and NSOs) and data users (policy-makers, journalists, academics); migration survey development; data analysis trainings; taking a practical approach to the what can be achieved for meaningful gains in the short- and longer-term by accounting for the local context. GMDAC’s capacity building programming can be categorized under four interrelated priority-areas: 1. Monitoring - Developing systems and practices to improve migration data for policy, including monitoring progress towards the SDGs. 2. Coordination and systems – Bridging the distance between local practices and international standards, encouraging communication and data-sharing between the producers and users of migration data, whilst addressing bottle-necks and gaps in data, systems and policy, within and across ministries. 3. Technical materials – The production of materials for, and the facilitation of, training workshops and working groups, e.g., guidelines for collecting/analysing/sharing migration data, regional action plan. 4. Knowledge-management – Promoting the understanding of, access to, and use of migration data. As one example, GMDAC worked with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to develop regional guidelines for developing, sharing and using migration data. Data analysis Lastly, GMDAC provides timely analysis of policy-relevant migration issues, including – for example - missing migrants, migration data infrastructures, irregular migration, vulnerable migrants, Big data and migration, or migration potential. GMDAC also provides hands-on analytical support to IOM missions around the world in order to make most of the data that field missions collect, especially in the context of human trafficking or voluntary return projects. In addition, GMDAC conducts impact evaluations of IOM projects in the field including on the impact of information campaigns for potential migrants in West and East Africa. http://community.apsanet.org/migrationcitizenship/home 62