3 April 2023
Session 1: Opening and welcome |
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| Moderator: Ms Tanja Sejersen, ESCAP | ||||||
| Session ID | Time(Bangkok) | Speaker & Topic | Speaker bio | Abstract | Presentation | Paper |
| 1.1 | 09:00 – 09:15 am | Ms Rachael Beaven, Director, Statistics Division, ESCAP, Thailand Opening remarks from ESCAP |
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| 1.2 | 09:15 – 09:30 am | Ms Treta Sharma, Chair of the Regional Steering Group for CRVS in Asia and the Pacific &Administrator General for the Ministry of Justice, Fiji Keynote speaker |
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Session 2: Community engagement in civil registration |
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| Moderator: Ms Tanja Sejersen, ESCAP | ||||||
| Session ID | Time(Bangkok) | Speaker & Topic | Speaker bio | Abstract | Presentation | Paper |
| 2.1 | 09:30 – 09:45 am | Ms Amanda Bissex, UNICEF Regional Office for South Asia, Nepal Keynote address |
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| 2.2 | 09:45 – 10:00 am | Mr Neel Singh, Ministry of Justice, Fiji The positive impact of financial incentives on birth registration completeness in Fiji |
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| 2.3 | 10:00 – 10:15 am | Mr Ariel Odtojan, World Vision International, Philippines First line of defence: Perspectives of children and youth on CRVS |
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| 2.4 | 10:15 – 10:35 am | Dr Shah Ali Akbar Ashrafi, Directorate General of Health Services, Bangladesh Lessons from implementation research of the Kaliganj model: A Sustainable project to improve birth and death registration in Bangladesh |
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| 2.5 | 10:35 – 10:50 am | Mr Surender Prasad Pandey, The University of Melbourne & Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration, Nepal Differentials, barriers, and enablers of death registration in Nepal: Evidence from the Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) Survey |
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| 2.6 | 10:50 – 11:30 pm | Ask the authors Individual break-out rooms for in-depth discussion with the authors |
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Session 3: Equity: ensuring no one is left behind |
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| Moderator: Ms Sharita Serrao, ESCAP | ||||||
| Session ID | Time(Bangkok) | Speaker & Topic | Speaker bio | Abstract | Presentation | Paper |
| 3.1 | 13:30 – 13:45 pm | Dr Claire Brolan, The University of Queensland, Australia Keynote address |
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| 3.2 | 13:45 – 14:05 pm | Ms Aditi Saxena, Global Health Advocacy Incubator, India Integrating gender-equity in CRVS legal review and reform processes |
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| 3.3 | 14:05 – 14:20 pm | Ms Indu Tuladhar, Himal Innovative Development and Research, Nepal Practices, Legal, and Practical Barriers to Birth Registration in Nepal |
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| 3.4 | 14:20 – 14:40 pm | Ms Anita Mittal, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit, India Efficient delivery of social protection: Leveraging interoperability with CRVS systems |
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| 3.5 | 14:40 – 14:55 pm | Dr Syed Mursalin, Ministry of Planning, Development & Special Initiatives, Pakistan Study to understand the existing mechanisms and reasons for weaknesses, challenges, and bottlenecks in the vital events registration system in Pakistan and how they can be effectively addressed |
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| 3.6 | 14:55 – 15:15 pm | Mr Weixun Hu, ESCAP, Thailand Inequality of Opportunity in Asia and the Pacific: The case of birth registration in Fiji |
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| 3.7 | 15:15 – 16:00 pm | Ask the authors Individual break-out rooms for in-depth discussion with the authors |
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