Ankara, 26-27 November 2019 – For two days ten law enforcement officials from Afghanistan, Iraq and Turkey gathered with experts from ICMPD and the UK to discuss regional and bilateral law enforcement cooperation via existing international cooperation tools to counter irregular migration, human trafficking and migrant smuggling.

Istanbul, 4-5 December 2019: Over 80 senior officials from 37 countries gathered for the annual Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) of the Budapest Process to jointly finalise the Budapest Process Strategic Document and Implementation Plan ( based on the Call for Action – a five year plan for 2020-2024). This document  provides a direction and framework for the next years of activities and remains a living document, which will be updated as needed.

Skopje, 9-10 October 2019: More than 90 delegates from 37 countries gathered in Skopje for the Joint Meeting of three Regional Working Groups to strategically prepare for the next five years. Deputy Minister of Interior of North Macedonia, Agim Nuhiu, officially opened the meeting and welcomed all participants, followed by State Secretary Magdalena Nestorovska who highlighted the importance of this meeting as the first gathering since the 6^th Ministerial Conference in February 2019 in Istanbul.