Nicola Graviano is Deputy Director of the Migration Dialogues and Cooperation (MDC) Directorate at ICMPD, where he contributes to the strategic direction and oversight of ICMPD’s regional and interregional activities, partnerships and cooperation frameworks. His work focuses on advancing policy dialogue, strengthening international partnerships and translating shared migration priorities into concrete cooperation initiatives. He has extensive experience in migration governance, strategic management, donor relations and programme implementation, having worked in Belgium, Mali, Iraq and Canada. Before joining ICMPD, he served as Chief of Mission for IOM in El Salvador and Honduras. Previously, he oversaw IOM’s global portfolio on return and reintegration at its Headquarters for six years, coordinating several UN thematic workstreams in these areas. Graviano studied Political Science in Florence, Italy. He holds a master’s degree in migration studies and intercultural mediation from the Universities of Venice, Barcelona and Montpellier, as well as a postgraduate qualification in international politics from the Free University of Brussels.