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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.

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.