GUIMARÃES (PORTUGAL): SPECIAL IPCM ASSEMBLY

The extraordinary Assembly of the International Platform for Cooperation and Migration (IPCM) took place in Guimarães (Portugal) on 19 September, approving the following points:

• Amendment of the statutes of the International Platform for Cooperation and Migration.
• The admission of the Spanish Centre for Workers' Affairs (CEAT) as a new member.
• The status of the members of the Institutul de Formare Economică şi Socială (IFES) of Romania and Bashkimi i Sindikatave të të Pavarura Shqipërisë (BSPSH) of Albania was amended in both cases, with these organisations both becoming observers.
• The Workers' Social Centre (CST in its Spanish acronym) has now formally stood down from membership.