ANNUAL POLICY REPORT 2012 1.5.4 Involvement of countries of origin Countries of origin may play a role in the integration of migrants before departure, during stay in the EU, and on return. Please describe any measures to support integration involving countries of origin at any / all of these stages. Pre-departure measures may include provision of information on visas and work permits, language training, vocational training, recognition of qualifications and skills; measures during stay may include support to diaspora communities, promotion of transnational entrepreneurship, increasing trade between countries of origin and stay; measures to support return may include developing a rights-based framework for re-integration and for temporary and circular migration. There has have been no significant developments change in 2012. It should be noted though that the Greek State has been working closely together with IOM-Mission in Greece for the realization of an assisted voluntary return program which is co-funded by the European Return Fund. The active involvement of IOM guarantees the returnee’s reception and initial support at the country of origin. 1.5.5 Cooperation, consultation and coordination of stakeholders Please describe any additional information not included above on the processes for cooperation, consultation and coordination of national, regional and local authorities, including civil society, countries of origin and with EU level institutions and actors. Please describe relevant activity, such as the development of a national website and / or forum on integration, development of information exchanges between institutions, and possible contributions to the European Integration Forum, the European Website on Integration and the National Contact Points on Integration. In the framework of implementation of the 2010 Annual Programme, which was implemented in 2012 with co-financing by the European Integration Fund, Action 4.1 “Creating a cooperation network at a local level between Member States of the European Union”, aimed at sharing good practices and cooperation between representatives of Councils for Immigrant Integration as well as harnessing the network as a tool to strengthen the capacity of all Councils for Immigrant Integration in the country in order to develop local action plans for the integration of immigrants through connection with local Learning networks. As part of this action, three Interstate consultation workshops of the Network were organised in Athens, Barcelona and Brussels. While 13 regional workshops were completed through which the Learning Networks were developed for effective knowledge transfer to all Councils for Immigrant Integration of the country. Under the same program with the action 4.2, "Creating a collaborative network of representatives of migrant associations at European level", a network of cooperation was created, which consisted of representatives of associations and organizations of migrants, of at least three (3) members of the European 14