Who we are:
According to the Administrative Arrangements on Cooperation between the State Migration Service of Ukraine and the European Commission within the European Migration Network (EMN), signed on August 2, 2022, the State Migration Service of Ukraine has been participating in the activities of the EMN as an observer since August 2022.
Resolution No. 1322 of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dated November 19, 2024 established the Coordination Center for Cooperation with the European Migration Network, which is a temporary advisory and consultative body of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.
The main tasks of the Coordination Center include:
- facilitating coordination between public authorities, institutions, and organizations on issues related to providing the European Migration Network with up-to-date, objective, reliable, and comparable information on the migration situation in Ukraine;
- providing data to the EMN Ukraine data for annual national report on the situation in Ukraine in the field of migration;
- organizing the preparation of ad-hoc queries by the EMN Ukraine, processing and preparing responses to them;
- assistance in preparing national information for the European Migration Network's Studies, Informs, etc;
- assistance in preparing the glossary and thesaurus of the European Migration Network, making relevant changes to them, and (if necessary) organizing the translation of the glossary into Ukrainian.
In accordance with its assigned tasks, the Coordination Center:
- ensures effective, direct cooperation at the expert level in the field of migration between Ukrainian state authorities, representations of international organizations in Ukraine, civil society organizations, research centers, academic institutions, educational establishments, and experts;
- contributes to enhancing the efficiency of cooperation within the European Migration Network, in particular with regard to the collection, analysis, and synthesis of information in the field of migration, with the aim of its further publication on the information resources of the European Migration Network and its use in the preparation of the annual national report on the migration situation in Ukraine;
- interacts with the advisory and consultative bodies of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, central and local executive authorities, other state bodies, enterprises, institutions and organizations, civil society organizations, as well as international organizations and their representations in Ukraine, in order to ensure the proper organization and coordination of activities related to cooperation with the European Migration Network;
- submits proposals to the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine regarding the implementation of activities within the framework of cooperation with the European Migration Network, and takes part in their organization and implementation.
Cooperation with the European Migration Network is carried out through the National Contact Point of the European Migration Network in Ukraine (EMN Ukraine).
Members of EMN Ukraine include representatives of:
- State Migration Service
- Ministry of Internal Affairs
- IOM Ukraine
- UNHCR Ukraine