Sixth Coordination Meeting on International Migration
New York, 26-27 November 2007

The Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations is organizing the Sixth Coordination Meeting on International Migration in response to General Assembly resolution 58/208 of 13 February 2004 on International Migration and Development, which requests the Secretary-General to continue convening meetings to coordinate activities regarding international migration. The meeting will also assist the Population Division in preparing the report of the Secretary-General on possible options for appropriate follow-up to High-level Dialogue to be considered by the General Assembly at its 63rd session in 2008 as requested in General Assembly resolution 61/208 of 6 March 2007.

The objectives of the Meeting are: (a) to discuss outcomes and follow-up of the first meeting of the Global Forum on Migration and Development, which was organized and hosted by the Government of Belgium in July 2007; (b) to consider preparations for the second meeting of the Global Forum, which will be organized and hosted by the Government of the Philippines in October 2008; (c) to exchange information on current and planned activities in the area of international migration, and (d) to exchange best practices and future plans on the use of surveys in collecting data relevant for the study of international migration.

Organizations which have carried out or are planning to carry surveys that provide information on international migrants or on issues related to international migration have been requested to provide the following information:

1. Title of survey programme or project 2. General purpose of the survey(s) carried out 3. Country or countries covered by the survey(s) 4. Time frame of the survey(s) 5. National agencies or institutions collaborating in carrying out field work 6. Type of sample being used (probabilistic, purposeful, snowball….) 7. Primary sampling unit (household or individual?) 8. Was the survey specifically designed to study international migration or has a migration module been added to an existing survey? 9. Types of populations covered: migrants at destination; return migrants at origin; non-migrants at origin; non-migrants at destination; proxy respondents for migrants abroad. 10. Are specific types of migrants the focus of attention? (E.g., migrant workers, refugees, foreign students, female migrants, etc.) 11. How are migrants identified? Please provide definitions. 12. Is the survey gathering data on remittances and their use? 13. Indicate means of dissemination of survey results: reports, detailed tabulations, data in digital form, micro-data in digital form. 14. Indicate if researchers may have access to the data collected for further analysis.