Lobby organisation
International Centre for Migration Policy Development
Diplomatic & government · Human rights & humanitarian · HQ: Austria · Transparency Register entry
As of 7 November 2026, International Centre for Migration Policy Development appears in 11 declared MEP meetings (9 different MEPs), most often with Socialists & Democrats.
In their own words
“The International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) was founded in 1993, upon the initiative of Austria and Switzerland. The organisation was created to serve as a support mechanism for informal consultations, providing expertise and efficient services in the newly emerging landscape of multilateral cooperation on migration and asylum issues.”
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“ICMPD is an international organisation with 21 Member States (Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Malta, the Netherlands, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland and Türkiye), 604 staff + personnel (as of 31.12.2025), HQ in Vienna, a mission in Brussels, regional offices + representatives throughout Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America. ICMPD receives funding from its Member States, the European Commission, the UN and other multilateral institutions, as well as bilateral donors. ICMPD holds UN observer status.”
Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.
Who they meet, and when
Which groups they meet
Share of this organisation's 11 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.
Meetings by year
Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (3 in 2024). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.
Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.
The MEPs they meet most
The 11 most recent declared meetings
| Date | MEP | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| 25 Jun 2026 | Birgit Sippel | Migration Diplomacy After the EU’s Asylum Reform |
| 3 Nov 2025 | Lukas Mandl | Interlinkage of development cooperation and migration |
| 14 May 2025 | Hildegard Bentele | Migration policy |
| 12 Nov 2024 | Verena Mertens | EU Migration Policy |
| 12 Sep 2024 | Birgit Sippel | Presentation ICMPD; CEAS-Implementation Monitoring; Update Facilitation Directive; S&D Priorities in Migration for 2024-2029; |
| 5 Jun 2024 | Birgit Sippel | Recommendations for the next five years of EU migration policy (staff-level) |
| 5 Sep 2023 | Lena Düpont | Single permit longterm residence |
| 6 Dec 2022 | Thijs Reuten | Migration policy |
| 5 Oct 2020 | Damian Boeselager | Mobility Partnership Facility - Labour Migration |
| 12 Dec 2019 | Saskia Bricmont | Rencontre ONGs LIBE |
| 4 Nov 2019 | Andreas Schieder | Migration policy |
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