3 April 2023
Session 1: Opening and welcome |
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| Moderator: Ms Tanja Sejersen, ESCAP (bio) | ||||||
| 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 Opening remarks |
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Session 2: Community engagement in civil registration |
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| Moderator: Ms Tanja Sejersen, ESCAP (bio) | ||||||
| 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 (bio) | ||||||
| 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 – 14:25 pm | Ms Lumana Upreti, Himal Innovative Development and Research, Nepal Practices, Legal, and Practical Barriers to Birth Registration in Nepal |
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| 3.4 | 14:25 – 14:45 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 | 14:45 – 15:00 pm | Dr Syed Mursalin, Ministry of Planning, Development & Special Initiatives, Pakistan Challenges and barriers to civil registration for hard-to-reach populations in Pakistan |
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| 3.6 | 15:00 – 15:20 pm | Mr Weixun Hu and Selsah Pasali, ESCAP, Thailand Inequality of Opportunity in Asia and the Pacific: The case of birth registration in Fiji |
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| 3.7 | 15:20 – 15:35 pm | Mr Mohammed Shahidul Islam, Cabinet Division, Bangladesh Enhancement of birth and death registration through the improvement of CRVS system monitoring in Bangladesh |
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| 3.8 | 15:35 – 16:15 pm |
Ask the authors |
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