As countries face growing labour shortages, skills mismatches and demographic change, Skills Mobility Partnerships (SMPs) are attracting increasing attention as a way to connect legal labour migration with skills development, while addressing labour market needs in both countries of origin and destination.
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This publication is about the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in shaping the future of legal labour migration pathways in Europe. It explores how AI can improve visa processing, skills matching, fraud detection and labour market forecasting to address skills shortages and respond to changing economic needs. The Policy Brief also examines the risks associated with AI, highlighting the importance of human oversight, transparency, accountability and data protection to ensure that AI supports fair, efficient and rights-based labour migration management.
Interviews with Participants of the 1st Preparatory Senior Officials’ Meeting
We are pleased to present the July-September 2026 edition of the Quarterly Review, featuring the latest updates from the Prague Process.
Marking the 75th year since the adoption of the Refugee Convention, Prague Process and UNHCR convened a training-workshop to strengthen access to asylum and protection-sensitive systems. The event on 15-16 September 2026 in Geneva brought together asylum and migration practitioners from across the Prague Process region, alongside representatives of UNHCR, the European Commission, EU Agency for Asylum, and IOM.
This publication examines the role of skills mobility partnerships (SMPs) as a policy tool for addressing labour shortages and skills mismatches, while expanding legal migration opportunities and supporting skills development. Based on desk research and a comparative analysis of 39 governmental SMPs, the study maps partnerships involving selected non-EU Prague Process participating states from the Western Balkans and Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
We are pleased to present the April-June 2026 edition of the Quarterly Review, featuring the latest updates from the Prague Process.
On 23–24 June 2026, the 1st Preparatory Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) towards the 5th Prague Process Ministerial Conference took place in Skopje, North Macedonia. Senior representatives of more than 30 participating states, the European Commission, UN and EU Agencies, as well as other international organisations gathered to discuss ongoing migration policy priorities and the future direction of the Prague Process. In January 2027, the Lithuanian Presidency of the Council of the EU will be hosting the 5th Ministerial Conference in Vilnius where Ministers are expected to endorse a Joint Declaration and Action Plan for the period 2028–2032. This SOM allowed the participating states and partner organisation to jointly review and further develop the draft Action Plan, while exchanging perspectives on key migration trends and regional priorities.
The Prague Process has undergone an external mid-term assessment of the implementation of the current Action Plan 2023-2027 as part of the broader evaluation of the Migration Partnership Facility (MPF). Conducted between December 2024 and November 2025, the review examined the Dialogue's relevance, effectiveness and contribution to migration governance across its participating states. This assessment provides evidence-based insights into the progress achieved and informs the continued implementation of the Dialogue, which is of particular relevance in view of the ongoing preparations for the Ministerial Conference 2027.
In preparation of the 5th Prague Process Ministerial Conference, which the upcoming Lithuanian EU Presidency will be hosting in Vilnius in January 2027, the Parties have engaged in intergovernmental consultations with a view to jointly elaborating the Prague Process Action Plan 2028-2032 that Ministers shall endorse to set the future mandate of the Process.
