1. Olga Chudinoivskikh Moscow State Lomonosov University
Joint UNECE/Eurostat Work Session on Migration Statistics,
Geneva, Switzerland, April 2010
Preparing a guide on statistics of international migration for the countries of Eastern Europe Caucasus and Central Asia
Olga Chudinoivskikh
Moscow State Lomonosov University

2. Issues of migration data are often met without enthusiasm…….

3. Purpose of the toolkit and target groups
to provide basic knowledge on statistics of international migration - its concepts and definitions, sources of data and main issues of access to statistics and its interpretation
in a very comprehensive manner
with patterns and examples of good and not so good practices
with illustrations - screenshots and images
with references to international standards …….
Statisticians
Policy-makers
Functionaries in migration related authorities
Scholars and other users
Each group should find something new and practically useful from the perspective of data collection, processing, dissemination and interpretation

4. Contents 1. Introduction
2. Definitions and concepts in statistics of migration
3. Main statistical categories in migration: migrant flows and stocks
4. Data sources
5. Collecting data on some special categories of migrants
6. Country checklist of available sources and necessary data
7. Presenting and understanding statistics of migration: how to avoid mistakes
8. Providing access to statistics
9. International sources of statistics of international migration
10. Concluding remarks
Total about 50 pages

5. Comprehensive explanations
Making issues of statistics of migration easily understandable and (perhaps) interesting
Comprehensive explanations

6. Examples of good and bad practices
In data collection
Processing (computing and tabulation)
Providing access to data (and microdata)
Translation (statistical and analytical publications)
Understanding and interpretation
etc.

7. Some patterns Design of the paragraph ‘Data collected at the borders’
Good and bad examples: time series

8. National reports and international resources

9. Thank you!