Programme: Research Forum (Day 1)

3 April 2023

Session 1: Opening and welcome

Moderator: Ms Tanja Sejersen, ESCAP
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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

Moderator: Ms Tanja Sejersen, ESCAP
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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

Moderator: Ms Sharita Serrao, ESCAP
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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
       
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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