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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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Asia-Pacific Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Research Forum

The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) organized the first Asia-Pacific CRVS Research Forum which was held from 3-4 April 2023. Hosted by ESCAP in Bangkok, the fully online event offered a major research, information sharing, and capacity-building opportunity for participants. They were able to present at and attend paper presentations and interactive sessions, including networking opportunities.

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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

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Certification of Causes of Death Meeting

In late November the Pacific Community (SPC) will be hosting a review/“train the trainers” meeting in Fiji on cause of death certification.

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Solomon Islands National Stakeholder Meeting on Legislative Review

The Solomon Islands hosted a national stakeholder meeting as part of their ongoing review of CRVS legislation in June.

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Pacific Ministers of Health Meeting

The Cook Islands hosted the Pacific Ministers of Health Meeting from 28-30 August.

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CRVS Insight August 2017

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Smart phone app to revolutionize the birth registration system in Pakistan
Afghanistan making strides towards universal registration
Improving the Legal Framework for Civil Registration, Vital Statistics and Identity Management Systems
Myanmar adopts new national Manual on Vital Registration

Events

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National Baseline on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in Cambodia

This survey provides key baseline data on the status of CRVS in Cambodia.

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Assessment of the quality and relevance of existing data to monitor the gender dimensions of CRVS in Asia and the Pacific

The purpose of this report is to review the available data, both quantitative and qualitative, on the type and magnitude of gender-related under-registration of vital events and non-possession of adult identity documents in Asian and Pacific (AP) countries, and their possible consequences, and the availability and dissemination of sex-disaggregated vital statistics by country or groups of AP countries.

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Presentation on Why linkages between Civil Registration and National Identity Systems matter

The material was presented by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) at the First Government Forum on Electronic Identity in Africa, organized in Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania on 2-4 June 2015.

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CRVS Insight July 2017

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Counting the uncounted: 1.1 billion people without IDs around the world
Supporting national authorities to improve public health data collection and use
Launch of the Viet Nam National CRVS Steering Committee
SDG baseline report highlights the role of CRVS in achieving the SDGs

Events

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SDG baseline report highlights the role of CRVS in achieving the SDGs

ESCAP recently launched the Asia-Pacific SDG Baseline Report during a presentation of regional perspectives on the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The presentation was held, during the 2017 High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) in New York.

The new report establishes a baseline for the SDGs by illustrating the development gaps that need to be addressed for the successful implementation of the SDGs. The analysis focuses on global SDG indicators to assess regional achievements for each SDG in the baseline year 2015. It applies a subset of these indicators to illustrate the progress made since 2000 and progress needed to meet the 2030 targets.

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Launch of the Viet Nam National CRVS Steering Committee

The Ministry of Justice of Viet Nam hosted the launch of the National CRVS Steering Committee in Hanoi on 16 June 2017 to announce the Viet Nam CRVS National Action Programme (2017- 2024).