Over the last decades, European legislation on asylum and migration has become more and more important for national legislation and practice. CCME and its members have been trying to influence this legislation. Representatives of CCME´s national members and partners have expressed the wish to join in influencing this legislation. It has however become obvious that members and partners find it difficult to understand exactly how European legislation is negotiated and therefore how it can be influenced.

CCME has against this background in February 2024 organised the first CCME advocacy training. The great success of the training, as well as the new legislation which EU legislators have adopted in April & May 2024 are reason to offer a new training, this time in Brussels.

PROGRAMME

The programme (see the full agenda here) consists of 4 main blocks, which are interconnected:

• introductory theoretical lectures about the legislative processes in the EU and current issues 
• practical exercises on formulating advocacy messages
• time to meet representatives of participants´ home country (permanent representations or members of the European Parliament) and to reflect upon the experience
• an opportunity to link your advocacy messages to the CCME project “protecting people more than borders”

PRACTICALITIES

There is registration fee of 250 EUR per participant, which covers accommodation and meals from the evening of 10th June to lunch on 13th June. In justified cases this fee can be reduced. There is also the (limited) possibility to help you with costs. Please get in touch with me as soon as possible (at Torsten.moritz@ccme.be) if your require either of these subsidies.

Please nominate participants using the form at: https://forms.gle/5UyMo6p1dqVgJ3j49 as soon as possible.

Please check your travel options, planning for arrival in the afternoon of 10th June and departure in the afternoon of 13th June. However, please do not book before the office has confirmed your participation.

As part of the registration, we ask you to name your own thematic priorities in advocacy on European level. We will ask the speakers to focus on these areas in their presentations. In addition, we d like to ask you if the message “protecting people more than borders” resonates with activities in your own organisation – if they do, please briefly mention them.

We will try to ensure a balanced and diverse group of participants We will after confirmation the participation of your nominees get back to them about arranging advocacy meetings with MEPs and the permanent representation of the respective countries towards the EU.

Please do not hesitate to contact me with any remark or question you might have on this.

Best wishes

Dr Torsten Moritz
General Secretary
Brussels, 14th April 2025