Ashgabat, 5 February 2021 – the International Organization for Migration/United Nations Agency for Migration (IOM), together with the State Migration Service of Turkmenistan held a teleconference to present a joint project on the collection and analysis of migration indicators “Strengthening the capacity in collecting and analyzing migration indicators and developing national strategies in the field of migration”. The project funded by the IOM Development Fund (IDF) that will be implemented in Turkmenistan during 2021-2022 focuses on migration data for the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals and national planning. The event was also attended by the representatives of ministries and agencies of Turkmenistan, whose participation is a key element of the project’s success, including the Ministry of Finance and Economy, the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population, the State Committee on Statistics.

During the seminar, Azat Atajanov, Head of the IOM Office in Turkmenistan, presented the project aimed at building the capacity of the national ministries and agencies of Turkmenistan on the modern methodologies for collecting and analyzing migration data, national planning, and reporting on global agreements/instruments. The participants also learned about the main IOM’s instruments used to collect and analyze migration data and discussed plans for activities under the project. In conclusion, the Participants of discussed further plans for the activities provided their important comments and agreed to continue fruitful cooperation under the project.

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