United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Statistical Division

Background, objectives and agenda of the workshop

Paolo Valente

Regional Workshop on Migration Statistics (Bishkek, 15 – 17 February 2010)

Organizers and contributors

 Statistical Division of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UN/ECE)  United Nations Population Division (UN/DESA)  UNFPA  UNDP  Other partners of the Global Migration Group (GMG)

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Background: Dev. Acc. project

 United Nations Development Account Project on Migration  Project objective:

“To strengthen national capacities to incorporate international migration issues into national development strategies in order to maximize the development benefits of international migration and minimize its negative impacts”

 Executing agencies: UN Regional Commissions (ECLAC leader) and UN/DESA Population Div.

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Background: DA Project in UNECE

 Objective in UNECE: Strengthening the national capacity of countries in Central Asia and CIS to develop

evidence-based policies on international migration

, by: 1) improving availability and quality of

statistics on international migration

; 2) establishing networks for exchange of data and information; 3) improving capacity to utilize statistical data for purposes of analysis and policy making

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Background: DA Project in UNECE

Project activities in UNECE: 

First workshop (Bishkek, Feb. 2010)

  Toolkit Data sharing mechanism (clearing house)   Inventory of information sources in the UNECE Region

Second workshop (2 nd half of 2010),

possibly involving also policy-makers

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Background: Global policy initiatives

 2006 High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development, organized by the United Nations General Assembly  Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD), lead by Governments: • • • Brussels (2007) Manila (2008) Athens (2009) • • •

Mexico (2010)

Spain (2011) Morocco (2012)  2013: Second High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development.

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Objectives of workshop

 General objective: international migrant stocks, flows, and characteristics in the region and

identify gaps

in availability of data on

identify ways and means to close this gap

before the 2013 High-level Dialogue (a) identify key migration trends and policies at global and regional level (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) review internationally agreed standards and recommendations assess gaps between international norms and data available propose practical steps to implement the key elements of these recommendations provide tools for follow-up activities identify needs for capacity building

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Content and agenda

 All sources of migration data will be covered, including censuses, admin. sources, surveys and border statistics Sessions: I.

II.

The

migration agenda

: implications for data collection

Practical solutions

to implement the international

recommendations

III. Using

population censuses

to measure migration IV. Enhancing the use of

administrative sources and border cards

to measure migration V.

The use of

household surveys

to measure the impact of migration

VI. Regional cooperation and capacity building VII. Practical steps

to strengthen national capacities, data availability and exchange

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General format of sessions

1) 2) 3) 4) Presentations by facilitators Presentations by countries Group work Reporting back, discussion and wrap-up 

Informal discussion

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Active participation by all participants!

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