Technical Subgroup 1:
Regional Engagement and Capacity Development
Subgroup 1 brings members together to advance EGRISS’ capacity development goals with a view to supporting the implementation of the IRRS, IRIS and IROSS. The group’s main objectives include:
- Function as a platform of displacement and statelessness statistics experts or information sharing and coordination on capacity development at global, regional and national level on the IRRS, IRIS and IROSS.
- Map opportunities, existing platforms and interests from EGRISS members to promote capacity development activities to implement the IRRS, the IRIS and the IROSS.
- Promote the implementation of capacity development activities at regional and country level, making use of the methodologies and tools provided by EGRISS.
- Develop and update a tool kit of EGRISS materials for capacity development purposes.
- Reinforce a collaborative approach to improving displacement and statelessness statistics.
In addition to a global workplan, relevant activities are organized through the following regional Task Teams, with their respective focal points:
- Africa (Focal point: Joe Costanzo – IOM [email protected])
- Latin America and the Caribbean (Focal Point: Oscar Rico Valencia – JIPS [email protected])
- Asia and Pacific (Focal point: Aina Saetre – UNHCR [email protected])
- Europe (Focal point: Joe Costanzo – IOM [email protected])
- Western Asia (Focal point: Aina Saetre – UNHCR [email protected])

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Members of the subgroup:
Representatives from National Statistical Systems
- Armstat, Armenia
- Comisión Centroamericana de Estadística (CENTROESTAD)
- High Commission for Planning, Morocco
- Hungarian Central Statistical Office, Hungary
- Institut National de la Statistique (INS), Cote d’Ivoire
- Institut National de la Statistique de Djibouti (INSTAD), Djibouti
- Institut National de la Statistique Republique du Cameroun, Cameroon
- Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (ISTAT), Italy
- National Bureau of Statistics, Nigeria
- National Institute of Statistics (INE), Honduras
- National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI), Mexico
- National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat), Georgia
- Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), Palestine
- Somalia National Bureau of Statistics, Somalia
- State Statistics Service, Ukraine
- Statistics Norway, Norway
- Unidad para las Víctimas, Colombia
- United Nations Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific (UNSIAP)
Representatives from Academia, and Regional and International Organizations
- International Security and Development Center (ISDC)
- African Union (AU)
- Eurostat, European Commission
- Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC)
- International Labour Organization (ILO)
- International Security and Development Center (ISDC)
- Medstat
- Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC)
- United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
- United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN-ESCAP)
- United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN-ESCWA)
- United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UN-ECA)
- United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)
- Universidad de la República de Uruguay
- World Bank
- World Bank-UNHCR Joint Data Center on Forced Displacement (JDC)