Capacity partnerships: Joint leadership and shared responsibility in border governance

The event gathered policy-makers, migration and border management officials, and experts from various sectors to discuss the latest trends, innovations, good practices, and long-term perspectives in border management. It showcased how capacity partnerships can serve anticipatory border governance and tackled the four drivers of the ICMPD Mediterranean delivery framework: governance, professionalisation, modernisation, and communication.

ICMPD Director General Michael Spindelegger opened the event; joined by Sofiene Bessadok, Tunisia Secretary of State for Security; Victor Cramer, Director General of the Dutch Ministry of Asylum and Migration; and Giuseppe Perrone, EU Ambassador to Tunisia. 

Some of the key plenary sessions and panel discussions centred on:

• Advancing International Cooperation through Capacity Partnerships
• Joint Leadership, Shared Responsibilities in Border Management
• The Role of Technology Innovations and Data
• Balancing Security, Economic Growth, and Cross-Border Cooperation
• Narrative and Communication Strategies in Border Management
• Border Management in Crisis Situations
• Human Rights-Centred Border Management
• Tourism Friendly Border Management

IBMC has been a flagship event of ICMPD’s Border Management and Security Programme since 2018. This year’s Conference was supported by the Dutch Ministry of Asylum and Migration, along with ICMPD’s project donors, including: the Prague Process, Migration Partnerships Facility, EU Training Support to Libya’s Border Security and Management, MoNIS, BMP Maghreb, SBS Ghana, the European Union, NACORAC, IBM Jordan, IBM Lebanon through the Netherlands Assistance to Lebanese Border Agencies, EU4IBMTR (Turkiye), MCP Med Training Institute, EU4IBM-Resilience (Ukraine), and the BMCI Cote D’Ivoire through the Swiss Embassy.

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