent expert panel held during ICMPD’s Vienna Migration Conference, moderated by Jennifer Tangney, Senior Project Manager, Migration Partnership Facility, speakers discussed the current state of labour migration and the private sector’s role in shaping a more efficient, inclusive system.
The Mediterranean Network for Training to Regular migration (MENTOR II) project wrapped up activities on 12 October 2024 with an event in Tangier, Morocco. The event convened around 100 participants, project partners from Morocco and Tunisia, the EU Delegation to Morocco and Moroccan and Tunisian trainees with testimonies of their entrepreneurial and professional projects.
The PEM-WECCO project concluded 30 months of activities with a two-day event in Dakar on 10-11 September 2024. This article summarises the project’s main achievements.
In the third of a three-part series, recent graduates from the spring 2024 cohort of the “Migration Management Diploma programme” offered by Maastricht University share their experience with the Migration Partnership Facility. Today’s testimonial is Ana Tavartkiladze from the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia.
