Black Sea Consultative Process on Migration Management

The proposed project aims to contribute to effective migration management in the Black Sea region, including combating irregular migration, through strengthened regional cooperation and capacity building of relevant authorities of all twelve member states of the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC).

IOM, in close cooperation with the BSEC and its Working Group on Combating Crime (and Particularly Its Organised Forms) will compile and produce national Migration Profiles for all participating countries, for which such documents do not exist, and review the existing profiles. The Migration Profiles will be published and widely distributed to all relevant migration actors in the Black Sea region as well as to external agencies. On the basis of the data gathered into the Migration Profiles, a regional analysis will be conducted, and a Regional Report produced as a result, with policy recommendations that will serve as the first list of recommendations that the subsequent meetings arranged in this project will elaborate further.

In the second phase of the project, Migration Profiles, the Regional Report and their findings will be discussed at an expert regional workshop convened by the BSEC Working Group on Combating Crime (and Particularly Its Organised Forms), in March 2008. Finally, the recommendations of the workshop as agreed by the experts will be brought to the agenda of the BSEC Conference of Ministers of Interior, in April 2008, and the Meeting of the BSEC Council of Ministers, in May 2008 for their endorsement and, respectively, approval.