ECOWAS Regional Guidelines on Migration Data Collection and Data Management

Date Shared:

Monday, March 26, 2018 - 12:25

Countries and areas:

Africa

2030 Agenda migration-relevant and related target Labels:

Goal 17: Partnerships for the goals

GCM Thematic Cluster Areas:

Objective 1: Collect and utilize accurate and disaggregated data as a basis for evidence-based policies

Contributors:

Regional Consultative Processes and International Regional Fora

Chairmanship:

Germany-Morocco 2017-2018

Geographical Relevance:

Regional

Tags:

Capacity Building, Data and Research

Summary:

The Free Movement and Migration (FMM) West Africa project seeks to support the development of standardized procedures to collect and process migration-relevant data. The project also supports the ECOWAS Commission in the development of a regional migration profile, providing an overview of migration data and trends in the ECOWAS region.

In cooperation with national and regional actors, as well as other UN agencies, the,“Guidelines for the Harmonization of Migration Data Management in the ECOWAS Region.” have been prepared by GMDAC. These guidelines, which include a training kit and a trainer’s manual, were used to facilitate a regional training of trainers and national-level trainings.

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For more information:

GFMD Source:

GFMD 2018 - Recommendations to the 2018 High-Level Political Forum