Title: Migration Profiles: Concept and IOM
1Migration Profiles Concept and IOMs Experience
Jobst KOEHLER Research and Publications
Division IOM, Geneva Joint UNECE/Eurostat Work
Session on Migration Statistics, 16 April 2010
2Outline
- Migration Profiles Background and
Objectives - b) Migration Profiles Main components
- c) Migration Profiles IOMs experience
- d) Lessons learned
3Migration ProfilesBackground and Objectives
4Migration Profiles (MPs)Background
MPs first introduced by the EC in Annex 6 of the
2005 Migration and Development Communication
Migration profiles aim to gather information on
issues such as the labour market situation,
unemployment rates, labour demand and supply and
present or potential skill shortages by sector
and occupation, skills needs in the country,
skills available in the diaspora, migration
flows, incoming and outgoing financial flows
linked with migration, including migrant
remittances, as well as relevant gender aspects
and those related to minors." To inform Community
programming in the field of migration and poverty
reduction strategies MPs provide concise
information in a standardized form, (A countrys
migratory picture at a glance)
5MPsBackground
2007 Council conclusion to Global Approach to
Migration proposed to create sustainable
extended migration profiles, which would include
information regarding migration flows and stocks,
as well as the economic dimension of migration."
MP should feed into new policy tools such a
mobility partnership and circular migration
schemes. MP evolved from being a means to bring
together data from a range of sources, to a more
elaborate process involving consultation with
many different actors in an effort to help
identify and develop strategies to address data
gaps and produce the evidence required to inform
policy.
6MPs Background
Migration Profiles
Information tool
Capacity-building tool
Extended Migration Profiles (EMPs)
7MPs Objectives
Objectives of E / MPs
- To enhance governmental knowledge about
migration and its relationship to development - To support governments in establishing or
strengthening mechanisms for regular reporting
on migration-related information - To improve the use of migration information for
policy development - To foster greater inter-ministerial coordination
and collaboration with respect to data
collection and policy development - To monitor and assess the donor intervention in
the area of migration
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8MPsMain Components
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9MPs as an information tool
- Standard MPs
- consist of a migration situation report based on
a standardized template - Two types of templates
- Shorter template used by EC Delegations in ACP
and IOM in South-Eastern Europe and Black Sea - Longer template used by IOM in West and Central
Africa and Latin America - Both include indicators on immigration/emigration
types of migration (labour, forced migration)
remittances, irregular migration and assessment
of migration policy
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10Templates Key features
Shorter Template Longer Template
- Fewer indicators (20) on migration - No specific focus on migration-related areas (e.g. labour market, human capital, demography) - Short assessment of migration policies and actors, including diaspora. Detailed indicators (46) on migration Focuses on development, demography, economy, labour market and human capital Analysis of factors driving migration - Assessment of policy framework and effectiveness - inventory of data sources and list of key definitions.
11Migration Profiles - Templates
MPs as an information tool
MP reports are more than a statistical report.
They also .
bring together information about the actors and
institutions involved in migration-related
activities and policy frameworks in general
12Migration Profiles - Templates
MPs as an information tool
Government involvement in the production of MP
reports
National/Regional workshop Intra-governmental
mechanism to support data collection
and production of report Statistical Advisory
Group
13MPs asa capacity-building tool
14MPs as a capacity-building tool
During the preparation of MP reports
MP exercise presents an opportunity to initiate
a capacity- development process to improve data
collection and availability
Dialogue between data users and producers
- Problems with existing migration data
- Accuracy, reliability and validity
- Coverage
- Timeliness and frequency
- Relevance and usefulness
- Comparability
- Access and transparency
15MPs as a capacity-building tool
National Data Management (Dissemination) Strategy
Inter-ministerial Technical WG
Statistical Advisory Group
Sustainable MPsM
New data collection instruments
Data assessment
Training through Twinning
Training of Focal institution
16MPsIOMs experience
17IOMs experience
IOM first tested the basic migration profile
concept in 2006, in Ecuador and Senegal, has
subsequently prepared MP reports in over 30
countries
Africa 13 Europe 16 Asia 2 South America 4
- Prepared in the context of
- Regional consultative processes
- (RCPs)
- National initiatives to support
- Government research units
- National initiatives to support main-
- streaming of migration into
- development plans.
18IOMs experienceKey projects
- Pilot project to test a methodology linking the
preparation of MPs to a range of
capacity-building and policy development
activities that aimed to improve basis for
coherent policy-making and foster country
ownership.
- Migration in West and Central Africa National
Profiles for Strategic Policy Development
(funded by EC, Swiss and Belgian Government)
2008-2010 - 10 countries involved Côte dIvoire, Democratic
Republic of Congo, Ghana, Mali, Mauretania,
Niger, Nigeria plus Cameroon and Cape Verde - To identify information and capacity-building
needs and developing plans to address these needs
19IOMs experienceKey projects
- Migration Profile project linked to a broader
capacity-building initiative, the ECs Mobility
Partnership.
- Supporting the implementation of the migration
and development component of the EU-Moldova
Mobility Partnership (funded by the EC), 2010-
2012 - Data assessment
- Twinning
- Capacity-building through targeted training and
additional data collection
20Migration ProfilesUseful tool for
policydevelopment?
21MPs as a useful tool?
Migration Profiles can support policy development
through
..
- ... improving accessability and availability of
migration data - identifying data gaps and promote data-sharing
at national and regional level - promoting discussion on migration policy,
coherence and coordination involving a large
range of ministries - deepen understanding of the policy options and
information needs
22MPs as a useful tool?
However, Migration Profiles still need...
- to move from fairly descriptive reporting to
more sophisticated analysis - to link research and policy-capacity building
over the long run - to be effectively utilized
- . to encourage Governments to take ownership and
responsibility for updating MPs
23IOM Contacts
Jobst KOEHLER Research and Publications
Division IOM Geneva Tél. 41 22 717 9260 Fax
41 22 798 6150 Email JKoehler_at_iom.int,
RES_at_iom.int