Migration Data for Policy Summer School 2018
Date: 9 - 12 July, 2018
Location: University of Bristol, United Kingdom
Time: 9:00 - 17:00
This Summer School on Migration Data for Policy will be the first migration focused training dedicated to improving the quality, analysis and use of migration data for policy. It will bring together data experts, statisticians and officials, working closely with UNSD and UNPD, to provide dedicated training, education and knowledge exchange. The Summer School will also pioneer the use of migration data training materials developed by IOM’s GMDAC and will introduce participants to the wealth of resources available to support their work with IOM data, government and research data on migration.
Plenary panels will introduce key global challenges such as:
- What is migration and why collect migration data for policy?’
- The Global Compact(s) and Migration Data at the Global Level
- Migration and the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda
- Data on a key policy challenge: health and migration
- Building national and regional migration information systems
- Reporting migration trends for policy needs
Small group workshops will provide training on: data collection methods; using administrative sources, migration data from censuses and surveys; developing regional capacity; knowledge exchange; analysis and reporting for policy.
Breakout sessions will include sessions such as:
- Using census data for reporting on the SDGs
- Understanding migration using survey data
- Administrative data and their potential
- Innovative data sources and approaches
- Reporting and dissemination
- Co-ordination, governance and partnerships
- NGO and non-official data collection
Register via the links on the University of Bristol website.
Associated Research Groups
Migration, Development and Global Transformations (MDGT)
Source: https://wun.ac.uk/wun/events/view/migration-data-for-policy-summer-schoo...