Data Exchange through the UNECE Clearing House of Migration Statistics Andres Vikat High-level Seminar on Population Censuses and Migration Statistics in CIS Countries Gelendzhik, Russian Federation, 16-18 October 2013

Benefits of Data Exchange Provides information missing from regular national data collection systems (e.g. number of citizens living abroad) Provides information about the characteristics and conditions of citizens living abroad November 23, 2019

Related Activities at UNECE Task Force on Measuring Emigration (2005-2008) Pilot study on data exchange (2007) Guidelines on the use of data on international immigration to improve emigration data of sending countries (2009) Clearing House of Migration Statistics (2011-) November 23, 2019

Conclusions from the Data Exchange Exercise (2007) Immigration data from receiving countries can be used to improve estimates of emigration in sending countries Data on immigration is not always easily accessible by interested users  data exchange necessary Need to develop guidelines for the exchange of data Consideration of creating a central clearing house for collecting and storing migration data to facilitate the accessibility of statistics 11/23/2019

Guidelines on exchanging data to improve emigration statistics (2009) How to use other countries’ immigration data for improving own emigration estimates How to produce immigration data so that it better fits the needs for improving other countries’ emigration estimates Setting up a clearing house maintained by an international organization to facilitate data sharing among countries Set of standard tables on stocks and flows for bilateral exchanges among countries unece.org/index.php?id=17456 November 23, 2019

Workshop in Bishkek (2010) Agreed to a set of 9 tables on basic migration data to be transmitted to UNECE November 23, 2019

Clearing House of Migration Statistics Network of focal points in NSOs UNECE collects data every two years. 2011, 2013, … unece.org/data November 23, 2019

Data Availability Fully Partially Not Available November 23, 2019

Citizens Living in Another CIS Country, by Citizenship November 23, 2019

Population Living in Another CIS Country than Country of Birth, by Country of Birth November 23, 2019

Population Living in Another CIS Country than Country of Birth, as Percentage of the Population of the Country of Birth November 23, 2019

Percentage of Male and Female Citizens Living in Another CIS Country November 23, 2019

Long-term Immigration to the Russian Federation by Country of Previous Residence, 2012 November 23, 2019

Next Steps Expand metadata in English and Russian Evaluation of current data quality Validity checks Revisions Next update spring 2015 November 23, 2019

Conclusion The Clearing House relies on the data that your offices provide  Your support to data exchange is essential for achieving the mutual benefit for CIS countries. Proposals for improving data exchange are welcome. November 23, 2019