Helene Syed

Hélene Syed

My work

You will find on this page examples of my recent consultancy missions.

ECOWAS Trafficking in Persons Data Analysis and Reporting

Client: International Organization for Migration

Location: Remote

Timeline: March 2023 - June 2023

Tasks:

Under the overall supervision of the Head of the Protection Division’s Assistance to Vulnerable Migrants Unit and direct supervision of the IOM Programme Coordinator in Geneva, I will:

• Carry out a review and a validation of the data provided by the ECOWAS members

• Develop an overview report on the state of administrative data on trafficking persons in the ECOWAS region
• Liaise on technical issues with the African Union STATAFRIC.

Study on the Needs and Expectations of the Guinean Diaspora in France, Senegal, Cote d'Ivoire, and Belgium

Client: Afford Europe & Enabel

Location: Remote

Timeline: January 2023 - February 2023

Tasks:

•Develop the methodology and appropriate data collection tools (questionnaire and KIIs)

•Prepare a report (two versions: French and English)

Migration Profile of the Lao PDR Consultant

Client: International Organization for Migration (IOM) Lao PDR

Location: Remote & in Lao PDR

Timeline: June 2022 - June 2023

Tasks:

•Conduct data mapping and analysis using desk review and KIIs. Draft data assessment report.
•Lead the field visit in three provinces (Champasack, Savannakhet, and Xayabouly) in Oct. 2022 - data collected via KIIs and FGDs

•Develop three data collection methodologies and toolkits
•Prepare a training manual on data collection, analysis, and reporting
•Develop the Migration Profile of Lao PDR

Chinese Irregular Migration in France and Italy Research Consultant

Client: International Organization for Migration (IOM) China

Location: Remote

Timeline: Nov. 2021 - April. 2022

Tasks:

• Produce a discussion paper providing a background and overview of Chinese irregular migration to France and Italy and on Chinese migrants with an irregular situation in France and Italy

• Provide an overview of the irregular data migration landscape

Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) Assessment Lead in Kazakhstan

Client: International Organization for Migration (IOM) Kazakhstan

Location: Remote and Almaty (Kazakhstan)

Timeline: Feb. 2022 - Aug. 2022

Tasks:

• Lead and oversee the implementation of the research project on migrant
workers in Kazakhstan (Almaty, Shymkent and Nur-Sultan)
• Design the methodology and develop DTM data collection and analysis tools
• Train the field team in Almaty, Kazakhstan (March 2022)
• Draft the final report

Data visualization expert

Client: International Organization for Migration (IOM) Thailand

Location: Remote

Timeline: Oct. 2021 - Feb. 2022

Tasks:
• Review a set of eight dashboards of DESC Team using assessment matrix
• Propose dashboard mock-up using PowerMockup, Excel and Power BI and elaborate dashboard
• Provide recommendations based on data visualization best practice

• Organize and lead a webinar (audience: immigration officers in South Asia)

Youth Mixed Migration Project Regional Coordinator

Clients: UNFPA Regional Office in Dakar, Senegal & Mixed Migration Centre (MMC) West Africa

Location: Remote & Dakar, Senegal

Timeline: Sept. 2021 - Dec. 2021

Tasks:
• Work closely with 4Mi and Country Offices (Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger) for timely and efficient implementation of the project
• Coordinate the review and data analysis process at regional and national levels
• Write the regional report based on advanced statistical methods
• Lead the organization of regional validation workshop, Saly, Senegal
• Manage partnerships with governments and stakeholders
• Build a communication and dissemination plan with regional office in Senegal

Towards an integrated analysis of migration aspirations and destination preferences of migrants and refugees in Libya (North Africa)

Client: Mixed Migration Centre (MMC) North Africa

Location: Remote

Timeline: Oct. 2020 - May 2021

Tasks:
• Carry out desk review, data cleansing, management and analysis of a dataset
(6,000 observations, 135 variables); advanced statistical analyses
• Conduct a profiling exercise of irregular migrants and asylum seekers based
in Libya and mapping of migration routes (Central Mediterranean Route);
decision making of onward migration to Europe; drivers to
mobility/immobility, including role of smugglers and protection abuses
• Draft one report and one academic article; STATA do-file

Methodology for a longitudinal study on reintegration outcomes of returnees

Clients: International Organization for Migration (IOM) HQ AVRR (Geneva) & KNOMAD HQ

Location: Remote

Timeline: Sept. 2020 - Sept. 2021

Tasks:
• Conduct a desk review and fieldwork on migratory systems and return migration movements and patterns in Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Egypt and Thailand
• Prepare and lead a webinar for dissemination purposes
• Draft one policy paper​​​ and the methodology