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Slovak and foreign experts from Bratislava, Brussels, London, Prague and Vienna gave a presentation at the conference entitled Migration of Qualified Workers from Third Countries: Policies and Practice which was held in Bratislava on 20 November 2013. Invited speakers introduced the recent developments and policies in international as well as European labour migration. They also described measures which were implemented by the European countries in order to attract qualified workers from states outside the EU. The conference was hosted by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) as the coordinator of the EMN National Contact Point for the Slovak Republic.

IOM International Organization for Migration as the coordinator of the EMN National Contact Point in the Slovak Republic and the IOM Migration Information Centre organized an international conference entitled National Dialogue on Integration under the auspices of Ms. Lucia Nicholsonová, the State Secretary of the Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Family of the Slovak Republic.

On 10th October 2011 representatives of the Slovak EMN National Contact Point participated in the second National Conference on Pathways out of Irregularity followed by the Twinning Meeting organized by the Norweigan EMN National Contact Point.

On 21 August 2013, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) as the coordinator of the National Contact Point EMN in Slovakia hosted screening of the documentary film The Tree Workers Case by Daniela Agostini. The event was organised within the 2nd EMN educational seminar entitled Labour Migration Opportunities and Challenges taking place in Bratislava on 20 – 22 August.

On 19 August 2014, the EMN arranged a discussion evening entitled People Forced to Flee about forced migration, its causes, refugees and possibilities to help related to current conflicts and crises around the world.