1. Global environmental change and migration: knowledge base and policy International Workshop Integrating Migration into Development: Diaspora as a Development Enabler 2-3 October 2014

2. MOST Programme (i)MOST I (1994-2003) - Development and use of social science knowledge for better understanding and management of social transformations (ii) Most II (2004 to present) - Efficient interfaces between social science research and policy - Culture of evidence-based social policy-making (iii) Decision by the IGC MOST (10 th session, March 2011) to focus on: - Social Inclusion - Social Dimensions of Global Environmental Change

3. (i)Social science knowledge base: availability, accessibility, quality (ii)Knowledge uptake: data literacy and usage in policy and planning processes (iii)Social science - policy dialogue: interdisciplinary, sustainable, relevant Areas of need GEC and Migration

4. Knowledge base and agenda setting - global level (i) World Social Science Report 2013 - Changing Global Environments - Co-published by ISSC, OECD and UNESCO - Develops a social science framing of the issue - Showcases contributions of social sciences - Explores the social science-policy linkages - Influences research programming - Mobilizes social science community to develop an integrated and transformative science (ii) Migration and Climate Change - Reviews the existing body of empirical evidence - Articulates a social science prospective on the issue of migration and climate change

5. Knowledge base and dialogue –Africa (i)Climate change, environmental degradation, and migration in Senegal and Cote d’IvoireClimate change, environmental degradation, and migration in Senegal and Cote d’Ivoire - Cooperation between and amongst social science communities and policy practitioners - Knowledge base on climate change and migration - Data usage in policy and planning processes (ii) Climate change mitigation and adaptation in Burkina Faso and Ghana - Interdisciplinary knowledge production - Bridging existing networks of experts - Data users-data producers dialogue - Media literacy and coverage of the issue (iii) Climate Change and Migration in Africa - Data collection through 9 demographic surveillance sites in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda

6. Knowledge base and dialogue – Asia Migration and Global Environmental Change in India Migration and Global Environmental Change in India - Stock taking of existing research - Production of knowledge to fill the identified gaps - Mainstreaming foresight and anticipatory analysis - Interaction between policy makers and researchers Environmental migration in the Aral Sea region (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan) - Review of social science knowledge base - Empirical data collection in the Aral Sea region - Advocacy and agenda-setting - Media literacy and media coverage

7. Thank you for your attention. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Social and Human Sciences Sector Management of Social Transformation (MOST) www.unesco.org/new/en/social-and-human-sciences/themes/most-programme