Brussels Mission

The Migration Partnership Facility (MPF) is an EU-funded initiative supporting the external dimension of EU migration policy. Operational since January 2016, the MPF supports international cooperation on migration and mobility between EU Member States and priority partner countries through four interlinked components including grants, technical assistance and support, dialogue, and knowledge and communication.

The European Union Global Diaspora Facility (EUDiF) is the first EU-funded project to take a global approach to diaspora engagement. The pilot project fosters an informed, inclusive and impactful ‘diaspora-development ecosystem’ by supporting partner countries, diaspora organisations in the EU, the EU and its Member States to engage and collaborate more effectively with each other. EUDiF’s activities centre around knowledge, dialogue and mainstreaming diaspora expertise for development through capacity development and technical support.

Funded by the European Commission (DG HOME) and implemented by ICMPD, the Return and Reintegration Facility (RRF) supports European Member States and Schengen Associated Countries (MS) to increase the effectiveness of their return and reintegration programming. The RRF provides operational and financial support to MS to facilitate the development of solutions and activities with an EU-added value in the area of return and reintegration, whilst bridging gaps between existing initiatives. In parallel, the RRF supports the implementation of the EU Strategy on Voluntary Return and Reintegration.

The support project to the Africa-EU Migration and Mobility Dialogue (MMD) provides a platform for African and European countries and their partners to exchange appropriate solutions to migration-related challenges. The MMD ensures that the dialogue at political and technical levels is regular, well informed, and conducted in the spirit of partnership. It also supports the implementation of solutions responding to the issues, builds the necessary capacities, keeps track of progress and reports on the achievements.  As part of the MMD, the secretariat of the Rabat Process and the coordination of the MMD Grant Facility is located in Brussels.

The India-EU Cooperation and Dialogue on Migration and Mobility (India-EU CDMM) project team and Country Coordinator for India support the implementation of the EU-India Common Agenda on Migration and Mobility (CAMM). In addition, the Silk Routes Liaison (for ICMPD activities in South and West Asia) facilitates the exchange of information between ICMPD and the EU institutions, EU Member States, their respective capitals, and Silk Routes countries’ diplomatic representations (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Iraq, Iran, Sri Lanka, Pakistan) in Brussels.

The joint EU-ICMPD MIgration EU eXpertise (MIEUX+) Initiative run from 2009 to 2024 and enabled institutions and experts to exchange knowledge on migration. MIEUX+ was active in over 120 countries and supported regional organisations, national ministries, local authorities, judicial actors, and civil society organisations in improving migration governance and management through capacity development.

Under the assignment ‘Training for Development-Oriented Migration’, ICMPD (as part of a Consortium) provided a Technical Assistant Team (TAT) to support the GIZ ‘Programme Migration and Diaspora’ (PMD) and its component ‘Migration Governance’ (MiGov). The TAT formulated and carried out tailor-made training programmes in the field of development-oriented migration policy in eight partner countries: Albania, Columbia, Ecuador, Georgia, Ghana, Indonesia, Kosovo and Serbia.

The European Return and Reintegration Network (ERRIN) is a joint reintegration initiative driven by European Member States under the leadership of the Netherlands. Through facilitating collaboration between migration authorities, ERRIN explores collaborative solutions to foster the efficiency of the return process and the quality of reintegration support. Most importantly, it strives to improve future perspectives for returnees to start a new life back home through joint contracting of service partners in the countries of return. ERRIN also serves as an ‘innovation hub’ for its members to improve practices, share learning and pilot new approaches to return and reintegration. The programme will reach the end of its funding cycle in June 2022. The knowledge and experience accumulated over the past years of ERRIN’s existence will be transferred to the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (EBCGA/Frontex) as a foundation of the upcoming Frontex Reintegration Programme.

With the help of the Border Management and Security Programme’s Senior Advisor assigned to the Mission, ICMPD actively supports further evolvement of the Integrated Border Management (IBM)-related concept – notably through actions implemented within the Brussels-based global initiatives MIEUX+ and MPF, as well as through regional dialogues like the Rabat Process. With the presence of its Advisor, who serves also as Liaison Officer with donors and Member States, the Mission also strengthened its involvement in policy development in the field of border management.