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CIVIL REGISTRATION AND VITAL STATISTICS

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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) will organize the first Asia-Pacific CRVS Research Forum to be held from 3 – 4 April 2023. Hosted by ESCAP in Bangkok, this fully online event offers a major research, information sharing, and capacity-building opportunity for participants, who will be able to present at and attend paper presentations and interactive sessions, including networking opportunities.

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Second Ministerial Conference on CRVS in Asia and the Pacific

The Second Ministerial Conference on CRVS took place from the 16th to 19th November, 2021. It has been the occasion to celebrate progress through the CRVS Decade (2015-2024), identify remaining challenges, emphasize CRVS for sustainable development and promote CRVS as the foundation for legal identity.

Recordings, side-events and preparatory and outcome documents can be consulted on this website.

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Launch of Getting Every One in the Picture - a snapshot of progress midway through the Asian and Pacific Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Decade

In preparation of the Second Ministerial Conference on CRVS in Asia and the Pacific held from 16 to 19 November 2021, ESCAP has prepared a report on the situation of CRVS systems in the region. By celebrating the progresses and highlighting the challenges remaining to achieving universal registration systems, the report aims at shaping the priorities for the second half of the Decade.

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Resources for civil registration during the COVID-19 pandemic

The current pandemic is disrupting CRVS systems all over the world, but also highlighting why well-functioning systems are more essential than ever. As a result, the UN Statistics Division, the World Health Organization and the UN Legal Identity Agenda Task Force developed COVID-19 resources offering guidance for civil registration stakeholders on maintaining CRVS activities.

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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.

Planning the way to universal registration: Indonesia’s National CRVS Strategy

Since 2011, the Government of Indonesia has strengthened its CRVS syst

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Innovations to serve the public and create revenue streams in New Zealand

New Zealand is continuously making civil registration mo

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The inclusion of marginalized groups in the civil registration system in Thailand

Thailand is home to around 570,000 refugees and stateless persons.

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International coordination in the Pacific: the Brisbane Accord Group and Pacific Civil Registrars Network

Pacific CRVS logo Improving CRVS in the Pacific subregion, with its remote island coun

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Political commitment for a better governance of CRVS activities: the example of the Technical Support Unit of the Government of Pakistan

With its multiple provinces, its decentralized system and its large population, Pakistan is facing unique challenges on its journey towards universal civil r

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Improving vital statistics production and dissemination: the examples of Georgia and Niue

The production and publication of vital statistics is largely dependent on the completeness of civil registration, and thus it is among the areas many countries still need to tackle by the end of the Decade. This means that highlighting positive examples is important to ensure all targets are reached by 2024. Georgia and Niue are among such examples, having improved their systems in the past few years.

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Malaysia: Resilience of Vital Statistics production during the COVID-19 pandemic

Malaysia has made important progress in the production of vital statistics in the country over the past few years.

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Tools to increase quality and timeliness of coding causes of death in the Philippines

The Philippines Statistical Authority publishes population data from a variety of sources such as censuses, surveys, and a civil registration system with relatively high completeness.