# Indicators and Methods

_Programme · The Kurdish Cooperation Organization · https://kurds.global/learn/programmes/indicators/_

A proposed community of practice on indicators, figures and the methods behind them.

## Record

- **Platform**: Academy
- **State**: proposed
- **Lede**: Figures about Kurds are often missing, mixed or contested. This community would set how the network's pages state a figure, its measure, year, source and label.
- **Indicator definitions**: Shared definitions for each indicator the platform uses.
- **Labelling rules**: How a figure is labelled verified, secondary or to verify.
- **Method notes**: Notes on how each source measures what it reports.
- **Gaps register**: A list of what is unknown, shown as unknown.
- **Audience**: Statisticians, Demographers, Researchers, Data volunteers
- **Step 1**: Proposal: the community awaits the governing body's decision.
- **Step 2**: Join: members would take part by field and declare interests.
- **Step 3**: Draft: members would draft definitions and method notes.
- **Step 4**: Review: each output would be peer reviewed before use.

## Provenance

Records updated 2026-11-11. Every value keeps its measure, year, source and label (verified, secondary, to verify); unknown is shown as unknown. Verify, add a source or report this record on its page.

## Formats

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## See also

- [Academy](https://kurds.global/learn/)