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On 1 December 2016, the Czech EMN National Contact Point organised a conference on Integration of Refugees: 25 Years of Experience of the Czech Republic. The aim of the event was to assess the implementation of the State Integration Programme of the Czech Republic and to compare experience and practices of other EU Member States.

International Organization for Migration (IOM), as the coordinator of the EMN National Contact Point for the Slovak Republic, organised together with the Migration Office of the Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic an EMN small scale meeting for representatives of institutions engaged in the field of integration Cooperation of local/regional authorities and other actors in the field of integration of refugees in Bratislava and Kosice. The meeting took place on 25 November 2016 in Bratislava and was attended by 32 participants.

In October and November 2016, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) as the Coordinator of the National Contact Point of the EMN for the Slovak Republic organised, together with the Bureau of the Border and Alien Police of the Police Force Presidium, two small scale meetings for the representatives of selected institutions / bodies active in the field of law making and application process related to legal and irregular migration of third-country nationals to Slovakia. It was held in Malatiny.

International Organization for Migration (IOM) as the coordinator of the EMN activities in Slovakia presented its experiences from development of its national network and activities during the EMN workshop in Zagreb, Croatia, on 28 October 2016. Among workshop's participants were more than 20 representatives of state and non-governmental sector who in Croatia operate in the field of migration and international protection.

On 1-2 June 2016 the International Organization for Migration (IOM) as the Coordinator of the EMN National Contact Point for the Slovak Republic organised, together with the Bureau of Border and Alien Police of the Police Force Presidium, a small scale meeting for the representatives of selected bodies active in the field of law making and application process related to the legal and irregular migration of the third-country nationals to Slovakia.