Meeting of the Migration and Remittances Peer Assisted Learning (MIRPAL) Network Members

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1 The World Bank MIRPAL CONFERENCE AND THEMATIC WORKSHOPS Meeting of the Migration and Remittances Peer Assisted Learning (MIRPAL) Network Members Moscow, Russia May 16 18, 2011 Hotel Izmailovo, Section Alpha 1

2 MIRPAL CONFERENCE «МIRPAL: PROGRESS AND FUTURE PLANS May 16, 2011 Hotel Izmailovo, section Alpha CONFERENCE HALL 9 8:30 11:00 Registration 9:00 10:00 OPENING SESSION AND CONFERENCE OBJECTIVES Chair: Sudharshan Canagarajah, Head, Regional Migration Program in Central Asia, World Bank Pedro Alba, Country Director and Resident Representative, World Bank Vladimir Jabarov, Deputy Chairman, Committee for CIS Affairs, Council of Federation of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Postavnin, President, Foundation Migration XXI Century ; Head, MIRPAL Secretariat 10:00 11:00 Session 1 MIRPAL STRATEGY AND IMPLEMENTATION OF REGIONAL ACTION PLANS IN MIGRATION STATISTICS AND REMITTANCES RECORDING Vyacheslav Postavnin, President, Foundation Migration XXI Century, Head, MIRPAL Secretariat 11:00 11:15 Coffee break 11:15 12:00 12: 00 13:00 Lunch Presentation of the MIRPAL member countries Irina Davtyan, Armenia Nurdin Tynaev, Kyrgyz Republic Alexander Tatura, Belarus Zumrad Solieva, Tajikistan national networks development and links with the regional program key challenges in the network operation and in implementing action plans in migration statistics and remittances recording work outcomes future country work priorities Session 1(ctd) Presentation of the MIRPAL network member countries Nina Chesnokova, Moldova Meruert Makhmutova, Kazakhstan Lyubov Ovcharova, Ukraine Alexander Navotny, Uzbekistan 2

3 13:00 15:00 Session 2 panel discussion МEASURES TO IMPROVE THE NETWORK PERFORMANCE AT BOTH NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEVELS Moderator: Мeruert Makhmutova 15:00 15:15 Coffee break Speaker: Borko Handjiski, World Bank Implementation of the MARRI (The Migration, Asylum, Refugees Regional Initiative) in the Western Balkans: lessons and outcomes how to ensure a deeper involvement of officials from member countries in the implementation of MIRPAL project? how to better disseminate country lessons (both positive and negative) to the international level how to employ communication assets of the project (website, newsletters, magazines) more efficiently? how to improve overall effectiveness of the network in each country and in the entire region? 15:15 17:00 Session 3 panel discussion PLANNING FUTURE WORK: MEMBER COUNTRIES INPUT TOWARDS IMPLEMENTATION OF ACTIVITIES IN FY12 (JULY 2011 JUNE 2012) Moderator: Sudharshan Canagarajah, the World Bank Speker: Аndrei Spartak, Director, ОАО All Russia Academic and Research Market Institute, Со Chair of Exert Group #21 Strategy 2020 developing a general work plan for the next reporting period; which future work priorities among those discussed at previous sessions would be relevant for the entire region? what should the MIRPAL driving forces (Secretariat, thematic working groups,, national focal points) be focused on? priorities for cooperation with partners (international donors, NGOs, academia) 17:00 18:00 Session 4 DISCUSSION SUMMARY AND OUTLINE OF FUTURE STEPS Moderator: Sudharshan Canagarajah / Тumun Tsydypov, World Bank 18:30 20:00 Welcoming dinner Banquet hall, section Aplha 3

