Democratization The Gender and Migration Trainer’s Manual 32 ODIHR Annual Report 2010 freedom of movement and failing to reflect the realities of internal movement. This results in the deprivation of basic civil rights and a lack of access to social protection. Failure to effectively address restrictions to freedom of movement is often triggered by a lack of awareness of good practices based on the experience of other participating States. ODIHR consolidates this knowledge and shares it with participating States in order to assist them to ensure that rights of internal migrants are protected. in unskilled and undeclared work. To protect their rights, receiving states are attempting to introduce gender-sensitive migration policies. ODIHR supported the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities in conducting regional training courses in Helsinki, in April, and in Astana, in September, based on the Training Manual on Gender and Labour Migration, published in the first quarter of 2010 by ODIHR and the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities. The training for government officials, employers and workers associations from Eastern and Northern Europe and Central Asia provided much-needed information on practical steps to make gender issues an important part of existing migration policies. Migrant Integration Given the growth of migrant populations in the OSCE region, as well as their increasingly diverse backgrounds and life experiences, participating States face challenges related to migrant integration. One key to integration is removing limitations to the opportunities migrants have to work and participate in public life. In an attempt to assist participating States in meeting their commitments on migrant integration, in 2010 ODIHR developed a new programme to assess integration policies, identify good migrant-integration practices, and to match these with needs identified in participating States. In 2010, ODIHR, in co-operation with the International Organization for Migration Mission in Ukraine, the Council of Europe and the East European Development Institute, undertook research to assess migrant integration needs in Ukraine. This resulted in the publication of a report on the extent to which migrant integration is supported by adequate policies and institutions and providing an analysis of migrants’ access to rights, with concrete recommendations on how to tackle identified shortcomings. These recommendations will be used by ODIHR to formulate appropriate follow-up activities. In Kazakhstan, in co-operation with the Migration Policy Group, ODIHR carried out an assessment of migrant-integration measures in Kazakhstan. The results of the assessment will be presented to the authorities in 2011, ahead of consultations to enhance the capacity of policy actors to apply integration measures. Population Registration In assisting OSCE participating States to eliminate barriers to freedom of movement, ODIHR utilizes its Guidelines on Population Registration, published in 2009. The Guidelines provide a tool for political decision makers, practitioners and relevant authorities when assessing the appropriateness and efficiency of their national systems of population registration and, as appropriate, reforming them. ODIHR assisted the State Registration Service of Kyrgyzstan in identifying shortcomings in its current population-registration system and developing a strategy document for its reform. The document is based on the principles enunciated in the Guidelines, and outlines legislative changes required to eliminate remaining barriers to freedom of movement, simplify registration procedures and increase the accuracy of stored data. In its comprehensive approach to reforms ODIHR also presented Kyrgyz officials with measures that have been successfully implemented in other OSCE participating States, including through a visit in December for Kyrgyz State Registration Service officials to Vilnius, where officials from the Lithuanian Interior Ministry shared information with them on the manner in which the registration system there was reformed to meet OSCE commitments. Gender-Mainstreaming Migration Policies More women migrate independently to find work than ever before. Labour migration provides new opportunities for women, but it also places them at risk of exploitation, as women make up a large part of those migrants involved Voter Registration In many OSCE participating States, voter registers are linked to or produced from the population register and, therefore, the quality of the latter directly affects the exercise of universal and equal suffrage. In those participating