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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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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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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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.
Read MoreThe 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. |
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.
Malaysia has made important progress in the production of vital statistics in the country over the past few years.
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.
The COVID-19 crisis has brought significant challenge to the delivery of CRVS services.
Guided by the philosophy of Gross National Happiness, the Royal Government of Bhutan takes multiple aspects into account
The issue of statelessness in Central Asia mainly originated from the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the formation o