4 MIRPAL CONFERENCE THEMATIC WORKSHOP BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE FOR ORGANISED RECRUITMENT OF MIGRANTS IN THE CIS May 17, 2011 Hotel Izmailovo, section Alpha CONFERENCE HALL 9 8:30 11:00 Registration 9:00 10:00 OPENING SESSION; PRESENTATION OF THEMATIC WORKSHOPS OBJECTIVES A joint plenary session for thematic workshops on organized recruitment (OR) and migration statistics Chair: Sudharshan Canagarajah, Head, Regional Migration Program in Central Asia, the World Bank Vladimir Sokolin, Chair, CIS Intergovernmental Statistical Committee Ekaterina Egorova, Deputy Director, FMS of Russia Sobir Kurbanov, DFID 10:00 11:15 Session 1 OR IN MIRPAL MEMBER COUNTRIES: CURRENT SITUATION Моderator: Vyacheslav Postavnin, President, Foundation Migration XXI Century ; Head, MIRPAL Secretariat 11:15 11:30 Coffee break Presentation of the Network Countries (10 min. each) 11:30 12:30 Session 2 ОRGANIZED RECRUITMENT: RUSSIA AND CIS COUNTRIES PROGRESS AND CHALLENGES Моderator: Vyacheslav Postavnin, President, Foundation Migration XXI Century; Head, MIRPAL Secretariat 12: 30 13:30 Lunch Speakers: 1. Оleg Artamonov, FMS of Russia 2. Аlexander Rudik, Department of Social and Humanitarian Cooperation, EVRAZES 3. Vladimir Vashentzev, OPORA Rossii Implementing an OR pilot to hire Kyrgyz and Tajik nationals for Russian enterprises 13:30 14:45 Session 3 MANAGING OR OF LABOR MIGRANTS: HOW? Moderator: Nina Ovchariva, Institute of Economy and Forecasting, Ukraine National Academy of Sciences 4

5 Speakers: 1. Julia Melnichuk, IOM Moscow bureau International experience in OR of foreign labor: best practices and possibilities for Russia 2. Thomas Achacoso, consultant on international labor migration (Philippines) A framework for building an efficient infrastructure (prior to employment, during employment, upon completion of employment) 14:45 15:00 Coffee break 15:00 16:30 Session 4 ELEMENTS OF SUCCESSFUL OR SCHEMES: INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK Moderator: Zumrad Solieva, Migration Service under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan Speakers: 1. Luzviminda Padilla, Attaché on Labor Issues, the Embassy of Philippines to the U.S.A. 2. Thomas Achacoso, consultant on international labor migration OR institutional and legal framework. The case of Philippines: What an efficient OR system should look like? 16:30 17:30 Session 5 ELEMENTS OF SUCCESSFUL OR SCHEMES: PRE DEPLOYMENT TRAINING Moderator: Nurdin Tynaev, Center for International Deployment of KR Nationals under the KR Ministry of Labor, Employment and Migration Speakers: Thomas Achacoso, consultant on international labor migration Pre migration and pre deployment orientation and training: challenges and opportunities. The CIS lessons and experience 17:30 18:30 Session 6 COLLABORATION OF SENDING AND RECEIVING COUNTRIES: BILATERAL AGREEMENTS Moderator: Leonid Grishin, ОО "Uralsky Dom", Center for Comprehensive Migrants Support 19:00 20:00 Dinner Speaker: Thomas Achacoso, consultant on international labor migration Experience with bilateral agreements between Canada and the Philippines and some sector cases 5

