Aligned with global commitments
Timeframe anchored with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, when stocking taking on progress will be undertaken.
Continuity and Enhancement
Builds on achievements and lessons learnt from previous phases, including challenges in implementing the Recommendations.
Member-centred Development
Consultations with members during the 2022 and 2025 All Members’ Meetings and guidance from Steering Committee have shaped the text.
EGRISS’ Terms of Reference (TOR) were extended at the 57th session of the United Nations Statistical Commission (UNSC) in March 2026, formally starting the Group’s fourth mandate. The main objective remains to improve national and international refugee, internally displaced persons, and statelessness statistics through the development of international recommendations on how to produce, compile and disseminate statistics on these populations.
The new ToR builds on achievements from previous years and focuses on enabling implementation of the International Recommendations on Refugee, IDPs, and Statelessness Statistics: with the three set of standards now in place, the priority is ensuring that they are adopted, applied, and continuously improved across national statistical systems worldwide. The work is organised around four core objectives:
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