Capacity Building and Innovative Practices

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1 Capacity Building and Innovative Practices Improving Data on International Migration towards Agenda 2030 and the Global Compact on Migration Akanni Akinyemi Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria

2 Guiding Questions: What are the greatest migration data capacitybuilding needs? What innovative measures have been taken to build migration data capacities? How to ensure that efforts to improve data on development and migration are aligned?

3 Migration Data: West Africa Census Migration stocks Every 10 years!!! Nigeria-1991, 2016 limited by 1. the number of questions 2. Consistency of variable: citizenship or birth 1. Timeliness, 2. limited questions, 3. expensive, 4. Availability- IPUMS 5. Skills Administrative Data 38-Nigeria, 19- Ghana, 1. Capacity of agencies 2. Evidence Specialized Surveys/ Very few, localized 1. Fund driving Funding 1. Unprocessed (Migration cards) 2. Overlapping 3. Standardization and Methods 4. Lack of harmonized template

4 Data Harmonization Within Countries: No Harmonization Nigeria and Ghana within the last few years- Technical Working Group Migration policy Migration Profile Migration Management Strategy

5 Migration-related Data across Agencies/Institutions Data Category Variable Stakeholder Institution Cross-Border Migrants Diaspora Emigrants Migrant Stock Migrant Flow Ghanaians living abroad Emigrant Workers Emigrant Students Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) Labour Department Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) No. of Agencies Ministry of Education Forced Migrants Refugees Ghana Refugee Board 1 IDPs -- Irregular Migrants Trafficked Persons Anti-Trafficking Unit of Ghana Police

6 Addressing the issues Gaps in Data/ CAPACITY Map migration data across agencies Capacity development in data management and reporting Coordination and synergy Develop a common data template for data sharing Quality Assurance Standardization of data Feedback to national Data framework

7 Case study of Ghana

8 ECOWAS EXPERIENCE Across ECOWAS Different templates across agencies Agency either not collecting, lack of capacity to collect Limited research funding

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10 Migration Cards-Embarkation/Disembarkation Cards Ghana Nigeria S.Leone Gambia Liberia Sex Name of Vessel Purpose/Nature of Travel Declaration of foreign currencies Number of Accompanists Duration of stay (+) information asked, (-) represents information not asked.

11 Migration Cards-Embarkation/Disembarkation Cards Nigeria just concluded scanning and analysis of Ghana is working on scanning of over 10 years backlogs Millions unprocessed cards in Sierra Leone, Gambia and Liberia

12 Innovative Measures Within ECOWAS, only Nigeria, Ghana have reports on capacity assessment of government agencies with mandate on migration related issues. Both countries have developed migration data management strategy framework with formation of National TWG drawn from MDAs. The Consortium of ECOWAS, IOM, ILO, ICMPD conducted a baseline on Migration Data Management across ECOWAS in 2014.

13 Discussion Across many Africa countries, particularly within ECOWAS, there is a very weak capacity to produce relevant data. Capacity building needs will include: Strengthening of national agencies and ministries with migration related mandates to collect data. Migration data harmonization at national levels. Support to academic and research institutions in capacity development for migration studies. The economic returns from fundamental research can be considerable, far in excess of the initial costs of the research. Regional data harmonization

14 Aligning Efforts to Improve Data on Migration and Development Development of regional and national template for capacity development. Engagement and research support to academic and research centres in migration studies Development of national and regional template for migration indicators.

15 Key Message Need to move resources to support: National Agencies Research and Academic Units Regional efforts and Institutiona