6 MIRPAL CONFERENCE THEMATIC WORKSHOP BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE FOR ORGANISED RECRUITMENT OF MIGRANTS IN THE CIS May 18, 2011 Hotel Izmailovo, section Alpha CONFERENCE HALL 4 Workshop ctd 9:00 10:30 Session 7 ELEMENTS OF SUCCESSFUL OR SCHEMES: STANDARDS OF LABOR CONTRACTS Moderator: Аrkady Zhosan, National Employment Agency, Republic of Moldova Speakers: 1. Representative of Rostrud 2. Alexander Navotny, Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Republic of Uzbekistan 3. Luzviminda Padilla, Attaché on Labor Issues, the Embassy of Philippines to the U.S.A. Standards for labor contracts, enforcement and dispute resolution 10:30 11:00 Coffee break 11:00 12:30 Session 8 ELEMENTS OF SUCCESSFUL OR SCHEMES: PRIVATE RECRUITMENT AGENCIES Моderator: Vyacheslav Postavnin, President, Foundation Migration XXI Century ; Head, MIRPAL Secretariat Speakers: 1. Vladimir Alexeev, Unvers private recruitment agency (Belarus) 2. Nurdin Tynaev, Center for International Deployment of KR Nationals under the KR Ministry of Labor, Employment and Migration 3. Thomas Achacoso, consultant on international labor migration 4. Nuikolai Kourdiumov, Labor Migration international association Supervision of private recruitment agencies 12: 30 13:30 Lunch 6

7 13:30 15:00 Session 9 ELEMENTS OF SUCCESSFUL OR SCHEMES: MIGRANTS SUPPORT AND WELFARE Moderator: Аlexander Tatura, Office of External Labor Migration, Refugees and Asylum, Department of Citizenship and Migration, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Republic of Belarus 1. Thomas Achacoso, consultant on international labor migration 2. Irina Gorshkova, UN Women Russian Federation Vulnerability of female labor migrants from Central Asia and the need for health and social services 3. Leonid Grishin, OO Uralsky Dom «Operation of the Center for Comprehensive Migrants Support: Experience and Outcomes 4. Meruert Makhmutova, Center for Public Policy Studies (Kazakhstan) Social safety nets 15:00 15:30 Coffee break 15:30 17:30 Session 10 panel discussion DESIGNING NATIONAL AND THEMATIC ACTION PLANS TO BUILD OR INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE CIS (DEFINING PRIORITIES) Мoderators: Luzviminda Padilla and Thomas Achacoso 17:30 18:30 Session 11 DISCUSSION SUMMARY AND OUTLINE OF FUTURE STEPS (FUTURE STEPS OF PARTICIPANTS AND WORLD BANK) Moderator: Sudharshan Canagarajah Matin Kholmatov, the World Bank 19:00 20:30 Dinner 7

8 MIRPAL CONFERENCE THEMATIC WORKSHOP IMPROVING MIGRATION STATISTICS AND DATA SHARING May 17, 2011 Hotel Izmailovo, section Alpha CONFERENCE HALLS 9 AND 3 8:30 11:00 Registration (conference hall 9) 9:00 10:00 OPENING SESSION; PRESENTATION OF THEMATIC WORKSHOPS OBJECTIVES A joint plenary session for thematic workshops on organized recruitment (OR) and migration statistics Chair: Sudharshan Canagarajah, Head, Regional Migration Program in Central Asia, World Bank Vladimir Sokolin, Chair, CIS Intergovernmental Statistical Committee Ekaterina Egorova, Deputy Director, FMS of Russia Sobir Kurbanov, DFID 10:00 11:15 Session 1 (starting with this session, the workshop will continue in conference hall 3) IMPROVING REPORTING AND DATA SHARING Moderator: Gero Carletto, the World Bank 11:15 11:30 Coffee break Presentations of national statistical agencies: overview of migration statistics in MIRPAL member countries (10 min. each) 11:30 12:30 Session 2 A REGIONAL OVERVIEW OF HH SURVEYS WITH A FOCUS ON MIGRATION : CIS LESSONS AND KEY RECOMMENDATIONS Мoderator: Richard Bilsborrow Speakers: Viktor Sulla and Richard Bilsborrow Respondent: Olga Tchudinovskikh Issues for discussion A review of current (previous) HBS, LMS surveys/studies, specific migration surveys. The session will draw upon WB analysis of available instruments and their content which is currently underway. Some country recommendations will be provided. 12: 00 13:00 Lunch 13:00 13:45 Session 3 A SURVEY OF MIGRATION IN KOSOVO Speaker: Borko Handjiski, the World Bank 8

