The digital transformation and GMDAC DELETED Director IOM's Global Migration Data Analysis Centre (GMDAC) 16 July 2020

Examples of digitalization in IOM • Border management: IOM priority to support governments with solutions for integrated border management and ID management. ➢ IOM recommends to the German EU Presidency to prioritize digitalization transition of migration management and legal ID management to enhance access to public services for all • Migrant Protection & Assistance: IOM has the largest global databases on missing migrants, human trafficking cases, assisted voluntary return, longitudinal data on outcomes for reintegration support • Accurate and reliable information to promote safe, orderly and dignified migration: IOM developed a mobile phone application, MigApp, to help migrants make informed decisions about migration • Knowledge management & communication: The Global Migration Data Portal and GMDAC’s work in leading the UN Migration Network’s Core Group to develop the Knowledge Platform & Connection Hub – feature of Migration 4.0 Discussion Forum • Harnessing the potential of new data sources on migration: Big Data for Migration Alliance & the Data Innovation Directory

A fast-evolving migration data landscape • Data innovation in migration rising in importance – even pre-COVID-19 • ‘Big’ and ‘small’ data are not in competition: we need both • During (public health and other) emergencies: - timely statistics are critical to respond quickly and effectively - collecting data from traditional sources can be difficult • Meanwhile big data are already there yet largely untapped → Need for ethically responsible and privacy-safeguarding collaboration frameworks

The Big Data for Migration Alliance (BD4M) Data4migration.org Launched in 2018, convened by: - IOM’s GMDAC                                                                    • Building the knowledge base for data innovation and - The European Commission’s KCMD                                                   collaboration → New Data Innovation Directory - The GovLab at NYU • Identifying and sourcing demand and questions for data innovation → 100 Questions Initiative • Building data innovation capacities DELETED                                                            • Promoting the use of data innovation to address the demand for policy-relevant analysis • Connecting key stakeholders – data users, providers and policymakers Launch of the Big Data for Migration Alliance, Joint Research Centre, Brussels, 25 June 2018. © European Commission 2018

The Data Innovation Directory (DID) • Overview of existing projects and applications of new data sources in relation to migration/mobility • 50 projects by more than 70 different organizations (9 related to COVID-19) • Sources: publicly available information/interviews, validation process → To feature relevant projects or give feedback: did@iom.int https://migrationdataportal.org/data-innovation

Global Migration Data Portal: COVID-19 and migration Thematic page                     Resources                          Blogs • Overview of migration data      • IOM’s COVID-19 Analytical   • Key UN resources for the relevant to COVID-19             Snapshots                     international statistical • UNFPA brief on COVID-19       community migrationdataportal.org/themes    and census data             • Inclusion of migrants in /migration-data-relevant-covid- 19-pandemic • Migration Policy Practice     pandemic preparedness and Special Issue on COVID-19     response migrationdataportal.org/res   migrationdataportal.org/blog ources

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