The European Migration Forum – the dialogue platform on migration, asylum, and migrant integration – will meet for the fifth time in April 2019.

Participation in the Forum meeting is by invitation only – the call for interested organizations to express their interest to participate will be open until 14 January 2019.

The European Migration Forum is a platform for dialogue between civil society and European institutions on issues related to migration, asylum and integration of non-EU migrants.

The 5th edition of the Forum will focus on safe and regular migration, for both humanitarian and other reasons, including a reflection on how to implement the Global Compacts on Migration and Refugees and on the role that the civil society organizations and other local actors can play in this interaction between the international and the local dimension.

Eligibility

• are legally based in one of the EU Member States;
• have experience in the areas listed above, at EU, national or local level;
• are able to raise awareness of the issues mentioned above in their own constituency, national and European networks; and
• commit to actively participate in the meeting and contribute to the dissemination of the results of the Forum.

Application Procedure

Participation in the Forum meeting is by invitation only – the call for interested organisations to express their interest to participate will be open until 14 January 2019. Please complete the form under the ‘apply now’ button.

A maximum of 120 organisations will be selected. Approximately 1/3 will be organisations active at EU level (umbrella organisations, EU networks, platforms, etc.) and 2/3 will be national, regional and local level organisations.

The European Commission and the European Economic and Social Committee are in charge of the selection procedure. The final list of participants will be approved by the Forum Bureau.