Platform hosts webinar on KNOMAD Methodology for Longitudinal Studies on Reintegration
Kateness migrated from Malawi to South Africa in search for better opportunities when she saw her cousin taking that same path. However once there, she didn't found what she hoped for. Having reached out to IOM, she was assisted with return and reintegration support. Credit: IOM / Beyond Borders Media 2022
The Return and Reintegration Platform hosted the webinar "Measuring Reintegration: A World Bank-IOM Methodology for Longitudinal Studies" on Wednesday, 8 March 2023. The event presented the newly released methodology to conduct longitudinal studies on reintegration outcomes for returnees, developed by the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development (KNOMAD) through its Return Migration and Reintegration thematic working group co-led by the World Bank and IOM.
The reintegration outcomes of returnees are critical to inform return and reintegration policies and programme actions, but a gap often occurs in terms of the evidence required. Building on the monitoring and evaluation standardization efforts by IOM, what is emerging is the need to look at reintegration in the longer term beyond the scope of individual projects.
The methodology addresses this need, as it sets recommendations and considerations to take when conducting longitudinal studies to measure reintegration outcomes in the long term, utilizing the IOM-developed Reintegration Sustainability Survey (RSS) as the basis to inform more long-term measurement approaches.
During the event, the World Bank, IOM and partners provided insights on the methodology, as well as on the recommendations used to conduct longitudinal studies.
The webinar took place on Zoom and included a dedicated Q&A session to allow meaningful exchanges with participants. Due to time constrains, questions that were not addressed during the online event will be answered at: Measuring Reintegration: A World Bank-IOM Methodology for Longitudinal Studies | Return and Reintegration Platform