EGRISS Secretariat

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The EGRISS Secretariat is hosted by the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and is composed by the following staff:

Natalia Baal

Natalia Krynsky Baal

Natalia Krynsky Baal is the Head of the Secretariat for the Expert Group on Refugee, IDP and Statelessness Statistics (EGRISS). In this capacity she coordinates the work of the UNSC-mandated group to support the implementation of statistical recommendations on refugees, IDPs and related population groups and to develop international recommendations on statelessness. Previously, she was a Senior Strategy and Policy Officer at the World Bank-UNHCR Joint Data Center and before that she was Coordinator of the Joint IDP Profiling Service (JIPS). In various capacities, she has been working for the last ten years to strengthen available data and analysis in forced displacement situations, working closely with national authorities and statistical offices as well as humanitarian and development partners. She worked across different countries, including Afghanistan, Colombia, Ukraine, Somalia, Mali, Kosovo and Central African Republic, and has authored several publications on this topic. She also co-authored and led the development of the International Recommendations on IDP Statistics (IRIS) to their successful endorsement in 2020.

Carolina Ferrari

Filip Mitrovic

Filip Mitrovic is a Statistical Coordination Officer/Technical Advisor at UNHCR. As part of the EGRISS Secretariat, he provides technical support to national statistical offices on inclusion of statistical recommendations on refugees, IDPs and stateless persons in data collection activities. In the previous five years, he was a household survey specialist with UNICEF, providing technical assistance to NSOs, implementing both household face-to-face and phone surveys. Filip provided support in NSOs efforts to roll out Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) supporting design, planning, data collection, analysis and disseminations stages of data generation for SDG indicators sourced from household surveys along with large number of additional indicators on women’s and child’s health, nutrition, education, protection and living conditions. His previous experience also includes establishing monitoring frameworks for INGOs supporting people on the move along the Balkan migratory route. He worked in the Pacific (Fiji, Tuvalu, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Nauru and Kiribati) and Eastern Europe (Serbia, North Macedonia and Hungary) regions.

Eric Machado Raupp

Eric Machado Raupp has spent his career bridging the gap between migration and the global audiences who need to understand it, bringing a unique combination of communications expertise and policy experience to the field of humanitarian statistics. As a Communications Officer at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), he supports EGRISS’s advocacy, communication, and coordination of activities for the implementation of IRRS, IRIS, and IROSS. Before joining the Expert Group, Eric worked with the communications team of the Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs at the European Commission, in Brussels, focusing on the Pact on Migration and Asylum and EU’s response to Ukrainian. A Brazilian national, he also worked as a journalist covering international affairs for a national newspaper in his home country. Eric holds a dual master’s degree in Journalism, Media, and Globalisation from Aarhus University and the Danish School of Media and Journalism, in Denmark, and Charles University, in Prague, where he specialised in Totalitarianism and Transition.

Aina Helen Saetre

With over 20 years of professional experience, Aina Helen Saetre has worked across health, social protection, displacement, humanitarian assistance, and international development. Her work has consistently emphasized coordination, programme management, partnerships, financing, technical support, capacity development, and the use of statistics for evidence‑based decision‑making. Aina currently leads the development of a capacity‑building package to support the implementation of the EGRISS Recommendations, focusing on strengthening national statistical systems and facilitating practical uptake of international standards. She has been involved in EGRISS since its inception and has represented UNHCR in the Group for the past five years. Previously, Aina served as co‑lead of the Regional Engagement Team for Asia and the Middle East, supporting regional workshops and trainings, partnerships with national statistical offices and regional bodies, and alignment of EGRISS recommendations with regional statistical processes. Aina has held long‑term UN postings in Malawi, Senegal, and Thailand, and has also worked at UN Headquarters with UNHCR and UNAIDS. Prior to joining the UN system, she worked at Statistics Norway, where she developed a strong foundation in statistical analysis, official statistics, and public policy.

Alexiane Humberset

Alexiane Humberset is a Statistics Contractor at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), where she works within the EGRISS Secretariat to support international statistical development initiatives related to forced displacement and statelessness. Prior to joining the EGRISS mandate, she was involved in the preparation of the Global Compact on Refugees Indicator Report (2025), supporting the development and consolidation of indicators. Before joining UNHCR, Alexiane worked as a Statistics Scientific Collaborator at the Swiss State Secretariat for Migration, where she contributed to migration and asylum-related statistical analysis and reporting. She holds a Master of Science in Economics from HEC Lausanne, Switzerland, and completed an exchange semester at the Norwegian School of Economics in Bergen.

Temirlan Utegulov

Temirlan Utegulov is a Statistics Project Intern with the EGRISS Secretariat, where he supports the implementation and analysis of the Global Annual Inclusion (GAIN) Survey. With a professional background in the international education and IT sectors—including roles at American Councils for International Education and Forvis-Mazars—Temirlan specializes in bridging the gap between technical infrastructure and evidence-based policy. A Microsoft Certified Power BI Data Analyst proficient in SQL, Python, and R, he holds a degree in Business Analytics. Currently based in Denmark, Temirlan brings a global perspective to the Secretariat, drawing on experience from the United States, Kyrgyzstan, and his home country, Kazakhstan.