IDAC - Int'l Data Alliance 4 Children on the Move

Global coalition aiming to improve data & statistics and support evidence-based policymaking for migrant & displaced children.

Led by UNICEF | Co-funded by EU

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@EU_Eurostat @EU_Partnerships @UNmigration @UNMigrationData @OECD @OECD_Stat @Refugees @unhcrdata @UNICEF @UNICEFData

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📌To generate actionable, data-driven insights that improve the lives of the most vulnerable children on the move, IDAC Secretariat members UNHCR and the OECD will hold a ⁠datathon in April 2025.

Sign up here to join the upcoming webinar on 27 February - https://t.co/bSdEjt8XIy

[UNHCR Data @unhcrdata]

📢 Join the @Refugees-@OECD Datathon this April and help shape better policies for forcibly displaced and stateless children.

🔹Want to get involved? Sign up for our webinar: https://t.co/oHNGShMAh8

Read more: https://t.co/D6UOxQtJu2

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3/4 that address the challenges faced by forcibly displaced and stateless children. By translating complex datasets into meaningful narratives, the datathon acts as a platform for storytelling that can inform policy and advocacy.

Find more details here - https://t.co/RxLhB5mNIl

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@EU_Eurostat @OECD @OECD_Stat @UNmigration @UNMigrationData @Refugees @unhcrdata @UNICEF @UNICEFData @EU_Partnerships

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📢Join this crucial UNSC webinar on the revised recommendations on migration statistics.

Let's make sure children are represented in these discussions! The future of migration and displacement data must centre on the needs of children on the move.

https://t.co/WMOu6LhbQy

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4/ Read the full report here - https://t.co/oPnJb30CMS

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📑The 2024 report by the UN Secretary-General on implementation of the Global Compact for Migration (GCM) notes IDAC's efforts to generate better data on the needs of migrant and displaced children.

Outlining progress, challenges, and recommendations to advance the GCM ... 1/4

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3/ while highlighting IDAC's role in enhancing data, international cooperation and partnerships.

In addition, the report focuses on migrant deaths and disappearances and recommends States to collect and report data on deaths and disappearances to IOM's Missing Migrant Project.

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to end the invisibility of migrant and displaced children in data and statistics.

Learn more about the EU’s support to IDAC here https://t.co/tos1UXAcmG

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📈“With the number of displaced children rising to 47.2 million in 2023, an increase of over 40% since IDAC was launched in 2020, the European Union (EU) is committed, more than ever, to ensuring that these children are not invisible in policy-making and programming”

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The EU’s €3.5 million grant to IDAC is providing critical momentum to efforts to produce better data for children on the move. With the EU’s support, IDAC is actively advancing its work with partners around the globe and engaging national statistical authorities (continued)

[UNHCR Data @unhcrdata]

This week, @unhcrdata is attending #IDAC's Annual Conference! 🌟 A global coalition of governments, experts, youth, and academics gather in Rabat, #Morocco 🇲🇦 to tackle data challenges for children on the move. Together, we aim to create solutions that leave no child behind!

[IOM Global Office Brussels @IOMatEU]

❗️ Around 47.2 million children were displaced globally at the end of 2023.

Under the EU-funded @IdacM initiative, IOM & partners joined the Government of Morocco in a global conference on the role of data in upholding the rights of children on the move.

https://t.co/bmIPs5mkWS

[Open Data Watch @OpenDataWatch]

At the end of 2023, conflict, violence and other crises led to an estimated 47.2 million children to be on the move. This is a record high that shows no signs of slowing down.

Read more from @IOM_MENA highlighting @IdacM's recent global conference: https://t.co/eIxUl1IakA

[GE Sanchez (now on Bluesky) @_gesanchez]

Grateful to @IdacM for the invitation to present @DhiaAc work on the importance of human rights perspectives on data collection efforts related to youth and children and border crossings in the Ciudad Juarez/El Paso area.

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"Communications is key to share our data expertise with policy makers and translate it into meaningful change." Marc Vincent, UNICEF Representative in Morocco
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