International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) 4.24

ICMPD is an International Organisation, founded in 1993, upon the initiative of Austria and Switzerland. The organisation was created to serve as a support mechanism for informal consultations, and to provide expertise and efficient services in the landscape of multilateral cooperation on migration and asylum issues. ICMPD has currently 15 Member States situated in Europe. Our staff works in 18 duty stations all over the world.

ICMPD's working philosophy is based upon the conviction that the complexities of migration challenges can only be met by working in partnership with governments, research institutes, international organisations, intergovernmental institutions and civil society. The work of ICMPD is based on a three-pillar approach:

Research
Migration Dialogues
Capacity building

Through these three pillars, ICMPD is able to support its Member States and partners in a variety of areas related to migration. Each research and capacity building activity generally focuses on one of the six thematic areas listed below, whereas each migration dialogue deals with several of them. Moreover, the capacity building activities form the basis of ICMPD's Competence Centres, each of which is named according to one of the thematic areas:

Illegal Migration and Return
Trafficking in Human Beings
Border Management and Visa
Asylum
Migration and Development
Legal Migration and Integration

ICMPD's vision is to make migration and mobility of people orderly, safe and regular, including through the implementation of planned and well-managed migration policies.