CR8 - 2024 Q4 Meeting of the Civil Registration Professionals of South Asia
Programme - 3rd Ministerial Conference
Tentative programme
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Associated events: sub-regional and sectoral forums | ||||
| DAY 1 Monday 23 June 2025 | 09:00-12:00 CRVS Champion: Meli NadakucaOur community newsletter puts a spotlight on people who have gone above and beyond in their efforts to support CRVS programmes in Asia and the Pacific, raise awareness of CRVS issues or lead CRVS improvement efforts in their home country or in the region. Births to bereavements: Tuvalu civil registration and vital statistics plan put forward in SPC reportThe Pacific Community (SPC) released a report on Assessment, Analysis and Redesign of the CRVS System in Tuvalu. Lack of formal ID for women poses barrier to the digital world: reportA report by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) reveals an immanent gender gap in digital access, resulting in challenges for women, especially in low- and middle-income countries, that limit their ability to engage fully in the digital economy. International standard for biometric bias measurement unanimously approvedA new international standard for how to test for equitability and bias in biometric systems has been approved. The ISO/IEC 19795-10 is expected to be published soon. No identity, no protection: How lack of identity documents drives exploitation and modern slaveryThe Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Target 16.9 focuses on providing legal identity for all, including birth registration. Stats Brief: Understanding and Improving Adult Mortality Measurement in a Changing Demographic LandscapeESCAP's Statistics Division has released a Stats Brief on Understanding and Improving Adult Mortality Measurement in a Changing Demographic Landscape, as part of ESCAP’s work on civil registration and vital statistics funded under the Bloomberg Philanthropies Data for Health Initiative (D4H) Project. New research article highlights effectiveness of a financial incentive tied to on-time birth registration in FijiA recently published research article documents the sharp improvement in on-time birth registration nationally in Fiji from 58% prior to the incentive to 93% during the incentive. Seminar on the issuance of Official Birth or Death Certificates or Notifications in IndonesiaUnited Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Indonesia held a seminar in Jakarta on 17 September 2024 to discuss the issuance of Official Birth or Death Certificates or Notifications. Events
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