● a round table organized during October 18-19, 2018 on the topic “The importance of courts of law in the asylum procedure, placement of aliens in public custody and the enforcement of other restrictive measures for asylum applicants”, organized by UNHCR and the National Institute of Magistrates. The round table was attended by Mr Eduardo Yrezabal, UNHCR representative in Romania, who briefly described the activity of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees in Romania; representatives of the National Institute of Magistrates, of the General Inspectorate for Immigration (Department for Asylum and Integration and Department for Migration) and JRS Romania. The works of the round table were devoted to the analysis of the features of asylum procedure at a court level, with a range of data on the evolution of migration and relevant regulations on a European level, followed by a discussion on topics regarding the asylum procedure. Discussions were also held regarding the procedure to set out the member state in charge with analysing an application for international protection, based on the Dublin Regulation. The representatives of the Department for Asylum and Integration explained the enforcement of the principle based on which a single state analyses the application for international protection, with a view to guaranteeing the quick analysis of applications. The expected legislative changes were also presented, along with their impact on the asylum procedure, as well as discussions on the proposals of Regulations regarding Asylum and Qualification Procedures. ● Conference on the topic: “The integration of migrants and refugees in Romania: progresses and current issues”, organized by the Centre for Public Innovation - Bucharest on November 26, 2018. The debates included a description of the results of the assessment of European and national policies on the integration of international protection beneficiaries - the National Integration Evaluation Mechanism (NIEM). NIEM is an international project funded through the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund within a consortium including 17 non-governmental organizations and universities in 15 EU member states. The project started in July 2016 and has a time frame of 5 years. It aims at achieving and enforcing a methodology to assess the quality of 81