International Forum for Migration Statistics 2025

Forum's agenda

Day

1 : June 16, 2025
06:45 - 08:00
Registration & coffee
08:00 - 09:15
Opening Remarks
09:15 - 10:45
Plenary 1 (OECD)
Challenges and recent advancements in the measurement of socioeconomic integration and inclusion of migrants and refugees
10:45 - 12:15
Lunch
12:15 - 13:45
Plenary 2 (UNDESA)
Revised UN recommendations on statistics of international migration: Enhancing data availability, timeliness, and relevance
13:45 - 14:30
Coffee break
14:30 - 16:00
Parallel Sessions (GROUP 1)
AGENDA DETAILS I. Immigrant integration: metrics, spaces, and strategies II. Travelling to Europe via mixed migration routes: IOM and academic experience in building evidence on migrant flows and stocks to understand migrants’ journeys, vulnerabilities and needs III. Creating a balanced narrative on migration in Africa: exploring data solutions and communication strategies for better development impact IV. Displacement futures: innovative approaches to predict climate and conflict-induced forced displacement for anticipatory action V. Machine Learning for migration research: innovations, challenges, and practical implications VI. Emigration statistics: challenges, innovative methods and future directions VII. Innovative tech to accelerate solutions for children on the move
16:00 - 17:30
Cocktail

Day

2 : June 17, 2025
07:00 - 08:30
Plenary 3 (IOM)
Data solutions to promote regular migration pathways and a balanced narrative
08:30 - 09:00
Coffee break
09:00 - 10:30
Plenary 4 (UNDESA)
Strengthening cooperation and partnerships on migration statistics
10:30 - 11:45
Lunch
11:45 - 13:00
Parallel Sessions (GROUP 2)
AGENDA DETAILS I. Presenting migration data for and through the media to improve availability, accuracy and understanding II. Ukrainian journeys: assessing vulnerabilities and intentions of displaced populations at home and abroad III. Nowcasting and predictions on forced displacement IV. How can the scale and impact of skill-based mobility programmes be measured V. UNODC’s STATIP Project (Standard Tools for Analysing Trafficking in Persons) VI. How to identify forcibly displaced people in household surveys: theory, applications and findings from case studies VII. Migration anticipation and preparedness (Part 1): varied practitioners’ perspectives VIII. Innovative tools for accurate and detailed migration statistics
13:00 - 13:30
Coffee break
13:30 - 14:45
Parallel Sessions (GROUP 3)
AGENDA DETAILS I. Migration anticipation and preparedness (Part 2): recent methodological advances II. Population dynamics and migration in the mediterranean region: a science for policy perspective III. Migration measurement and management: a global and comparative perspective IV. Innovative approaches to estimating irregular migration V. Leveraging administrative data for migration statistics VI. Using data to understand the experience of immigrant children VII. Migration and census data: successes, limits, and challenges VIII. Case studies for understanding idp statistics
14:45 - 14:50
Break (Transition)
14:50 - 16:05
Parallel Sessions (GROUP 4)
AGENDA DETAILS I. Bridging theory, methodology, and policy: the role of equality data in antiracism efforts II. Workshop session on data on irregular migration III. Measuring irregular migration IV. Measuring and modelling migration flows: combining established and emerging data sources V. Migration and displacement: distinct but aligned statistical frameworks implemented through regional cooperation VI. Collaborative approaches to build national capacities and generate good practices for better international labour migration statistics in Africa VII. National experiences: managing and modernizing migration data use (Part 1)

Day

3 : June 18, 2025
07:00 - 08:30
Plenary 5 (IOM)
Building national capacities to use data for action, insight, and foresight: the case of temporary mobility
08:30 - 09:00
Coffee break
09:00 - 10:30
Plenary 6 (OECD)
Current developments in migration forecasting
10:30 - 11:15
Datathon & Closing Remarks
11:15 - 12:30
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00
Parallel Sessions (GROUP 5)
AGENDA DETAILS I. Enhancing gender perspectives on migration II. Understanding the role of students in various migration contexts III. ILO’s initiatives to close the gap on labour migration data: from standards and methods to data and evidence-based policy IV. The lusophone migration system in perspective: dialogue of experiences in collecting and disseminating information about human mobility V. Measuring progress towards solutions to internally displaced persons in Colombia and Somalia, a peer-exchange conversation VI. Don’t forget migration within borders: strengthening data on internally displaced persons through the International Recommendations on IDP Statistics VII. Strengthening data to improve integration practices for refugees
14:00 - 14:15
Break (Transition)
14:15 - 15:45
Parallel Sessions (GROUP 6)
AGENDA DETAILS I. National experiences: managing and modernizing migration data use (Part 2) II. Innovative data approaches to enhance understanding of migration in Latin America III. Socioeconomic integration of Ukrainian refugees in neighbouring countries, an inter-agency analysis IV. The UNHCR Forced Displacement Survey (FDS), new socio-economic evidence on refugees and host communities: understanding living conditions in a multi-dimensional way with nationally representative data and meaningful disaggregation V. Integration in the labour market, skills supply and foreign qualifications