GAIN Survey 

The GAIN survey is designed for countries (NSOs or other responsible agencies) and national, regional, and international organizations working to enhance official statistics related to refugees, individuals in need of international protection, internally displaced persons (IDPs), or stateless persons. The purpose of this survey is to collect information on planned, ongoing, or completed statistical projects involving forcibly displaced populations. The survey also aims to raise awareness and support decision-making in EGRISS’s work. 

The questionnaire should be completed by the focal point or the most knowledgeable person in your organization regarding the related statistical projects. You can include contact information for several colleagues if necessary. 

The time required to complete the questionnaire typically ranges from 10 to 20 minutes, depending on the number of projects you need to report. Most questions are designed for quick, concise responses, with only two open-ended questions requiring brief descriptive answers. 

Yes, you have the option to save a draft of the questionnaire and continue at a later time. This can be useful if you need to verify or gather additional information from colleagues within your organization. However, we recommend completing the questionnaire in one go, if possible, as knowledgeable respondents within your institution are likely to have all the required information readily available. 

For any questions or clarifications or if you encounter any issues with the online form, please don’t hesitate to contact Mr. Filip Mitrovic ([email protected]) or Mr. Assana-Richard Ayizou ([email protected]). 

Participating in the GAIN Survey allows EGRISS to gather comprehensive and accurate information, enabling better addressing the unique challenges faced by practitioners making efforts to include these populations in official statistics. Your input is instrumental in shaping policies and strategies in this regard. 

You can include multiple projects in a single questionnaire. When completing the survey, you will select the number of projects you are reporting on (question PRO02) and provide relevant information for each project in the designated fields. 

Yes, please include information about planned, in-progress, and/or completed projects in 2023 in the survey (in the PRO section of questionnaire). 

Please provide update/progress information in this year’s survey. Projects reported in previous years will be pre-loaded in the 2023 survey (in the UPD section). 

Project (in PRO01 and PRO01A) in this survey is an organized initiative taking place in 2023 that includes or solely focuses on improving/producing national statistics on refugees, IDPs and/or stateless people. These initiatives encompass a wide range of activities. For instance, they might involve working on a data source like implementation of a survey, administration of a database, work on a census, a data integration project between different data sources, work on a non-traditional data source. Alternatively, they could entail developing tools like strategies, guidance documents, or the organization of training sessions and workshops. These projects can occur at different levels, whether on a national, regional, or global scale, and they may be at various stages of progress in 2023, including planning or implementation phases. Additionally, projects can entail collaboration with partners. Respondents have the option to briefly describe their other specific initiatives, which may include activities not explicitly listed in the examples provided.

Data sources and tools (PRO08) used to provide information on the project can be: (A) statistical surveys, (B) government records and databases, (C) general population censuses, (D) combining data from many places, (E) non-standard sources like humanitarian groups or social media data, (F) developing strategic documents, (G) following guidelines or toolkits, (H) giving training or workshops to get data, and any other source not listed where data comes from. 

Challenge (in PRO19 and PRO20) in this survey refers to significant difficulties encountered during the project such as (A) trouble getting data from everyone, mistakes in data collection(C) difficulties in identifying specific groups like refugees or stateless people, (D) concerns about data confidentiality and privacy, as (E) resource constraints (like not having enough money or people), (G) issues related to politics or security, (H) delays or issues with data quality, (I) not having the right skills or tools for the project, (J) lacking clear instructions, or any other unique problems faced during the project.