Two capacity building workshops were held 24-27 September and 30 September-3 October in Paro, Bhutan. With participants from the Ministry of Home Affairs, Bhutan Bureau of Statistics, Ministry of Health and Department of Immigration, the workshops provided an opportunity for a large variety of stakeholders to get an in depth understanding on the production of demographic indicators.

Bloomberg Philanthropies Data for Health Initiative and Vital Strategies recently hosted a five-day workshop in New Delhi, India aimed at strengthening vital statistics production processes in over 10 countries across Africa and the Asia-Pacific.

The UN Legal Identity Agenda (UNLIA) actively promotes and assists member states in the initial management and integration of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics and National ID systems (CRVSID) systems. 

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) hosted the 3rd Philippine Identity Summit on 16 September 2024. The Summit highlighted the accomplishments of the National ID system, and promoted collaboration, knowledge sharing, and the exploration of technological innovations in e-governance.

Bloomberg Philanthropies Data for Health Initiative’s Global Grants Program (GGP) called for proposals earlier this year for the new round of support for projects focused on gender equity.

Indonesia’s Vital Statistics Report 2019-2023, released in October, is the country's first vital statistics report. The report outlines the progress of vital event registration in Indonesia and presents vital statistics on critical data, like births and deaths, from 2019-2023.

8 October marks International Birth Registration Day every year. For 2024, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, come together to call for increased awareness of the importance of birth registration, as birth registration is the first legal recognition of every person’s legal identity. Without a birth registration, a child may become stateless, leaving them with higher risk of exploitation and abuse.

During the annual Executive Committee meeting of UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, in Geneva on Monday, 14 October, a new global initiative, the