News
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IOM's GMDAC celebrates 4th anniversary
September 7, 2019, marks IOM’s GMDAC fourth anniversary. Read our key achievements and our most important ongoing projects.
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Understanding Migration in the 21st century
The 16th annual IMISCOE conference was organized at the University of Malmö, Sweden between June 26-28 2019.
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Strengthening Migration Data discussed during MIDSA in Southern Africa
The annual Migration Dialogue for Southern Africa (MIDSA) in Windhoek, Namibia, took place between 24-28 June 2019. Aamong other topics the event was dedicated to discussions on ways to strengthen migration data collection and analysis in the region.
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How Migration Governance Indicators contribute to SDG monitoring: Preliminary outcomes unveiled at HLPF 2019
Governments will present outcomes of Migration Governance Indicators (MGI) assessments during a side-event on the margins of the High Level Political Forum (HLPF) on SDGs in New York on 17 July 2019.
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Call for Proposals: International Forum on Migration Statistics
IOM, OECD and UNDESA will jointly organise the second International Forum on Migration Statistics in Cairo from 20-21 January 2020. The Call for papers and parallel sessions is open until 09 September 2019.
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“Better data, better lives"
The UN Statistical Commission (UNSC) held its 50th session under the theme, 'Better data, better lives' in New York, between 5-8 March 2019.
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Using data to inform migration management
Reliable and harmonized data are needed to tackle some of Central Asia’s key migration challenges and should be included in the future regional agenda on migration, according to government officials attending a regional consultative forum.
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Training on migration data in the context of the SDGs
International migration and sustainable development are deeply intertwined, as migration and migrants can shape development outcomes and vice versa. How to measure, monitor and report these linkages was the focus of a three-day training workshop facilitated by GMDAC in Dar Es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania from 15-17 April 2019.
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Data to Protect. National Consultation on Data Ecosystem Strengthening for Migrant and Forcibly Displaced Children
A national consultation on data on migrant and forcibly displaced children took place on 4-5 April 2019 in Bangkok, Thailand.
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Expert discussion on migration in times of climate change
“Migration in times of climate change and the polity options for action” was the topic of an expert discussion which took place on 27 March 2019 at Adelphi consulting, in Berlin, Germany.