Consultancy for Uganda Migration Profile Data Collection And Roadmap Development

Education

• Advanced degree in Migration Studies, Statistics, or related field  from an accredited academic institution with a minimum work experience of 2 years. 
  

Experience

• Proven experience in migration data analysis and policy development in one of the countries in East, Horn and Southern Africa.
  
• Familiarity with Uganda’s migration context, trends, transit routes and international frameworks such as GCM, SDGs, IGAD free movement etc.
  

Tasks to be performed under this contract

The consultant will hold consultation workshops and conduct key informant interviews with stakeholders including the Office of the Prime Minister, Ministry of Internal Affairs (NCIC & COPTIP), National Planning Authorities, UBOS, Ministry of Gender (Department of Labour), selected academia, selected district local governments, youth and women groups, and other relevant parties able to provide useful information. Specifically, the consultant will;

• Context Analysis: Review Uganda’s migration trends, policy frameworks, and institutional arrangements and coordination frameworks.
  

• Data Scope Definition: Identify priority indicators aligned with national and international frameworks (e.g., refugee flows, labor migration, social-economic and remittances, migration policy, GCM, IGAD free movement protocol, health impacts, Climate induced migration and any other relevant frameworks related to migration data and governance).
  

• Source Mapping: Assess relevant sources of administrative data from ministries (Internal Affairs-NCIC and COPTIP, Labor, OPM, Health, Education, district local government etc), surveys, and international databases and review existing administrative data, surveys, and research reports from government agencies such as NHS, Census etc, Accademia, Research Institutions, NGOs, and international organizations.
  

• Data Collection Plan: In consultation with UBOS, NPA and IOM, Develop methodology for data gathering and validation, including timelines and resource needs.
  

• Stakeholder Engagement: Map key partners (Government-MDAs, UN agencies, NGOs, academia, Private sectors) and propose coordination mechanisms for collaborations 
  

• Gap Analysis: Identify data deficiencies and propose strategies to address these gaps, ensuring effective integration and long-term sustainability.
  

• Conduct stakeholders mapping exercise: In partnership with IOM, the consultant will identify Ugandan stakeholders in migration data collection and use, following a desk review of existing migration profiles and data systems. The assessment will outline each stakeholder’s roles, data capacity, coordination, and gaps. Results will support the migration data TWG and inform updates to the Uganda Migration Profile and GCM activities.
  

• Participate in and not limited to the following key project activities to generate an inclusive and comprehensive migration profile roadmap and data framework.
  

  a)    Knowledge Exchange and Best Practices workshop on Migration Data Harmonization for NCM and Migration Data 
  

  b)    Supporting and providing technical guidance to NCM, OPM, UBOS and NPA
  

  c)    Consultative workshop to develop a gender inclusive data roadmap to guide migration profile elaboration.