The Regional Steering Group is responsible for providing regional oversight and guidance for the implementation of the Regional Action Framework on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in Asia and the Pacific, as well as acting as the custodian of the Asia and Pacific CRVS Decade (2015 - 2024).

Comprising 22 representatives from member states, along with 8 development partners, the 30 members of the RSG represent a balance of geography and sectors including civil registration, statistics, health and planning, and was endorsed by the ESCAP Commission at its seventy-first session in May 2015.

The group has met annually since its establishment in 2015 and will do so for a fourth time between 13 - 15 November 2018, in Bangkok, Thailand. The Fourth Meeting will address, among other topics, the template and guidelines which will drive the midterm reporting process for countries during 2019, preparatory work for the Ministerial Conference in 2020, and the working arrangements of the RSG.