- (e) The Bank could provide a link between data collection and analysis to enhance/inform/underpin operational design (i.e. what do we need to know about displaced populations, host communities and returnees to design effective development responses, and how can these requirements be mainstreamed into data collection systems).

As an initial step, interested parties could support the formation and facilitation of a working group of technical experts including representatives of national statistical agencies, regional statistics committees and international organizations (such as UNHCR, IDMC, IOM and the Bank), including annual meetings. This technical working group would provide a forum for discussing and harmonizing the current patchwork of existing initiatives across the spectrum of forced displacement statistics. Consistent with the principles outlined above, it would be beneficial if the proposed technical working group were established as an integral addition to, or an expanded version of, the committee of experts being led by UNHCR under the auspices of UNSD. Assistance might then be offered to: (a) provide technical assistance for the development/harmonization of statistical definitions and methodologies; (b) pilot data collection activities to test/hone methodologies (either specific surveys or additional modules of existing surveys) including training and technical assistance provided to national statistical agencies; and/or (c) the definition of a data analysis framework and/or support to national statistical agencies to undertake their own data analysis.

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