1. Overview of DTM
THEME
Everyone counts: quality statistics for better
management of forced displacement in
Africa
African Statistics Day
18 November 2019
2. The Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) is an information
management system that regularly collects and disseminates
critical information on displacement and population mobility to
decision-makers and responders
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Past and Present Operations as of November 2019
Active Operations Currently Inactive
Brazil
Vanuatu
Philippines
Myanmar
Bangladesh
Nepal
Afghanistan
Pakistan
Iraq
Mali
Burkina Faso
Cameroon
Niger
Nigeria
Libya
Sudan
South Sudan
Djibouti
Ethiopia
Somalia
Burundi
Uganda
Democratic Republic
of the Congo
Bulgaria
Northern Macedonia
Serbia
Croatia
Slovenia
Greece
Turkey
Peru
Madagascar
Yemen
Italy
Malt
a
Indonesia
Papua New Guinea
Ukraine
Guinea
Antigua and
Barbuda
Dominica
Senegal
Mauritania
Sri
Lanka
Cyprus
Bolivia
(Plurinational
State of )
Guyana
Mongolia
Spain
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Montenegro
Kosovo 1244*
Albania
Romania
Paraguay
Uruguay
Argentina
Chile
Lao People’s
Democratic
Republic
Thailand
Zimbabwe
The Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) is a
system to track and monitor displacement and
population mobility.
It is designed to regularly and systematically
capture, process and disseminate information to
provide a better understanding of the movements
and evolving needs of displaced populations,
whether on site or en route.
over 25 million
IDPs tracked in 2018
plus 19 mil returnees and 5 mil
migrants
over 5,000
data collectors in the field in 2018
over 300
technical experts in the field in 2018
over 90 countries
DTM has been active in since 2004
*References to Kosovo shall be understood to be in the context of United Nations Security Council
resolution 1244 (1999)
Guatemala
El Salvador
Nicaragua
Honduras
Colombia
Ecuador
Panam
a
Micronesia (Federated States
of)
Fiji
Tonga
Malawi
Mozambique
Central African Republic
Chad
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland
The Netherlands
France
Kenya
Mexico
Dominica
n
Republic
Ghana
Liberia
Sierra Leone
Guinea-Bissau
Hungary
Bahamas
Marshall
Islands
What is DTM?
3. Target Population
Internally displaced persons
(IDPs)
Returnees
Migrants
Locations
Sites and Camps
Transit points
Place of Return or
Resettlement
Flows
Spontaneous or Organised
Internal and Cross-border
Needs and Vulnerabilities
Inter-sectoral needs
GBV and Protection indicators
Health indicators
Conditions
Infrastructure
Livelihoods
Data is Collected on… Global
Training
2018
4. DTM Components
MOBILITY TRACKING
SURVEYREGISTRATION
Area/Sub-Area Assessment
Multi-Sectoral Location Assessment
Event Tracking
Rapid Emergency Registrations
Verification for Registration
Biometric Registration
Return Intention
Community Perception
Displacement Solutions
Migration Flows
High Mobility Location Assessment - Nation
High Mobility Location Assessment - Local
Flow Monitoring Registry
FLOW MONITORING
Households
and
Individuals
Groups
and
Location
Global
Training
2018
5. Programme set up
• Deployment of experts or
mobilisation of local
resources capacities
(human and financial)
• Coordination with local
and regional
actors (Governments,
NGOs, UN agencies)
• Training
DTM Workflow
Global
Training
2017
Data collection
• Operations in the field
with or without direct
access
• Data quality control :
verification and
validation of data
Analysis and products
• Different types: narrative,
report, raw data, maps,
dashboards, etc.
• Sharing information with
national authorities and
humanitarian partners
(via mailing list,
websites, social media,
etc.) following IOM data
protection and
governance policies
6. DTM in Africa
Global
Training
2017
22 active countries
49 active operations
MOBILITY TRACKING
10,359,191 IDPs
6,022,857 returnees
890,180 other migrants
FLOW MONITORING
4,284,172 movements
74,416 flow monitoring
surveys
Active DTM Operations as of November
2019
NOVEMBER 2018 – NOVEMBER
2019
8. Regional Mobility in West and Central Africa
Global
Training
2017
An estimated 8.6 million migrants are living in the WCA
region.
