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Actors and Governance

The following countries are signatories of the Declaration of the Ministerial Conference of the Khartoum Process, also known as the Rome Declaration:

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, South Sudan, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Tunisia and the United Kingdom.

Since this Declaration, Libya was also invited as a Member of the Khartoum Process upon the establishment of a Government of National Accord, and Norway, Switzerland and Uganda have also become Members of the Process.

In 2025, Eritrea communicated its intention to withdraw from the Khartoum Process, with its withdrawal subsequently validated at the 14th Senior Officials' Meeting held in April 2026. In 2026, the United Kingdom also rejoined the Khartoum Process, following its withdrawal from the Process in the context of the United Kingdom's departure from the European Union on 31 January 2020.

Key stakeholders

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Steering Committee: The Khartoum Process is led by a Steering Committee currently comprised of:

  • six EU Member States (Italy, Finland, France, Germany, Sweden, The Netherlands)
  • five African partner countries (Egypt, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Sudan, Uganda)
  • the European Commission, the European External Action Service (EEAS) and the African Union Commission. 

Following Eritrea's withdrawal from the Khartoum Process, a procedure has been launched to fill the vacant Steering Committee seat with another African Partner Country, with a view to maintaining balanced African–European representation, ensuring effective governance, and further strengthening the role of African partners in the strategic orientation of the Process.

Chair: The current Chair of the Khartoum Process is Uganda.

Secretariat: The Secretariat provides day to day administrative assistance to the Khartoum Process, including the preparations of the meetings of the Steering Committee and of Senior Officials Meetings. The Secretariat acts on instructions from the Chair and Steering Committee and is jointly managed by the African Union Commission and the European Commission, with technical and logistical assistance provided by ICMPD through the Support Programme of the Africa-EU Migration and Mobility Dialogue (MMD).

ICMPD supports the Khartoum Process Secretariat by:

  • providing logistical and technical assistance in support of the implementation of activities;
  • providing background research, data collection and analysis for the preparation of tasks and activities;
  • providing coordination to ensure coherence within and across the MMD components, especially through the MMD Dialogues (Continental Dialogue, Khartoum Process and Rabat Process).