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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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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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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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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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. |
(Newsletter: CRVS Insight February 2020)
Following up on our story from January, this is a reminder that ESCAP is currently inviting abstracts for the 2020 Asia-Pacific Statistics Week to be held from 15-19 June 2020, in Bangkok, Thailand. The Asia-Pacific Statistics Week will provide a forum for experts and managers involved in official statistics and national statistical systems in the Asia-Pacific region.
(Newsletter: CRVS Insight November 2021)
The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the importance of well-functioning CRVS systems which, as the SCORE for Health Data Technical Package assessment has shown, are still not producing data of sufficient quality to guide public health decision-making in many parts of the world.
(Newsletter: CRVS Insight November 2021)
Between 16 – 19 November, ESCAP will be hosting the Second Ministerial Conference on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in Asia and the Pacific. The Conference will be conducted virtually and live proceedings can be followed via the ESCAP YouTube platform.
(Newsletter: CRVS Insight November 2021)
A Decade into APAI-CRVS: Reflecting on progress and accelerating efforts towards 2030 through transformed systems.
The 6th Conference of African Ministers Responsible for Civil Registration will be held from 24-28th October 2022 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on the theme: A Decade into APAI-CRVS: Reflecting on progress and accelerating efforts towards 2030 through transformed systems. The Conference aims to:
(Newsletter: CRVS Insight January 2022)
In November, Minister of Interior Samdech Kralahom Sar Kheng met with the Executive Secretary of ESCAP, Ms. Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana to discuss his country's ongoing CRVS development. During the meeting, Mr. Kheng highlighted the government's ongoing efforts on draft laws on civil registration and identification aiming to ensure that each citizen has a single identity.
(Newsletter: CRVS Insight January 2022)
(Newsletter: CRVS Insight January 2022)
(Newsletter: CRVS Insight February 2022)
Marshall Islands, Kiribati, Palau, Vanuatu and Samoa are working to produce vital statistics report based on civil registration data. A string of activities have supported the 5 countries since July last year.