An estimated 90 to 95% of migration flows in
West and Central Africa are internal to the
region.
Over 7,628 surveys have been conducted with
mobile populations in the West and Central
Africa region between January and June 2019.
9. Global
Training
2017From January to June 2019, a total
of 390,043 movements were
tracked in Djibouti, Ethiopia,
Somalia, and Yemen.
398,174 movements tracked in
first half of 2018.
Estimated movements of
800,000, for 2019 which is
lower than the almost 900,000
observed in 2018
Regional Mobility in the East and Horn of Africa
10. Regional Migration Data Hub for Southern Africa
Why : Result of global and regional commitments (SDGs, GCM,
MIDSA recommendations)
What : A central repository, generating information on migration
through data collection, collation and analysis of migration trends to
help advance policies at the national and regional levels
How (activities):
Adaptation of Flow Monitoring survey to SADC
National “whole-of-society” consultations organized
jointly with NSOs
MIDSA 2019, Southern African NSO’s
recommendations
Way forward:
Migration data regional harmonization guidelines (definitions,
methodologies, indicators)
Capacity building support (ToTs) at the regional and national levels
Expansion of DTM/FM capacity and regional coverage
12. IOM’s Global
Migration Data
Centre GMDAC
To easily visualize raw data by country or
region (e.g. Africa), search for information
and statistics by theme, locate relevant
research and tools, and look up guidance
and recommendations related to
migration data.
https://migrationdataportal.org/?i=stock_abs_&t=201
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13. World Migration Report
Since 2000, IOM has been producing world migration reports to contribute to
increased understanding of migration throughout the world.
At the continental front, IOM in collaboration with the AU would be coming out
with an African Migration Report.
At the regional level, IOM’s plans to work in close collaboration with the
STATS SA, Academia, Research Institutions and relevant government
ministries and institutions to come up with a Regional Migration Report for
• AVRR
• Asylum
• Border Management
• Capacity-building
• Child Migration
• Child Migration
• Children
• Climate Change
• Communications
• Cultural Orientation
• Data Management
• Diaspora
• Displacement
• Education
• Emergency
• Environment
• Facilitating Migration
• Gender
• Governance
• Health
• Human Development
• Human Mobility
• Human Rights
• Humanitarian Assistance
• Immigrants
• Immigration
• Integration
• IDPs
• Irregular Migration
• Labour Migration
• Labour Mobility
• Migration and
Development
• Migration Flows
• Migration Issues
• Migration Law
• Migration Management
• Refugee Resettlement
• Refugees
• Regulating Migration
• Remittances
• Return Migration
Southern Africa
• Research
• Smuggling
• Trafficking
• Women
• Xenophobia
• Youth
Subjects
14. Global
Training
2017
DTM & Official Statistics
1. Legal framework analysis
to inform statistical
framework development
2. Assessment of data sources,
methods and
common challenges in
producing numbers and
characteristics of IDPs
3. Case studies from participating
countries
4. Analysis of coordination
systems to
inform recommendations
Expert Group on Refugee & IDP Statistics (EGRIS)
Purpose: develop international recommendations, standards and guidance to improve
the quality of official statistics on forcibly displaced populations
Composition: Co-led by UNHCR, Statistics Norway, Eurostat, Turkstat, JIPS and the
United Nations Statistical Division (UNSD) with membership from other organizations
(including IOM)
Next Steps – March 2020
1. Finalize International Recommendations for IDP Statistics (IRIS)
2. Develop Compilers Manual: practical guide for implementation of
recommendations on refugee and IDP statistics
*IOM DTM continues to engage as relevant actor towards the standardization and
collection of IDP statistics for both operational and official use.
45 country members & 24 international and regional institutions
15. MECCC
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Thank you!
WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP
By: Bogdan Danila
Senior Regional Emergency
Specialist
IOM Regional Office Pretoria
