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Wednesday, 30 November 2016

9.30 – 10.00

Registration

10.00 – 11.00

SESSION I

Welcome and introductions

• Welcome remarks

• Counsellor Luca Zelioli, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation

• Bela Hovy, Haoyi Chen, UN/DESA

• Ashwani Muthoo, Director of the Global Engagement, Knowledge and Strategy Division, IFAD

• Bela Hovy, UN/DESA. Introduction, objectives, programme, participant introductions

• Bela Hovy, UN/DESA. Setting the scene: Global trends

 11.00 – 13.00

SESSION II

International migration and development: Implications for data collection

Objective: To present global, regional and national policy initiatives related to international migration, to discuss their implications for data collection and to identify challenges related to the collection and use of migration-related data.

• Bela Hovy, UN/DESA. The Sustainable Development Goals and the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants

• Pedro De Vasconcelos, Manager of the Financing Facility for Remittances, IFAD. Harnessing the contribution of migrants for development: The Addis Ababa Action Agenda

• Dario Tarchi, Joint Research Centre, European Commission. Data and the external dimension of the EU migration policy: a big challenge

• Group work, reporting back and discussion: national migration policies and implications for data collection

• Morocco. Combining different data sources to address key policy questions

11.00 – 13.00

SESSION III

 Improving the collection, analysis and dissemination of census data 

• Objective: To share experiences on sources of migration data to inform policies and identify best practices in implementing the UN recommendations (population census)

• Chair: UN/DESA. The 2010 round of population censuses (migrant stocks) 

Country presentations: Census experiences

• Egypt: census experience, lesson learnt, the way forward

• Malta: census experience, lesson learnt, the way forward

• Methodological considerations/discussion

• Haoyi Chen, UN/DESA

Country presentations: Census experiences and follow-up to the Dakar workshop

• Tunisia: 2014 census - how questions were asked to capture immigrants and emigrants; are there data on emigration; quality of data; the process of improving the questionnaire design in 2014 from the 2004 census

• Burkina Faso: census experience, lesson learnt, any plans/activities related to migration after the 2015 Dakar workshop

• Niger: follow-up Dakar workshop

• Haoyi Chen, UN/DESA. Methodological considerations/discussion

Thursday, 1 December 2016

10.00 – 13.00

SESSION IV

Improving the collection, analysis and dissemination of migration-related data from administrative sources and household surveys

Objective: To share experiences on sources of migration data to inform policies and identify best practices in implementing the Ãå±±½ûµØrecommendations (administrative sources) and household surveys

Administrative sources

Country presentations

• Italy: administrative data and migration routes: data and tools
• Morocco: administrative sources for migration flows
• UNHCR: administrative data and migration routes

• Bela Hovy, UN/DESA. Methodological considerations/discussion

Country presentations

• Egypt: experience with the MED-HIMS survey on migration; presentation of results; lesson learnt
• Niger: experience with the national migration survey (ENAMI); presentation of results; lesson learnt
• Methodological considerations/discussion 
• Giambattista Cantisani, MEDSTAT Programme, EUROSTAT 

14.30 – 17.30

SESSION V

Implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: Measuring migration-related indicators 

Objective: To identify migration-related indicators and to develop metadata for measuring these indicators

• Marzia Rango, IOM. The SDGs: migration-related targets with a particular emphasis on SDG target 10.7 and its potential dimensions

• Bela Hovy, UN/DESA. Migration policy questions for DESA’s population inquiry

General discussion

• Bela Hovy, UN/DESA. Develop and review migration-related SDG indicators, assess data sources and discuss challenges

• Group work, reporting back and discussion

Friday, 2 December 2016

10.00 – 12.30

SESSION VI

Promoting regional cooperation, capacity building and data exchange

Objective: To discuss opportunities for regional cooperation, capacity building and data exchange on migration data

• Nathan Menton, UN/ECE. Exchanging international migration data in the CIS countries

• IOM Italy: Sandra Paola Alvarez, Project Development Officer, IOM Italy. Data collection & dissemination

