The PCP aims at launching an exchange of knowledge and experience among well-known academics and experts from the fields of policymaking, business and civil society to make a solid contribution to the preparation of the conference contents. We aim to feed the work results into the conference and identify possible outputs or recommendations for action.
Furthermore, we want to establish a continuous transfer of knowledge and experience between the recurring conferences within Metropolis International and between institutions, experts and academics working in the field of migration and integration outside the network.
The pre-conference process aims to raise Metropolis International’s profile and increase public awareness and visibility of the conference while encouraging participation.
The PCP improves the ability of the actors involved in the process to network internationally or to extend existing networks so that they can last beyond the conference and be used for subsequent International Metropolis Conferences.