International Centre for Migration Policy Development to open office in Armenia
29.10.2015,
14:59
The International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) will open its office in the Armenian capital, the government said today after approving the signing of an agreement to that end with the Austria-based international organization.
YEREVAN, October 29. / ARKA /. The International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) will open its office in the Armenian capital, the government said today after approving the signing of an agreement to that end with the Austria-based international organization.
The government said the office will implement the program "Support to migration and border management with the total cost of 4 million Euros. The duration of the program is three years, foreign minister Edward Nalbandian told a cabinet meeting today.
According to him, the organization, in cooperation with the Armenian government, will assist in the management of borders, as well as addressing problems of illegal migration and trafficking.
The International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) was founded in 1993, upon the initiative of Austria and Switzerland. The organization was created to serve as a support mechanism for informal consultations, and to provide expertise and efficient services in the newly emerging landscape of multilateral cooperation on migration and asylum issues.
Today ICMPD is an international organization with 15 member states (Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden and Switzerland), 146 staff members, a mission in Brussels and regional offices and representatives throughout Europe, Northern Africa, the Middle East and Latin America.
The purpose of ICMPD is to promote innovative, comprehensive and sustainable migration policies and to function as a service exchange mechanism for governments and organizations. -0-
The government said the office will implement the program "Support to migration and border management with the total cost of 4 million Euros. The duration of the program is three years, foreign minister Edward Nalbandian told a cabinet meeting today.
According to him, the organization, in cooperation with the Armenian government, will assist in the management of borders, as well as addressing problems of illegal migration and trafficking.
The International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) was founded in 1993, upon the initiative of Austria and Switzerland. The organization was created to serve as a support mechanism for informal consultations, and to provide expertise and efficient services in the newly emerging landscape of multilateral cooperation on migration and asylum issues.
Today ICMPD is an international organization with 15 member states (Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden and Switzerland), 146 staff members, a mission in Brussels and regional offices and representatives throughout Europe, Northern Africa, the Middle East and Latin America.
The purpose of ICMPD is to promote innovative, comprehensive and sustainable migration policies and to function as a service exchange mechanism for governments and organizations. -0-