• Haoyi Chen, UN/DESA. Capacity-building and data exchange in the ECOWAS region; IOM/DESA project

• Bela Hovy, UN/DESA. Evaluation and wrap-up

12.30 – 13.00

SESSION VII

Way forward and closing

• Mr. Jean-Philippe Audinet, Officer in charge of the Policy and Technical Advisory Division, IFAD

• Bela Hovy, UN/DESA 

Session I. Welcome and introductions

• Bela Hovy, UN/DESA. Introduction, objectives, programme, participant introductions

• Bela Hovy, UN/DESA. Setting the scene: Global trends

Session II: International migration and development: Implications for data collection

• Objective: To present global, regional and national policy initiatives related to international migration, to discuss their implications for data collection and to identify challenges related to the collection and use of migration-related data

• Bela Hovy, UN/DESA. The Sustainable Development Goals and the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants

• Pedro De Vasconcelos, Manager of the Financing Facility for Remittances, IFAD. Harnessing the contribution of migrants for development: The Addis Ababa Action Agenda

• Dario Tarchi, Joint Research Centre, European Commission. Data and the external dimension of the EU migration policy: a big challenge

• Mohammed Bouguidou, Morocco. Combining different data sources to address key policy questions

Session III: Improving the collection, analysis and dissemination of census data

• Objective: To share experiences on sources of migration data to inform policies and identify best practices in implementing the Ãå±±½ûµØrecommendations (population census)

• Country presentations: census experiences
  • Census experience, lesson learnt, the way forward. Egypt
  • Census experience, lesson learnt, the way forward. Malta

• Country presentations: census experiences and follow-up to the Dakar workshop
  • 2014 census - how questions were asked to capture immigrants and emigrants; are there data on emigration; quality of data; the process of improving the questionnaire design in 2014 from the 2004 census. Tunisia
  • Census experience, lesson learnt, any plans/activities related to migration after the 2015 Dakar workshop. Burkina Faso
  • Follow-up Dakar workshop. Niger
  • Haoyi Chen, UN/DESA. Methodological considerations/discussion

Session IV: Improving the collection, analysis and dissemination of migration-related data from administrative sources and household surveys

• Objective: To share experiences on sources of migration data to inform policies and identify best practices in implementing the Ãå±±½ûµØrecommendations (administrative sources) and household surveys

Administrative sources

• Country presentations: census experiences
  • Administrative data and migration routes: data and tools. Italy
  • Administrative sources for migration flows. Morocco
  • Administrative data and migration routes. UNHCR

• Bela Hovy, UN/DESA. Methodological considerations/discussion

• Country presentations
  • Experience with the MED-HIMS survey on migration; presentation of results; lesson learnt. Egypt
  • Experience with the national migration survey (ENAMI); presentation of results; lesson learnt. Niger

• Giambattista Cantisani, MEDSTAT Programme, EUROSTAT. Methodological considerations/discussion

Session V: Implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: Measuring migration-related indicators

• Objective: To identify migration-related indicators and to develop metadata for measuring these indicators

• Marzia Rango, IOM. The SDGs: migration-related targets with a particular emphasis on SDG target 10.7 and its potential dimensions

• Bela Hovy, UN/DESA. Migration policy questions for DESA’s population inquiry

• Bela Hovy, UN/DESA. Develop and review migration-related SDG indicators, assess data sources and discuss challenges

• Group work, reporting back and discussion

Session VI: Promoting regional cooperation, capacity building and data exchange

• Objective: To discuss opportunities for regional cooperation, capacity building and data exchange on migration data

• Nathan Menton, UN/ECE. Exchanging international migration data in the CIS countries
  • Cooperation on Migration Statistics in the UNECE region
  • Conference of European Statisticians Task Force on Measuring Circular Migration

• Sandra Paola Alvarez, Project Development Officer, IOM Italy. IOM Italy: Data collection & dissemination

• Haoyi Chen, UN/DESA. Capacity-building and data exchange in the ECOWAS region; IOM/DESA project