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On 1 December 2015, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) as the coordinator of EMN in Slovakia in cooperation with the Migration Office of the Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic organised the EMN National Conference on Integration Programmes for Beneficiaries of International Protection and subsequently the EMN Expert Round Table. The aim of the event was to contribute to the preparation of the state Integration Programme of the Slovak Republic for Beneficiaries of International Protection which is being coordinated by the Migration Office of the Ministry of Interior. Among speakers of the conference were representatives of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), European Council for Refugees and Exiles (ECRE), state administration of the Visegrad Group countries and Austria as well as local experts in this field. The conference was attended by 58 representatives of public administration, the third sector, international organisations, academia and media.

Representatives of EMN and IOM Migration Information Centre prepared for students of the University of Economics’ Faculty of International Relations introductory lecture on migration, international protection and migrant integration in the world and Slovakia. They focused on and discussed the basic terms and definitions, statistics, trends and myths related to migration. They also introduced IOM activities in Slovakia and EMN outputs which students can use in their further study and discussions.

On 24 September 2015, the EMN National Contact Point (NCP) for Hungary organised a conference entitled The External Dimension of Migration – Cooperation with Countries of Origin and Transit. Among speakers of the conference were representatives of the Hungarian Ministry of Interior including the Police Force, International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD), International Organisation for Migration (IOM) in Budapest, University of Pecs and Maastricht Graduate School of Governance.

The EMN Small Scale Meeting on legal counselling for asylum seekers and beneficiaries of international protection was held in Piešťany on 5 – 6 October 2015. The meeting was organised by International Organisation for Migration (IOM) together with the Migration Office of the Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic (MO MoI SR).

On 13 October 2015, International Organisation for Migration (IOM) as the coordinator of the EMN activities in Slovakia organised in Bratislava, at the occasion of the EU Anti-Trafficking Day, a joint meeting with the journalists. The event was attended by representatives of the Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic, IOM and other non-for-profit organisations – Human Rights League, Slovak Catholic Charity and People in Need Slovakia which seek through their activities to eliminate the crime of human trafficking, to help its victims, and to contribute to prevention.