Enhancing international cooperation in the field of migration
Migration has moved to the top of the policy agenda in many countries around the world, and as a result there are renewed calls for States to invest in improving data on migration. There is an urgent need to improve the availability, international comparability, timeliness and quality of migration data. Statistical projects and initiatives on migration and migrants are currently underway in many countries in national statistical institutes, relevant ministries and institutions, research centres, as well as in several international organisations. However, these initiatives often remain fragmented, confined to each discipline and are not usually brought together and disseminated in a comprehensive and integrated manner.
In this context, the OECD, IOM and UNDESA are jointly organising the first International Forum on Migration Statistics. This is aimed at becoming a regular event that will contribute to intensify the exchange of information, to promote mutual learning and to facilitate cooperation among relevant stakeholders. It will bring together all producers, analysts and users of migration statistics in a community of interest centred on migration measurement issues. It will mobilise expertise from a wide range of disciplines - such as political science, economics, demography, development, geospatial science, sociology, statistics, and information technology - that can contribute to improve global understanding of the migration phenomenon.
The International Forum on Migration Statistics will:
- Bring together experts and policy makers in a community of interest centred on migration measurement issues.
- Explore innovative ways to measure population mobility across countries as well as economic and social immigrant integration.
- Create synergies between different actors and perspectives, with representatives from 'origin', ‘transit’ and 'host' countries of migrants.
For more information on speakers, the programme and registration, please see here.
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