1. United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Statistical Division UNECE Inventory of Information Sources on Migration in the ECE Region Paolo Valente, UNECE UNECE-UNFPA Workshop on Migration Statistics Istanbul, 6-8 December 2010

2. UNECE Statistical Division Slide 2November 26, 2015 Mandate for Inventory  One of the outputs of the UN Development Account Project on Migration  Similar exercise conducted in all 5 UN Regional Commissions  In UNECE region, the Inventory covers all 56 countries

3. UNECE Statistical Division Slide 3November 26, 2015 Types of information sources included in the inventory  In general, information sources are Websites, organized in an Excel file  Different types of migration-related information sources: Statistical information Policies and programmes Legislation and other…

4. UNECE Statistical Division Slide 4November 26, 2015 Institutional categories of sources included in the inventory  Different categories of sources are included: International organizations (incl. Regional, Country offices) Governmental agencies and departments (incl. NSIs, Migration services) Academic and research institutions Networks NGOs

5. UNECE Statistical Division Slide 5November 26, 2015 Data collected for each information source  For each source, data is collected on: Type of source (Intl. Org, Gov, Academic, NGO...) Name Location (country, city) Coverage (country/ies) Web page or other contact information Additional information/description Keyword [subject to availability of additional funding]

6. UNECE Statistical Division Slide 6November 26, 2015 Example: Turkey (35 sources) general overview

7. UNECE Statistical Division Slide 7November 26, 2015 Example: Turkey zoom in (1/2)

8. UNECE Statistical Division Slide 8November 26, 2015 Example: Turkey zoom in (2/2)

9. UNECE Statistical Division Slide 9November 26, 2015 Status of preparation of inventory  Work done on Feb-Apr 2010: Research, evaluation, selection of sources (approximately 1500 considered, 1200 retained) Preparation of first draft inventory in Excel  Additional work planned in December 2010: Review and improve first draft, also with support from national focal points Release of public version planned in early 2011  Future work (subject to availability of funds): Add keywords to sources to facilitate search Develop version in more user-friendly format than Excel (i.e., database type with search functions)