National experiences: managing and modernizing migration data use (Part 1)
Jun 17, 2025 | 3:30 PM - 4:45 PMGround Floor & Floors 3-5, Niagra Building
Jun 17, 2025 | 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM
Ground Floor & Floors 3-5, Niagra Building
Description
This parallel session, made up of the panellists selected by the IFMS Scientific Committee, will focus on national experiences and strategies for improving migration data collection, analysis, and governance. Panellists will discuss challenges and solutions in migration statistics from various countries, including Niger, South Africa Egypt and the Gulf countries, and the UK. It will explore global initiatives to strengthen migration data capacity-building, particularly in alignment with international recommendations.
Moderator: Clare Menozzi, Chief of the Demographic Analysis Section, Population Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA)
Speakers:
- Idrissa Boukari Abdoulaye, Head of Demographic Studies Division, Institut National de La Statistique du Niger (INS-NIGER)
- Wafaa Ezzat Ali, Statistician, CAPMAS
- Diego Iturralde, Chief Director: Demography, Statistics South Africa
- Francesca Allerton, Statistician, Home Office, UK Immigration System Statistics
- Jack Cooper, Senior Statistical Analyst, Home Office, UK Immigration System Statistics
