Marina Manke currently heads Labour Mobility and Human Development Division in the Department of Migration Management, IOM Headquarters in Geneva. She joined IOM in 2004 as a migration data specialist at the Vienna Technical Cooperation Centre for Europe and Central Asia. Since then, evidence based migration governance and policy development have become her prime areas of specialization, proven by co-authorship of such flagship publications as “Sharing Data – Where to Start”, “Migration Profiles – Making the Most of the Process”, as well as expert interventions at high-level international and national fora. A certified instructor of the Essentials of Migration Management, Marina Manke has been delivering capacity building and technical support to governments in Europe, Asia, Middle East and the Americas. From 2007 till 2010, she advised the Government of the Russian Federation in her capacity of a manager of a large-scale readmission programme funded by the EU, Germany and Finland. From 2011 till 2016, Marina Manke worked as a Senior Regional Thematic Specialist on labour mobility and human development at the IOM Regional Office for South-East Europe, Eastern Europe and Central Asia in Vienna, Austria. Marina Manke has an M.A in Political Science from the Central European University and a Ph.D in International Relations from Cambridge.