9 Issues for discussion In 2009, the WB did a migration survey in Kosovo to study the role and impact of migration and remittances on Kosovo economy. The survey was the first in Kosovo and helped to collect a wealth of useful information on various migration aspects. 13:45 14:45 Session 4 OPTIONS TO IMPROVE MIGRATION DATA COLLECTION SYSTEMS Moderator: Representative of IOM OSCE Speaker: Natalia Kulikovskaya, CIS Statistical Agency Respondent: Оlga Tchudinovskikh, MSU Issues for discussion Key challenges and issues in setting up a regional database on migration and improving the data collection system/instruments and approaches to estimating labor migration 14:45 15:00 Coffee break 15:00 16:00 Session 5 HUMAN CAPITAL. MARKET FAILURES, POVERTY AND MIGRATION: CASE OF ALBANIA Speaker: Gero Carletto, the World Bank Issues for discussion The most recent example of massive emigration in Europe is the flow of over 700,000 Albanians (a quarter of able bodied population) in the 1990 s. The bulk of migration is informal. This case (and concept note) will discover factors that cause such phenomenon by means of a representative survey of rural households. 16:00 17:00 Session 6 ADEPT LABOR MARKET MODULE FOR LABOR MARKET RESEARCH AND DECISION MAKING Speaker: Мichael Lokshin, the World Bank Issues for discussion An overview of key concepts and economic indicators used for effective labor market analysis based on HH surveys data. ADePT (labor market module) demonstration: data requirements, sample of outputs and other features. The module facilitates reporting and analysis of changes in the labor market, migration and other social indicators. 17:00 18:30 Session 7 panel discussion DISCUSSION SUMMARY Closing remarks: Sudharshan Canagarajah, Victor Sulla, Gero Carletto, Richard Bilsborrow 19:00 20:00 Dinner 9

10 DAY 1--May 18, :00 11:00 Registration STRENGTHENING SUB-NATIONAL STATISTICAL CAPACITY FOR EVIDENCE-BASED POLICY MAKING May 18-May 19, 2011 Moscow, Russia Hotel Izmailovo, wing Wega, Alfa Building 9:00 9:15 OPENING REMARKS Chair: Pedro Alba, Country Director for Russia, the World Bank 9:15-10:30 Plenary Session 1 Hall #9, Alfa Building HOUSEHOLD SURVEY OVERVIEW 10:30-11:00 Coffee Break Chair : Benu Bidani, The World Bank Kinnon Scott, the World Bank, LSMS The session will look at wide range of surveys commonly used for policy analysis and specifically discuss use, design and implementation of the LSMS surveys. 11:00-12:30 Parallel Session 1 Hall #9, Alfa Building DESIGNING A MULTI TOPIC HOUSEHOLD SURVEY: MAIN ISSUES Chair: Richard Billsborow, University of North Carolina Kinnon Scott, the World Bank, LSMS The session will focus on the process by which questionnaires should be designed as well as content and testing. Parallel Session 2 Hall #3, Alfa Building ADEPT: SOFTWARE PLATFORM FOR AUTOMATED ECONOMIC ANALYSIS Chair: Benu Bidani, The World Bank Michael Lokshin, the World Bank ADePT was developed to automate and standardize the production of analytical reports. ADePT uses the micro-level data and produces rich sets of tables and graphs for a particular area of economic research. 12:30 13:30 Lunch Break 13:30-15:00 Plenary Session 2 Hall #9, Alfa Building TARTASTAN PRESENTATION Chair: Victor Sulla, the World Bank Olga Krasnova, Tatarstan Statistical Office, Deputy Director 15:00-15:30 Coffee Break 10

