GMDAC´s data migration experts participate in conferences, workshops and events across the world. An indicative list of these events, as well as other GMDAC-related news.
News
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Call for papers: Children on the Move: Building Migration Data Capacities
The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) release a call for papers for the expert workshop "Children on the Move: Building Migration Data Capacities."
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The Global Compact for Migration is adopted
The Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) was adopted in Marrakech, Mororoco, on 10 December by 165 UN Member States.
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Eighth meeting of the IAEG-SDGs
Susanne Melde (Senior Analyst, IOM’s GMDAC) attended the 8th meeting of the Inter-Agency Expert Group on Sustainable Development Goal Indicators (IAEG-SDGs), held in Stockholm, Sweden, on 5–8 November.
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Fourth Pan-African Forum on Migration
Susanne Melde took part in the 4th Pan-African Forum on Migration (PAFoM) in Djibouti City, Djibouti, between 19–21 November.
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Capacity building workshop on migration data in Mauritania
Marzia Rango and Elisa Mosler Vidal (Data and Research Officers, IOM’s GMDAC), facilitated a capacity building workshop on data for representatives from AUC Member States in Nouakchott, Mauritania, on 3–4 December.
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Global Summit of Mothers of Missing Migrants
Marta Sánchez Dionis (Project Officer, IOM’s Missing Migrants Project) attended the first Global Summit of Mothers of Missing Migrants, which took place in Mexico City, Mexico, within the framework of the 8th World Social Forum on Migration.
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Libyan Migration Data Workshop: Collecting, sharing and analysing migration data
Claus Folden (Senior Adviser, IOM’s GMDAC), Andrea Milan (Data Officer, IOM’s GMDAC), and Kate Dearden (Data Analyst, IOM’s Missing Migrants Project) participated in the Libyan migration data workshop on “Collecting, sharing and analyzing migration data.”
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Advancing the migration health research agenda for evidence-informed policy and practice
Frank Laczko spoke at a lunchtime panel discussion on migration health research during the 109th session of the IOM council which took place in Geneva, Switzerland, on 28 November.
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Conceptualizing the Migration Analytical Center
Carla Rojas Paz (Migration Data Editor, IOM’s GMDAC) participated in a conference on migration data analysis centers in Warsaw, Poland, on 19 November.
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One year Global Migration Data Portal
Launched on 15 December 2017, the Global Migration Data Portal is a unique access point to international migration statistics from a variety of sources and reliable information about migration data globally.