HIGH LEVEL ENGAGEMENT

December

• Participation of High Representative/Vice President Mogherini in the Third International
• Forum on Peace and Security in Africa in December in Dakar.

November

• Visit of French Minister of Foreign Affairs.
• Visit of Minister of Foreign Affairs of Italy.

October

• State visit of the President of Senegal to Poland.
• Visit of Minister of Interior of France.

September

• United Nations General Assembly bilateral meetings, several EU Member States.

August

• Visit of Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany.

July

• Visit of Commissioner Avramopoulos.

KEY PROGRESS BY SENEGALESE AUTHORITIES

• Continued negotiations between the European Border and Coast Guard Agency and the Senegalese authorities on improved working arrangements on returns.
• Official contact points in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Interior are now operational.
• Negotiations between the European Border and Coast Guard and the Senegalese authorities on improved working arrangements on returns are well advanced.
• Senegal hosted an international conference on migration in Dakar in October, and the Third International Forum on Peace and Security in Africa in December.

EU SUPPORT

• Projects under the EU Trust Fund for Africa support job creation for youth and professional training.
• European Migration Liaison Officer to be deployed in early 2017.
• Senegal benefits from a regional project supporting law enforcement entities, internal security and border management.
• New projects are currently under development in the field of better migration management and facilitating reintegration and sensitisation of potential migrants; civil registry systems; economic and employment opportunities.
• Senegal benefits from a regional project supporting law enforcement entities.
• Projects contributing to better migration management and facilitating return, to support consolidation of civil register systems and creating economic and employment opportunities in Regions with a high migration potential are in the pipeline.

NEXT STEPS

• Continue fostering practical cooperation in the field of return and readmission, including through dedicated missions to Member States.
• Step up cooperation in the field of fight against smuggling and to address root causes including by swiftly implementing the projects adopted under the EU Trust Fund for Africa.