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On 6 October 2016, EMN National Contact Point for Italy organised the EMN National Conference entitled Reception and integration: the role of small and medium sized towns. The conference was held in Rome and the speakers discussed good practices and challenges in relation to the integration of refugees in Europe with focus on the experience from Italy.

EMN organized a public screening of the Hollywood film The Good Lie about Sudanese refugees resettled to the United States. More than 100 visitors came to Kino Lumière in Bratislava on 3 July 2017 to watch the film inspired by true stories of “Lost Boys of Sudan”.

On 4 July 2017, EMN organized a public discussion evening entitled Refugee camp, my home which welcomed more than 100 visitors. The discussion was preceded by screening of the documentary film Salam Neighbor together with a video message from the directors Chris Temple and Zach Ingrasci.

International Organization for Migration (IOM) as the EMN coordinator for Slovakia organised the 5th EMN Educational Seminar on Migration entitled “Addressing the needs of forced migrants in the 21st century” which was held in Bratislava, Slovakia on 3 - 5 July 2017. The seminar welcomed 17 experts from international organisations, institutions and non-governmental organisations who lectured about migratory trends and international governance, enhancement of safe and legal pathways for migrants, protection of migrants, and empowerment of refugees of the 21st century. 

On 16 and 17 February 2017, International Organization for Migration (IOM) as a coordinator of EMN activities in Slovakia organised a coordination meeting in Piestany. The meeting was attended by representatives of the EMN National Contact Point, its Steering Board as well as non-governmental organisations active in migration and asylum. The aim of the meeting was to exchange information about current or planned activities and projects of these actors in migration and asylum in 2017 and 2018, as well as to discuss possible cooperation, synergy and their mutual contribution to each other’s activities.