The joint EU-ICMPD Migration EU eXpertise (MIEUX) Initiative, one of ICMPD’s longest-running projects, initiates a new phase for an initial three-year period. The joint Initiative is a capacity building facility that provides partners in Africa, Asia, the EU Neighbourhood, and Latin America and the Caribbean with short-term, technical assistance through tailored activities that match the expertise required by the requesting partner country.
Since launching operations in 2009, MIEUX has concluded 109 projects worldwide by deploying mixed teams of migration experts that originate mostly from within, but also outside, EU Member States. This winning formula has ensured MIEUX’s continuity and recognition as one of the main capacity building programmes on migration and global level. Examples of cooperation Praised for its collaborative nature and hailed by project beneficiaries as "eye-opening" for its ability to bring together different institutions and instil a different mind set in those who have participated in its activities, MIEUX has been involved in several key projects these past few years, for example: Increasing coordination and day-to-day operations of two shelters for Victims of Trafficking in Amman, Jordan Upholding international protection standards by training the staff in the Federal Public Defender's Officer of Brazil in interview protocols for applicants, especially migrant children Promoting social cohesion, avoiding the exclusion of immigrants and fighting against discrimination and xenophobia with the launch of the ‘Second National Integration Plan 2018 – 2022’ in Costa Rica Ensuring the diaspora’s role as part of national development by supporting the new ‘National Malagasy diaspora engagement policy’ (Politique nationale d’engagement de la diaspora malagasy) in Madagascar Connecting national and municipal governments in the social integration of migrants with 'Municipal Action Plans for Immigration and Integration' in Cabo Verde From MIEUX III to MIEUX+ Building on its extensive portfolio, the initiative enters its fourth phase by maintaining its essential features through a ‘five-C approach’.
While capitalising on the key features, practices and outcomes of the previous and current phases, MIEUX+ will aim to consolidate innovative methods and approaches to deliver capacity building by ensuring continuity to this world-renowned EU facility while generating complementarities with various initiatives at the EU and global levels and by forging policy and institutional coherence. Key facts MIEUX is a joint initiative funded by the European Union (EU) and implemented by the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD). Since 2009, over 120 countries across the world have benefited from MIEUX capacity building activities delivered by close to 430 migration experts hailing from EU and Global South public administrations as well as from the academic and private sectors. In the last phase alone, MIEUX III concluded 61 Actions in four continents. Over 5000 individuals participated in MIEUX III workshops, study visits, and round-tables, representing an increase of 42% over the previous phase. 92% of participants reported that taking part in MIEUX’s activities has made a real difference to the way they do their jobs and 97% of experts have reported that they see their participation as beneficial to their careers.