ANNUAL POLICY REPORT 2012 7. PROVISION AND EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION TO SUPPORT POLICY DEVELOPMENT 7.1 Exchange of Information at EU level Please describe any additional actions to provide and exchange information to support policy development at EU level. This might include for example, through networks such as the EMN, the Mutual Exchange Mechanism (MIM), EASO etc. Greece participates in the European Migration Network (EMN), through the Ministry of Interior, in order to provide objective, reliable and updated data on migration and asylum, and to support the mapping out of policy of European Union in these sectors. In this context, the Greek National Contact Point of EMN, as per its competences, has created a National Migration Network, which consists of a wide range of organizations and institutions active in the field of migration and asylum. The members of the national network are actively involved in the activities of the Greek National Contact Point, informed about the activities of EMN and they are provided with information, and details on immigration and asylum policies at national and EU level. Moreover, Greece is one of the 16 Member States, which had contributed to the Mutual Information Mechanism, providing information regarding policies adopted by the Greek authorities, which were expected to have an effect on an EU level, during 2007 and 2008. Additionally, the participation of Greece in EASO assists in the exchange and analysis of information on asylum between Member States in the scope of highlighting common trends and common assessment. Greece also participates in the network of National Contact Points on Integration, which aims to provide a forum for the exchange of information and best practices between the central governments of member states, with a view to finding solutions for the successful integration of legal immigrants in all the member states, setting common principles and objectives, and enhance coordination of national and European political integration. Within the network there are regular meetings approximately every 3 months, in which Greece participates actively. Also, the Network has held specialized thematic seminars of national experts, including the European Modules on Integration and the Common indexes on Immigrant Integration. The Ministry of Interior as Responsible Authority for the European Fund on Integration of third-country nationals in Greece organised in 2011 under the Annual Programme 2009, a European conference on "Social integration of 43