ICMPD's Director General visited Beirut to commence the kick-off meeting of IBM Lebanon. In his speech, he praises Lebanon's response to the refugee crisis while also emphasising the importance of integrated border management.
On April 8 2016, a conference titled "Austria: A Locomotive for Cooperation in Central Europe and the Balkans" was held at the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna. ICMPD's Director General gave a speech on migration in the West Balkans and the new EU-Turkey Deal.
At the 2016 OSCE Security Days, held on 4 March in Rome, experts from government, think tanks and academic institutions, civil society, youth and media were invited to engage in an interactive discussion on current security issues against the backdrop of mounting migration flows. Director General Spindelegger delivered this speech at the session entitled 'Reviewing Security Approaches and Tools of Migration Management'.
On 25 February 2016, the Budapest Security Conference was held. Representatives of European countries as well as international organisations had the opportunity to discuss recent security challenges related to migration as well as tasks for the next NATO summit scheduled for July in Warsaw. Mr Michael Spindelegger, Director General of IMCPD, spoke at Panel II of the security conference which examined the long-term challenges of migration.
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