Available Languages

Available Languages

Currently available in English, French, and Spanish to reach a wider global audience.

Free Programme

Free Programme

Six pedagogical modules with built-in knowledge checks and and a final assessment.

Earn Your Certificate

Earn Your Certificate

Participants who successfully complete the final exam receive an official certificate of completion.

“Introduction to the International Recommendations on Refugee, IDP and Statelessness Statistics” is a free, self-paced online course developed by EGRISS in collaboration with the United Nations Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific (UN-SIAP) as part of the Technical Subgroup on Regional Engagement and Capacity Development. It gives practitioners in national statistical systems the concepts, methods, and tools to compile official statistics on refugees, internally displaced persons and stateless populations, aligned with the content of the IRRS, IRIS, and IROSS

Upon successful completion of the final assessment and evaluation of the content, participants will be eligible to receive a certificate.

Course Objectives

01Discuss the role of EGRISS and its outputs in providing the statistical framework for the compilation of official statistics in response to the various data needs.
02Apply concepts, definitions, methodology, and main data sources for refugee, IDP, and statelessness statistics according to internationally endorsed recommendations.
03Illustrate implementation issues, including data sharing, data confidentiality, data quality, and metadata.
04Appraise the importance of coordination of data on refugees, IDPs and statelessness to facilitate policy development.

EGRISS first ran the course in March–April 2023, combining live webinars with five online modules on the IRRS and the IRIS. Given its success and demand, a self-paced version was released in May on SIAP’s online platform. After the IROSS was endorsed, the course was updated to include statelessness. This revised edition was rolled out between April and May 2024, and the self-paced version launched in June of the same year. 

In 2026, the course was translated into French and Spanish, and EGRISS delivered its third facilitated edition between August and October.

E-learning course · 2023, 2024 & 2026
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participants across all course editions

STRUCTURE

Course Modules

1
Module 1
Introduction to the International Recommendations
2
Module 2
Refugee statistics: measuring stocks & characteristics
3
Module 3
IDP statistics: measuring stocks, flows & characteristics
4
Module 4
Statelessness statistics: measuring characteristics
5
Module 5
Data sources, analysis & dissemination
6
Module 6
National, regional & international coordination
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Assessment
Final exam — pass to receive your certificate
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Evaluation
Course feedback & evaluation form

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