30 and 31 October 2025

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Introduction

On 30 and 31 October 2025, the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC) will host the International Conference on Circular Labour Migration as part of the Interreg MAC project, COMPASS.

COMPASS is an Interreg MAC project whose ultimate aim is to set up an Observatory for human mobility between the Canary Islands and Africa. To this end, we address the migration phenomenon as a whole, proposing solutions that promote circular migration as a method to meet the challenges that arise at various stages: from the origin and during the transit of migrants, to their integration into new societies.

Understanding and comprehensively addressing the challenges related to migration in the region, identifying actors involved, detecting good practices, observing gaps and proposing innovative solutions to facilitate the management of regular migration in the cooperation space encompassing the Canary Islands, Gambia, Mauritania and Senegal will allow us to activate different mechanisms that can be successfully established in the short and long term, promoting international collaboration and the well-being of migrant populations and host communities.

To achieve this objective, the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and the partners of the COMPASS Project are organising an international academic and institutional meeting open to the participation of all the experts and stakeholders involved in the project, and we invite all the actors involved in the phenomenon from both sides of the Atlantic and the rest of the European Union to contribute their knowledge and reflections.

The activity is structured as a comprehensive academic approach that addresses the complexity of migration in the transit and destination phases. This event comprises both a scientific meeting to share knowledge, joint work and networking sessions between public entities and the subsequent publication of the congress, which will be the initial basic analysis document for the development of the Project.

The thematic discussion will explore crucial aspects such as the state organisation of migration movements, training processes for migrants, assessing training and labour demand in host societies, accurate information on safe migration processes, and communication and awareness-raising on both sides of the border.

TABLE OF RELEVANT DATES

Submission of proposals:
from 30 June to 21 July 2025.
Date of communication of the selection of proposals:
28 July 2025.
Deadline for submission of the full text:
10 October 2025.
Deadline for submission of the full text after the congress:
24 November 2025. 
Date of final decision on publication:
15 December 2025.
Date of publication of the work:
first half of the year 2026.

We look forward to seeing you at the conference!

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