The Khartoum Process facilitates collaboration and information exchange among countries along the migration route between the Horn of Africa and Europe. Our activities include at the political level, Steering Committee Meetings and Senior Officials' Meeting and at the technical level, Thematic Meetings, Thematic Workshops and Trainings.

1st Informal Working Group (iWG)

  • Date:
  • Location: Paris, France

At their first meeting in Paris, on 25 February 2016, the Informal Working Group (iLWG) discussed the following issues:

  • the mapping of projects under the Khartoum Process, including under the Valletta Action Plan
  • the progress of several EU projects, including ‘Better Migration Management’ (BMM)
  • the need to ensure a coherent ‘whole of region’ approach to ‘Better Migration Management’, inclusive of North Africa, and to ensure coherence of BMM and other EU projects with existing international work in the region 
  • training needs in the participating countries
  • the organisation of Thematic Meetings on legal migration including visa facilitation and intra-Africa migration, and on returns and reintegration 
  • the role of National Focal Points and of communication