ICMPD-Review-2015

ICMPD Annual Report 2015
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Dialogues
Rabat Process
For a decade, the partners of this Dialogue have
been meeting regularly to have a genuine dialogue
regarding questions raised by the region’s migra tory
challenges. Five principles, defined by the Dakar
Strategy (2011), express the partner countries common
desire to “approach migration issues in a
balanced way, in the spirit of shared responsibility”:
1. Working dialogue
2. A flexible and balanced approach
3. Coherent dialogue
4. Committed partners
5. Shared responsibility
Since 2014, the policy framework of the Rabat
Process has been the Rome Declaration and
Programme 2014–2017. It added international
protection as a fourth thematic pillar and placed
emphasis on two of these priorities: the link
between migration and development, and the
prevention of and fight against irregular migra -
tion and related crimes.
ICMPD supports the Rabat Process by orga niz -
ing and facilitating key meetings and sharing
its knowledge and expertise relevant to the var -
i ous topics and policy areas of the Process.
In 2015, the Rabat Process partners met for a
Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) in Porto in order to
discuss the Valletta Summit results. They adopted
the Porto Monitoring Plan (PMP), piloted by the
Support Project, to monitor the Valletta Action Plan.
Participating states
Observer states
Partner states until 2014
The Steering Committee (‘Comité de Pilotage’) of the Rabat Process is comprised of the
following countries and organisations: Belgium, Burkina Faso, the European Commission,
the Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS), Equatorial Guinea, France,
Italy, Mali, Morocco, Portugal, Senegal and Spain