Debate on the priorities of the Migration, Mobility and Employment Partnership

African and European senior officials met in Brussels for three days of intense discussions, to shape the future direction and actions of the Africa-EU Migration Mobility and Employment (MME) Partnership. The Senior Officials MME Meeting, held in Brussels from 15 to 17 September, gathered delegations from 62 African and European countries, as well as migration experts and representatives from regional economic communities, civil society and international organisations. The African Union Commission (AUC) and European Commission (EC), the guardians of the Partnership, tasked the 180 participants with appraising the achievements of the Partnership, and fine tuning the new draft action plan for the years 2011-2013, set to be endorsed at the Heads of States summit in Sirte in November 2010.

The new action plan sets out two core processes, which steered the discussions of the meeting: an inclusive political dialogue on MME issues, and a number of concrete initiatives, which work towards realising the goals of the Partnership at the regional and continental level.