Members and Associate Members of ESCAP are currently undertaking a review of their progress since the inception of the Asia Pacific CRVS Decade in 2014. A questionnaire has been distributed to National CRVS focal points and should be returned to ESCAP by 15 September.
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The CRVS applied research training (CART) initiative focuses on enhancing CRVS systems through supporting applied research on strategies, interventions, and tools. This involves designing projects to address practical questions, employing robust methodologies, and identifying key personnel for effective implementation and publication. The need to strengthen practitioners' research capacity is evident, as highlighted in the Asia-Pacific CRVS research forum held in 2023.
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To meet the targets of the CRVS Decade, a Business Process Improvement approach can help improve and streamline Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) system. The CRVS Systems Improvement Framework help CRVS stakeholders assess, analyze and redesign, to improve user experience and produce timely vital statistics.
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The Ministerial Declaration on CRVS in Asia and the Pacific emphasizes the need to address CRVS inequalities among hard-to-reach and marginalized populations, promoting universality and equity in civil registration regardless of factors such as gender, religion, or ethnicity. Countries are encouraged to conduct assessments to assess where such inequalities may exist.
Read MoreThe CRVS community in Asia and the Pacific has reflected on where it stands at the midpoint of the CRVS Decade (2015-2024) during the Second Ministerial Conference. Following this celebration of progress, many of our partners and member countries are leading actions to fill the remaining gaps. To learn more about CRVS in Asia and the Pacific, please subscribe to our newsletter, which offers a monthly panorama of CRVS actions throughout the region Previous editions can be found here. |
An initiative by the Danish National Archives, in partnership with the Center for Clinical Research and Prevention and Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, is underway to digitize historical medical birth records using AI. Paper records for over four million individuals born between 1926 and the 1970s are being transformed into a digital database.
At the Identity Week Asia 2024, held in October 2024, Directorate General of Population and Civil Registration (Dukcapil) has outlined a progressive plan to modernize the nation's population and civil registration system. A cornerstone of this evolution is the integration of Digital Population Identity (IKD) as a seamless extension of existing legal identities.
In 2020, a record-high 35.5 million international migrant children were living outside their home countries. These children faced many dangers, including violence, mistreatment, exploitation, and neglect. The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, Mr. Gehad Madi, wrote a report to the United Nations General Assembly about the issue of children on the move.
Two capacity building workshops were held 24-27 September and 30 September-3 October in Paro, Bhutan. With participants from the Ministry of Home Affairs, Bhutan Bureau of Statistics, Ministry of Health and Department of Immigration, the workshops provided an opportunity for a large variety of stakeholders to get an in depth understanding on the production of demographic indicators.
Bloomberg Philanthropies Data for Health Initiative and Vital Strategies recently hosted a five-day workshop in New Delhi, India aimed at strengthening vital statistics production processes in over 10 countries across Africa and the Asia-Pacific.
The UN Legal Identity Agenda (UNLIA) actively promotes and assists member states in the initial management and integration of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics and National ID systems (CRVSID) systems.
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) hosted the 3rd Philippine Identity Summit on 16 September 2024. The Summit highlighted the accomplishments of the National ID system, and promoted collaboration, knowledge sharing, and the exploration of technological innovations in e-governance.
Bloomberg Philanthropies Data for Health Initiative’s Global Grants Program (GGP) called for proposals earlier this year for the new round of support for projects focused on gender equity.
Indonesia’s Vital Statistics Report 2019-2023, released in October, is the country's first vital statistics report. The report outlines the progress of vital event registration in Indonesia and presents vital statistics on critical data, like births and deaths, from 2019-2023.
8 October marks International Birth Registration Day every year. For 2024, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, come together to call for increased awareness of the importance of birth registration, as birth registration is the first legal recognition of every person’s legal identity. Without a birth registration, a child may become stateless, leaving them with higher risk of exploitation and abuse.
