ICMPD analyses and advises on a range of migration policy areas to equip our member states and partners to address opportunities and challenges. Our aim is to provide platforms for dialogue, consultation, and exchange on important policy issues – to engage, convene, and connect thought leaders and decision-makers and develop ideas and initiatives that can help move the migration policy debate and shape governance frameworks and operations in productive, meaningful, and pioneering directions. In our daily work, we analyse and write about migration policies and engage in policy discussions on topics that mirror current priorities for our Member States and strategic partners. We draw on empirical research, best practices, and interdisciplinary knowledge to craft insights that inform policymakers and other key stakeholders.
Leveraging the policy-relevant know-how and results of the organisation’s work in research, migration dialogues, and capacity building makes us responsive, accurate, and able to advise on issues that matter.
Recent policy publications
- Policy brief - Mobility and labour dynamics after the EU Year of Skills: Are we fit for the future?
- Policy brief - Expanding the possibilities of working holidays
- Briefing note - Creative approaches to boosting the employment of displaced Ukrainians in Central and Eastern Europe
- Policy brief - Local networking for the integration of forced migrants: Key insights from the TRAFIG project
- Policy brief - Germany’s Western Balkans Regulation: Inspiration for facilitating refugee labour mobility?
- Discussion paper - Responding to displacement from Ukraine: Options to remain when EU temporary protection ends
- Policy brief - Tapping displaced talent: Policy options for EU complementary pathways
- Mapping - Complementary labour and education pathways for people in need of protection
- Discussion paper - Responding to displacement from Ukraine: Past, present and future policies
- SPRING policy brief - Sustainable migrant integration: The role of Communities of Practice
- Blog article - Supporting refugee integration and mental health [Resettlement Plus]
- Policy brief - The role of information campaigns in addressing irregular migration
- Policy brief - Student working holidays as a step towards youth mobility
- TRAFIG policy brief - Creating a way out of the maze: Supporting sustainable futures for displaced persons
- Blog article - Non-EU Pathways to Protection for Ukrainians: Complementary Pathways Gain Significant Momentum [Migration Policy Centre]
- Policy handbook - Strengthening policy responses to protracted displacement
Policy insights
Annual policy initiative
The Annual Policy Initiative (API) is ICMPD’s main framework for contributing to current EU migration policy debates, with a focus on detangling issues, identifying problems, and proposing solutions. It leverages internal expertise, research, and analysis, as well as experience from our operational work. The API also draws on consultations and exchanges among senior experts and stakeholders in member and close partner states, EU institutions, think tanks, and other key actors. The Initiative seeks to move needle through a range of outputs, ranging from stakeholder meetings to commentaries and targeted policy recommendations.
The API is driven by ICMPD’s Policy Unit. Current focus areas include labour migration, temporary protection, return and reintegration, and Pact implementation.