Ashgabat, 27 April 2021 – IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) was introduced to the national partners during the webinar organized by the IOM Office in Turkmenistan. Conceptualized in 2004 in Iraq, for the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) assessments and monitoring exercises, the DTM is a system to track and monitor displacement and population mobility. It is designed to regularly and systematically capture, process, and disseminate information to provide a better understanding of the movements and evolving needs of displaced populations, whether on-site or on the route. Within the framework of the regional project “Reducing socio-economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on migrants and communities in Central Asia and Russian Federation” funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, the DTM is currently being applied in some Central Asian countries with a big flow of labor migration including Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.

The current workshop was attended by representatives of government agencies, public organizations, and associations of Turkmenistan including the Ombudsman’s Office, Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population, State Migration Service, the State Committee for Statistics, the Institute of State, Law and Democracy, the Youth Union named after Magtymguly, the Women’s Union, National Red Crescent Society of Turkmenistan, public associations “Ynam” and “Yenme”.

IOM’s international expert on DTM Mr. Vittorio Bruni introduced to participants how the DTM was developed, practical use of the matrix, experiences of other countries relating to the DTM, and its benefits for governments and migrants as well. This new concept of migration data management aroused interest and further discussions on its possible deployment by the government were agreed by participants.

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