Scale up support to Member States to conduct Migration Governance Indicator (MGI) assessments

IOM will support States in strengthening migration governance structures in line with GCM objectives through implementing the Migration Governance Indicators (MGI) program which supports governments at different levels to take stock of the comprehensiveness of their migration policies, as well as policy gaps and areas that could be strengthened. IOM aims to roll out the MGI program in two thirds of UN Member States and more than 100 local authorities by the next IMRF (2026).

UPDATE: 4/JUL/23

• The Migration Governance Indicator (MGI) has been adapted to provide information on all Global Compact for Migration (GCM) objectives. In 2023, more than 35 assessments will be conducted, including new, follow-up and local assessments. The results of these assessments will serve to inform actions related to migration and displacement in the context of disaster reduction and climate change, legal identity, and diaspora empowerment. 

• The MGI results have been instrumental in informing GCM actions of numerous countries regarding the GCM implementation. Albania, Costa Rica and Iraq are among the countries that have utilized the MGI results to highlight their GCM progress since their first assessment. Similarly, Azerbaijan and El Salvador are leveraging the MGI assessments as a steppingstone towards developing their national implementation plan for the GCM. 

• IOM has continued to support governments at both national and local levels to strengthen their migration governance structures and assist them in meeting the objectives of the GCM through the MGI programme.

LAST UPDATED: 25/OCT/23

MGI assessments have now been conducted (or have started) in 111 countries and with 91 local governments! 

The MGI is one of the 6 GCM pledges IOM made at the IMRF: “IOM will support States in strengthening migration governance structures in line with GCM objectives through implementing the Migration Governance Indicators (MGI) program which supports governments at different levels to take stock of the comprehensiveness of their migration policies, as well as policy gaps and areas that could be strengthened. IOM aims to roll out the MGI program in two-thirds of UN Member States and more than 100 local authorities by the next IMRF (2026).”

We are well on track to be able to achieve this. In the next three years, we need to add 9 local assessments and reach 17 new countries. To put this into perspective, 22 local governments and 9 countries joined this year.