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