- Austrian Red Cross
- Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation (ACCORD)
- Wiedner Hauptstraße 32, 1041 Wien
- T +43 1 589 00 583
- F +43 1 589 00 589
- info@ecoi.net
The Belgian COI unit CEDOCA published the Methodology for its COI products.
The document is currently available in French.
"This methodological guide for Cedoca researchers contains a set of rules and recommendations for the production of documents containing Country of Origin Information [...]
This guide is intended to ensure the consistent application of quality criteria for all COI products produced by Cedoca. Users will therefore know what to expect from these documents and how to use them independently of the author. In addition to complying with the methodological rules, readability is an essential element that researchers must always take into account when drafting a COI document." (Cedoca, March 2025, p. 4, working translation ACCORD)
Cedoca's methodology is based, i.a., on ACCORD's manual on Country of Origin Information research and the methodology of the EUAA.
The document is supplemented by the referencing guide of 2023:
ecoi.net is run by the Austrian Red Cross (department ACCORD) in cooperation with Informationsverbund Asyl & Migration. ecoi.net is funded by the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund, the Austrian Ministry of the Interior and Caritas Austria. ecoi.net is supported by ECRE & UNHCR.
