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2025 review of CRVS progress in Asia and the Pacific

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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2024 Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Applied Research Training Initiative

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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Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems Improvement Framework

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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Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Inequality Assessments

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.

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Follow CRVS news in Asia and the Pacific by subscribing to the CRVS Insight Newsletter

The 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.

CRVS INSIGHT DECEMBER 2023

As we embark on a new year, please join us in celebrating the significant achievements made by the regional CRVS community over the past year.

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Papua New Guinea Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Action Plan (2023-2025)

This refreshed plan is developed based on the findings of the Comprehensive Assessment completed by Jeff Montgomery in 2019 and is aimed at supporting the Government of Papua New Guinea in achieving a coordinated approach to the development of the CRVS system in the country.

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First Capacity Building for the Project on Assessing Inequalities in Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in the Philippines

The first three-day national capacity building workshop will be a hands-on workshop, which is designed based on the needs of the country and aligned with the project’s objective to build skills in analyzing data to assess inequalities in the registration of births and deaths. The workshop will supplement lectures with practical sessions and exercises.

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Principles and Recommendations for a Vital Statistics System, Revision 3

Principles and Recommendations for a Vital Statistics System provides guidance on establishing a functioning system for collecting, processing and disseminating vital statistics; improving sources of vital statistics, primarily the functioning of the civil registration system and its components; and the role of complementary sources of vital statistics, such as population censuses, household surveys and public-health records. The document was prepared by the UN Statistics Division.

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Training course on civil registration and vital statistics systems

The International Statistics Program has developed a training course CRVS systems to provide information to epidemiologists, statisticians, demographers, and others working in public health about vital statistics data gathered from a national civil registration system. Even though CRVS systems may differ somewhat from country to country, there are internationally accepted principles and recommendations for national CRVS systems.

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Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Legal and Regulatory Review: Tool and Methodology

This toolkit provides a guide for analysing existing CRVS laws to identify legal obstacles and opportunities. Even though CRVS systems should serve the same principal functions, every country has different approaches based on its legal structure, history, and culture. Countries also differ in their CRVS organization, implementation, processes, scale, partners, and capacities. This toolkit attempts to provide a standardized methodology to capture and evaluate this range of approaches and needs.

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CRVS eLearning Course (World bank and other partners)

The CRVS eLearning course comprises 13 technical modules that aim to train policy-makers, public and civil servants, researchers, development practitioners and civil society organizations using practical tools and approaches to building and maintaining CRVS systems that are linked to identity management systems and tailored to local contexts. The World Bank Group coordinated the development of the eLearning course, with contributions from partners including CDC, UNICEF, UNFPA, WHO and D4H.

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CRVS Knowledge Gateway Learning Centre

The CRVS Knowledge Gateway Learning Centre consolidates available knowledge, tools, guidelines and standards, providing countries with a convenient resource to help accelerate their CRVS improvement strategies. This Learning Centre comprises the most advanced techniques and knowledge from global experts in CRVS systems and is continuously updated.

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CRVS Knowledge Gateway Learning Centre

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Handbook on civil registration and vital statistics systems: management, operations, maintenance

This handbook offers specifications and practical examples for the improvement and/or establishment of civil registration, vital statistics and identity management systems. It presents model organizational and legal arrangements, as well as ideal descriptions, processes and protocols that are considered the gold standard.

Access the handbook here.