CONSOLIDATING THE CONTINUOUS REPORTING SYSTEM

ON INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION IN THE AMERICAS (SICREMI)

Department of Economic and Social DevelopmentSEDI

Committe on Migration Issues - CIDIOctober 21st, 2013

Continuous Reporting System on Internacional Migration in the Americas

Continuous Reporting System on Internacional Migration in the Americas

* SICREMI gathers information on immigration to the Americas and on emigration from the Americas to OECD countries

* The SICREMI report is unique in the Hemisphere

Contribution of the SICREMI to measuring international migration

• SICREMI is a high value-added project:

individual contribution of information from each country

→ regional report

• La sistematización de los registros administrativos y la periodicidad anual de los informes es una ventaja comparativa del proyecto SICREMI

Contribution of the SICREMI to measuring international migration

• The SICREMI follows the methodological model of the Permanent Observation System on Migration (SOPEMI) of the Organization for Economic Cooperation for Development (OECD)

• The strategy to collect data, compile and generate information is based on a national correspondents’ network

Strategy and implementation

• Information provided by each participating country in the National Reports is integrated in the annual publication.

• Technical Correspondents’ Workshop

Evaluation of the Report

Planning of the following edition

Preparing the annual SICREMI Report

Evolution of participating countries in the project

2011 Report ( 9 countries) 2012 Report ( 18 countries )

North America, Central America and

the Caribbean

1. Canadá

2. México

3. Belice

4. El Salvador

Andean Countries5. Ecuador

6. Colombia

Southern Cone7. Argentina

8. Uruguay

9. Chile

North America, Central

America and the Caribbean

1. Barbados

2. Costa Rica3. Rep. Dominicana

4. Guatemala

5. Panamá

Andean Countries

6. Bolivia

7. Perú

Southern Cone

8. Brasil 9. Paraguay

• Argentina - Ministerio del Interior / Dirección Nacional de Migración • Barbados – Ministery of Home Affairs – Department of Inmmigration• Belize – Statistics Belize• Bolivia – Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores - Dirección de Asuntos Consulares• Brasil – Ministerio da Justicia / Departamento de estrangeiros/ Divisão de nacionalidade e naturalização • Canada - Citizenship and Immigration Canada• Chile – Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores - Dirección para la Comunidad de Chilenos en el Exterior• Colombia – Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Dirección de Asuntos Migratorios, Consulares y Servicio al

Ciudadano. Coordinacion de Colombia Nos Une.• Costa Rica – Dirección General de Migracion y Extranjería• Ecuador – Secretaría Nacional del Migrante • El Salvador – Ministerio de Trabajo/ Departamento de Trabajadores Migrantes• Guatemala - Ministerios de Relaciones Exteriores/Dirección de Asuntos Consulares • Mexico - Instituto Nacional de Migración / Centro de Estudios Migratorios• Panamá - Servicio Nacional de Migración / Asesoría Legal • Paraguay – Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores / Dirección de Atención a las Comunidades Paraguayas en

el Extranjero• Perú – Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática • República Dominicana – Dirección General de Migración • Uruguay – Instituto Nacional de Estadística

National Correspondents’ network as of January 2013

Next steps:

- Integration of new countries to the project

- Technical Correspondents’Worshop

Toward the third Report Migration in the Americas

Consolidating the SICREMI

Potential Sources of funding for Annual SICREMI activities PRELIMINARY DRAFT

Source   Description

OAS Regular Fund

External Funding

Member States Contribution  

Personnel      $357,000.00      Technical Assistance OECD

     

$ 50,000.00      Correspondents ‘ Technical Workshop for

     

$ 100,000.00      Report Publication      $ 40,000.00      Total      $ 547,000.00      

Thank you!