Demographic and Social Statistics

The International Forum for Migration Statistics (IFMS) 2025 will take place in Malmo, Sweden, from 16 to 18 June 2025, with support from Malmo University and the Government of Sweden.

The Forum will be organized around the following six broad themes:

• Improving the availability, timeliness and accuracy of statistics on international migration and migrants to enable implementation of the new UN recommendations on migration statistics and expanded use of administrative data and innovation.
• Formulating data solutions to promote regular migration pathways while ensuring balanced narrative and combatting disinformation about migration.
• Strengthening data to support socioeconomic integration and inclusion of migrants and their children.
• Foresight and forecasting on migration to strengthen anticipatory action and longer-term preparedness.
• Fostering greater cooperation and partnerships on migration statistics, including on measuring progress towards global commitments.
• Building national capacities on new migration statistics approaches and international reforms, with particular emphasis on practical tools, effective practices, and trainings designed for sustainable impact.

The Forum will bring together producers, analysts and users of data and statistics on international migration and migrants, who will share their knowledge and experiences in measuring migration and evaluating its impacts across all its dimensions, with a particular focus on progress made since the last IFMS 2023 in Chile. As transversal themes, specific attention will be given to the gender dimension as well as to innovative data tools, notably in relation to Big Data and Artificial Intelligence.

The International Forum on Migration Statistics (IFMS) is a unique, global platform devoted to improving data on migration in all its dimensions. Organised since 2018 by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), the IFMS offers space for dialogue for a broad range of actors, from national and regional authorities, NGOs, international agencies and the private sector.

To prepare the Programme of IFMS 2025, the organizing institutions call for proposals for parallel sessions and individual papers related to the above topics. Innovative submissions that do not fit into any of the above themes are also welcome.

You can either propose a paper (or an abstract thereof) or a parallel session. The deadline for submissions is 1 December 2024.

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For more information, please visit the IFMS 2025 website maintained by OECD: IFMS 2025