11 15:30-17:00 Parallel Session 1 Hall #9, Alfa Building SAMPLING PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS Chair: Olga Muhanova, Rosstat Gero Carletto, LSMS group, the World Bank An overview of sampling: why sampling is used, what are its main advantages, the power of probability sampling compared with other forms of sampling and the costs of misuse of sampling techniques. Parallel Session 2 Hall #3, Alfa Building POVERTY MAPS FOR POLICY MAKING Chair: Michael Lokshin, The World Bank Nobuo Yoshida, the World Bank and Kenneth Simler, the World Bank This session aims to introduce the methodology to produce reliable poverty estimates at the sub-national level by combining data from LSMS and Census, and also use in combination with other Geographical Information System (GIS). 17:00-17:30 Coffee Break 17:30-18:00 Parallel Session 1 Hall #9, Alfa Building DESIGN AND SAMPLING ISSUES OF MIGRATION SURVEYS Chair: Gero Carletto, LSMS group, the World Bank Richard Bilsborrow, University of North Carolina This presentation will address a common problem in household surveys--how to design surveys to collect data on population which constitute a small part of a country, i.e., rare elements, focusing on international migration. Parallel Session 2 Hall #3, Alfa Building ADP TOOL FOR MICRO DATA DISSEMINATION Chair: Kenneth Simler, the World Bank Victor Sulla, the World Bank Accelerated Data Program (ADP) is a tool for micro-data preservation and dissemination. The documentation of the Russian Households Budget survey (HBS) example will be presented. 18:35 19:30 Dinner 11

12 DAY 2 - May 19, :15 10:30 Plenary Session 1 Hall #9, Alfa Building HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS FOR EVIDENCE BASED POLICY MAKING Chair: Jaime Saavedra, Acting Director, the World Bank 10:30-11:00 Coffee Break 11:00-12:30 Parallel Session 1 Hall #9, Alfa Building FIELD WORK AND DATA QUALITY ASSURANCE IN HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS Chair: Rosstat representative Kinnon Scott, the World Bank, LSMS group The session will emphasize the link between field work and quality control and how all of these features are relevant for all surveys. There will be a discussion on how the key features are implemented in differing ways while maintaining the importance of training and supervision, and overall quality. Parallel Session 2 Hall #3, Alfa Building APPROACHES TO MEASURING EFFICIENCY IN EDUCATION AND HEALTH SPENDING Chair: TBA, The World Bank Emily Sinnot, the World Bank The session would give an overview and present selected case studies on evaluation tools to measure efficiency and performance in health and education spending at the regional, municipal and service provider level (e.g. individual hospitals and schools). 12:30 13:30 Lunch Break 13:30-15:00 Parallel Session 1 Hall #9, Alfa Building DATA ENTRY IN HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS Chair: Richard Bilsborrow, University of North Carolina Prof. Arthur Shaw, Maryland University Information will also be provided on the use of CAPI systems for data entry. The next steps from data entry to the creation of a final, documented data base for dissemination will be outlined. Parallel Session 2 Hall #3, Alfa Building PERFORMANCE MONITORING IN SOCIAL SAFETY NETS Chair: TBA Anastasia Alexandrova, the World Bank It will discuss international and Russian experience in developing performance indicators for targeted social assistance programs and social care services. It will also present several country cases of using administrative data. 15:00-15:30 Coffee Break 15:30-17:00 Parallel Session 1 Hall #9, Alfa Building NEW TOOLS AND INNOVATIONS IN HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS Parallel Session 2 Hall #3, Alfa Building DEVELOPING HUMAN OPPORTUNITY INDEX FOR RUSSIA 12

13 Chair: Rosstat representative Gero Carletto, LSMS group, The World Bank This session will present tools for developing the survey, reference materials, tools for archiving and disseminating data and suggestions for sources of funding. Chair: Benu Bidani, The World Bank Victor Sulla, The World Bank The new Human Opportunity Index based on the surveys data shows how personal circumstances play in gaining or preventing access to those services needed for a productive life. This opens up a whole new field of study dedicated to designing public policy focused on equity. 17:15 18:00 Plenary Session 2 Hall #9, Alfa Building CONFERENCE CLOSING AND DISCUSSION 13