Please also note that this open call only refers to the 2nd meeting of the European
Migration Forum. Organisations that are selected to participate in the April 2016 meeting
will not automatically be given the right to participate in future meetings.
CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST
2nd MEETING OF THE EUROPEAN MIGRATION FORUM
FORM
DEADLINE for applications: Monday, 11 January 2016
Please send the completed form to eu-migration-forum@eesc.europa.eu , together with a
scanned copy of the registration certificate of your organisation in your country.
Please note that the list of invited organisations will be made available publicly, as was the case
with participants at the 1st meeting of the EMF. Please read our Data Privacy Statement.
1. A) Organisation
Name of organisation:
Postal address, including country:
Website:
Date of Registration:
Registration No.:
Registered with the following authority:
Membership of any other organisation:
B) Contact person
Name and surname:
Position:
Email (also functional mailbox, if possible):
Telephone number:
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2. Is your organisation a migrant-led organisation?
yes
no
3. Type of organisation:
Non-governmental organisation
Trade union
Employers' organisation
Social or professional organisation
Church, religious, philosophical or non-confessional organisation
Academic institution (university, think tank, research centre)
Network of regional or local authorities
Other, please specify
4. Your organisation is (please select only one of the following options)
An EU network/platform/umbrella organisation
If so, please specify how many member organisations you represent, and from how many
EU Member states:
Primarily active at national level
Primarily active at local/grass-roots level
5. Are your organisation's activities primarily focused on (max 2 answers)?
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Advocacy
Research
Policy
Working with target groups (assistance, services…)
Legal work
Awareness raising/ campaigning
Other, please specify:
6. Organisation’s main activities/mandate/mission [max. 1250 characters]
7. The 2nd EMF meeting will focus on legal/labour migration, and in particular
on the topics set out below. Please describe your organisation's expertise in
relation to these topics. Please be specific and describe the relevant
research/publication/conferences/projects/practical
activities
that
your
organisation has been involved in over the past 24 months.
[max. 2000
characters]
Low- and medium-skilled migrant workers (what could be done at EU level other than the
Blue Card?)
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Undeclared work and the exploitation of migrants (transposition of the Employers Sanction
Directive; ways to detect and tackle exploitation)
Domestic and care work – specific challenges in this sector
Access to the labour market for refugees and asylum seekers including the issue of
recognising qualifications
The organisers might consider adding one or more additional topic(s) relating to legal/
labour migration. Should you wish to propose a topic, please specify it below:
8. What are your expectations for the European Migration Forum? What do you
expect to contribute? What do you hope to get out of it? [max. 800 characters]
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9. If selected to participate, your organisation will be invited to appoint one
representative to attend the Forum. Please indicate ALL languages this person
is able to work in (understand and speak).
English
French
German
Other, please indicate:
10. The event organisers are interested in involving some organisations in the
preparation of the event, for example by contributing to the preparation of a
workshop, leading discussions or reporting results back to the plenary. Would
you be available and interested in contributing to such preparations?
Yes
No
By submitting this application, I confirm that the information provided is accurate and truthful to the best of
my knowledge
A copy of the registration certificate is attached
Place and Date: …………
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INFORMATION NOTE
The European Commission would like to inform those applying to attend the 2nd meeting of
the EU Platform of civil society organisations working on asylum, immigration and integration
that the following data will be collected, organised, recorded, stored and used to contact
selected applicants.
"Call for expressions of interest in participating in the 2nd meeting of the European
Migration Forum"
Purpose: The purpose of the collection of the processing of the personal data is:
1. to examine applications for the purpose of selecting the participants of the 2nd meeting of
the European Migration Forum;
2. to contact the selected applicants.
Data Controller:
Legal Basis: The legal basis of the process for which the data are intended is Article 5 (a) of
the Regulation 45/2001.
Access to the Data:
Data Subjects are informed of the following rights in line with Article 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 of
Regulation 45/2001:
Right to access data
Right to block
Right to rectify
Right to erase – The data subjects have the right to have their data erased. This right is
applicable if the processing of data is unlawful.
Right to object – The data subjects have the right to object at any time, on compelling
legitimate grounds relating to their particular situation, to the processing of data.
Right to obtain notification of third parties
Right to have recourse at any time to the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS).
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