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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.

International Organization for Migration (IOM) as the coordinator of the EMN National Contact Point for the Slovak Republic organised a National EMN Conference on the Role of Municipalities in the Integration of Refugees held in Bratislava on 23 March 2017.

On 13 October 2016, Swedish Ministry of Justice together with the Swedish Migration Agency organized an EMN conference entitled Resettlement in Sweden and Europe – What Works?. Different national approaches and initiatives in this field were compared during the conference, information on the Swedish resettlement program was provided, and possible ways forward, such as a common Resettlement Framework for the EU and the project EUFRANK (Facilitating Resettlement and Refugee Admission through New Knowledge) were outlined.

On 15 December 2016, EMN National Contact Point for Ireland organised the EMN National Conference entitled Responding to the Refugee Crisis. The conference was held in Dublin and the speakers discussed good practices and challenges in relation to the current migration situation in Europe.

On 8 November 2016, Belgian EMN NCP organized a conference on integration of beneficiaries of international protection into the labour market. The conference focused in four panels on the findings of the EMN study on Integration of Beneficiaries of International / Humanitarian Protection into the Labour Market with focus on Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany, the latest development in the field of integration measures in Flanders, Brussels and Wallonia, as well as developments in this field in the EU and the main obstacles for the participation of beneficiaries of international protection in the labour market.