International Forum on Migration Statistics 2018

Paris, France

15 January 2018 to 16 January 2018

Enhancing international cooperation in the field of migration

Overview

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 jointly organised 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 brought together all producers, analysts and users of migration statistics in a community of interest centred on migration measurement issues. It mobilised 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.

Organization of work

Monday, 15 January 2018
09:15 - 09:45	Welcoming remarks Angel Gurr铆a, Secretary General, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) William Lacy Swing, Director General, International Organization for Migration (IOM) Liu Zhenmin, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations
09:45 - 11:00	Plenary session 1 Challenges for improving the production and use of migration data: Country perspectives How are National Statistical Offices (NSOs) responding to the growing demand for migration data? What is needed to improve the availability and timeliness of migration data? What is the role of NSOs to facilitate better and more appropriate uses of migration data? Oliver Chinganya, Director of Statistics, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa J酶rgen Elmeskov, Director General, Statistics Denmark, Denmark Mariana Kotzeva, Acting Director-General, Eurostat Josie B. Perez, Deputy National Statistician, Philippine Statistics Authority, Philippines Dominik Rozkrut, President, Statistics Poland, Poland Edgar Vielma, Director General of Sociodemographic Statistics, Instituto Nacional de Estad铆stica y Geograf铆a (INEGI), Mexico Moderated by Martine Durand, Chief Statistician, OECD
15:45 - 16:45	Plenary session 2 Global initiatives on migration and data needs Conversation about data needs for the United Nations Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration and the United Nations Global Compact for Refugees William Lacy Swing, Director General, IOM Volker T眉rk, Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Eva 脜kerman B枚rje, Senior Policy Advisor to the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for International Migration Moderated by Stefano Scarpetta, Director for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, OECD
12:45 - 14:00	Working lunch: Integration and inclusive growth (by invitation) Gabriela Ramos, Chief of Staff and Sherpa to the G20, OECD Stefan Schweinfest, Director, United Nations Statistics Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNSD/DESA)
Tuesday, 16 January 2018
09:00 - 09:30	Keynote addresses Sa芒deddine El Othmani, Head of Government, Morocco (to be confirmed) Louise Arbour, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for International Migration (video)
09:30 - 10:45	Plenary session 3 Public opinion and migration What is the evidence regarding the gap between perceptions and realities of migration? What are the best ways to communicate facts and figures on migration? How can policy makers undertake reform of migration policy in the context of polarized public opinion on migration? Jon Clifton, Managing Partner, Gallup, United States Marina del Corral T茅llez, Secretaria General de Inmigraci贸n y Emigraci贸n, Ministerio de Empleo y Seguridad Social, Spain Tim Dixon, co-founder, More In Common, United Kingdom Ineke Stoop, Deputy Director 鈥� Methodological, European Social Survey, Netherlands Ant贸nio Vitorino, former Deputy Prime Minister of Portugal and former European Commissioner for Justice and Home Affairs, Portugal Moderated by Petra Kaminsky, Head of dpa-Story, Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA), Germany
13:30 - 14:45	Plenary session 4 Data innovation and big data for migration What is the potential of big data for migration statistics? What are the risk factors (continuity, confidentiality, reliability)? Emmanuel Letouz茅, Director and Founder, Data-Pop Alliance, United States Cock Overbeek, Vice President Space, CGI Group Inc., Netherlands Emma Rourke, Director, Public Policy Analysis, Office for National Statistics, United Kingdom Emilio Zagheni, Associate Professor, University of Washington, United States Moderated by Ambassador Laura Thompson, Deputy Director-General, IOM
16:35-17:50	Plenary session 5 Capacity building for migration data What are the migration-data needs of developing countries (analysing existing data on migration, developing new instruments to capture data on migration鈥�)? What types of support do these needs imply (financial assistance, training, information technology鈥�)? Carol Coy, Director General, STATIN, Jamaica Leonello Gabrici, Head of Division for Migration and Human Security, European External Action Service, European Commission Claire Melamed, Executive Director, Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data Markus Reisle, Head, Global Programme on Migration and Development, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC, Switzerland Goetz Schmidt-Bremme, Ambassador for the 2017-2018 Global Forum on Migration and Development Co-Chairmanship of Germany, Germany Moderated by John Wilmoth, Director, United Nations Population Division/ Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNPD/DESA)
17:50 - 18:00	Closing remarks by Mari Kiviniemi, Deputy Secretary-General of the OECD

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