Possibilities for Nordic Cooperation on statistics on forced displacement

Joint effort to investigate possibilities for cooperation within the area of statistics on forced displacement

4 October 2022 15:00

Last week, Nordic Statistical Organizations (NSOs) from Denmark, Norway and Sweden met with the UNHCR and representatives from the Refugee Councils in Denmark and Norway in the UN City in Copenhagen to investigate possibilities for cooperation within the area of statistics on forced displacement. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs from Denmark also presented their role vis a vis a potential Nordic collaboration on the subject. The parties shared information about priorities and discussed collaboration modalities for strengthened capacity on forced displacement and statelessness statistics. They also had a look into how experiences and technical capacities can be shared in the ambit of secure microdata sharing. All building on the strong statistical expertise and collaboration in the Nordic region.

The result was a plan forward for how the NSOs can support the UNHCRs statistics- and data science-related ambitions for the coming years through sharing competencies via a roster, through improved national statistics on displaced persons and through the many existing international capacity-building programs, which the NSOs are implementing around the world.