Felix Schmieding, Senior Statistician at the World Bank – UNHCR Joint Data Center participated in the session Leaving no-one behind: Inclusion of forcibly displaced in national surveys and the SDG indicators.
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Data, displacement & development: Putting the World Development Report into action
The 2023 World Development Report (WDR) – Migrants, Refugees and Societies – highlights the issues and inconsistencies in the current data on these populations and the importance of accurate and consistent data as a basis for effective programs and policies.
Including refugees and IDPs in national statistical systems: Why and How?
The Joint Data Center on Forced Displacement (JDC) facilitated a ‘Learn Lab’ titled “Including refugees and IDPs in national statistical systems: Why and How?” The event aimed to share practical guidance on how to include refugees and IDPs into existing workstreams of National Statistical Offices.
Including the excluded: better data on statelessness
The Joint Data Center on Forced Displacement (JDC), in collaboration with the Expert Group on Refugee, IDP and Statelessness Statistics (EGRISS), the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) co-organized a side-event titled ‘Including the excluded: better data on statelessness’ during the United Nations World Data Forum 2023 to introduce the International Recommendations on Statelessness Statistics (IROSS).
Leaving no-one behind in official statistics
The Joint Data Center on Forced Displacement (JDC) in collaboration with the Expert Group on Refugee, IDP and Statelessness Statistics (EGRISS), the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) will hold a session during the United Nations World Data Forum 2023.
JDC at the 3rd International Forum on Migration Statistics (IFMS 2023)
On the 24th January 2023, Björn Gillsäter, Head of the World Bank-UNHCR Joint Data Center on Forced Displacement (JDC), participated in the session “Strengthening Migration Data For the Follow-up Review of Global Agreement” as part of the 3rd International Forum on Migration Statistics (IFMS 2023).
JDC at High Commissioner’s Dialogue on Protection Challenges
Björn Gillsäter, Head of the World Bank-UNHCR Joint Data Center on Forced Displacement (JDC), participated in the event with a Ted Talk titled “Making the Invisible Visible through Statistics.”
Joint Data Center Seminar on Building Evidence on Forced Displacement
The UK Aid-World Bank-UNHCR Building the Evidence on Forced Displacement Research program presented studies that examined the cost effectiveness of proposed livelihood interventions in displacement contexts along with a perspective from Ecuador.
World Refugee Day 2022 – What happens after: Displaced people talk about their experience in a new country
On World Refugee Day at UN City in Copenhagen, three people who had fled war talked about their experience integrating into Denmark at an event hosted by the World Bank-UNHCR Joint Data Center on Forced Displacement (JDC) and moderated by Maja Lazic, Deputy Head of the Center.
Strategic Advisory Council 2022
Strategic Advisory Council 2022 There has been a significant increase in the evidence base on the socioeconomic situation of those forcibly displaced and their host communities over the past decade. With the number of forcibly displaced now surpassing 100...