Event Details
The region has reached the midpoint of the Asian and Pacific Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) Decade (2015-2024). The Decade is dedicated to achieving universal and responsive CRVS systems. CRVS systems provide individuals with a legal identity, facilitating access to public services, while supporting governments by producing better data to guide decision making. The COVID-19 crisis has further put a spotlight on the importance of CRVS systems by revealing the stark inequalities and fragility of our health care and social protection systems. The lack of well-functioning CRVS systems means we will never know the full impact of the pandemic in terms of the number of deaths and those affected by the crisis, never mind our ability to provide timely social and economic support.
To take stock of the progresses made during the first half of the Decade and better understand the challenges, ESCAP just published a report titled "Getting every one in the picture - A snapshot of progress midway through the Asia and Pacific Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Decade". The report shows that the Asia-Pacific region is on the right path to reach goals of universal and responsive CRVS systems. CRVS systems are much better positioned to respond to the crisis than they would have been five years ago.
This report will be launched, at the regional level, by Ms. Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of ESCAP. The launch will also feature opening remarks by Ms. Kamni Naidu, Administrator-General, Ministry of Justice, Fiji as the Chair of Regional Steering Group for Civil Registration and Vital Statistics, presentations on report findings and sharing experiences on country progress from Bangladesh and Georgia.
The regional launch will be followed by 4 subregional launches, which narrows in on the particular challenges faced in each sub-region (the Pacific, South and South West Asia, South East Asia, and North and Central Asia) as per date and time in the schedule below.
The report is prepared as part of the analysis to inform the organization of the Second Ministerial Conference on CRVS in Asia and the Pacific, 16-19 November 2021.
Regional and Subregional Launches for Midterm CRVS Report
Regional launch: 28 June 2021 |
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| Report key findings | Ms. Gemma Van Halderen, Director, Statistics Division, ESCAP |
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| CRVS in Bangladesh | Mr. Mohammed Shahidul Islam, Deputy Secretary, Cabinet Division Bangladesh Secretariat, Dhaka |
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| CRVS in Georgia | Mr. Gogita Todradze, Executive Director, National Statistics Office of Georgia, and Chair of the Committee on Statistics in Asia and the Pacific |
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Pacific launch: 29 June 2021 |
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| Report findings from the Pacific | Ms. Kamni NaiduAdministrator-General in Ministry of Justice and Chair of the Regional Steering Group for Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in Asia and the Pacific |
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| CRVS in Kiribati | Honorary Minister Tarakabu Tofinga, Ministry of Justice |
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| Samoa progress regional CRVS review 2019 | Ms. Aliimuamua Malaefono Tauā-T Faasalaina, Government Statistician, Samoa Bureau of Statistics |
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South and South-West Asia launch: 29 June 2021 |
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| Report findings from South and South-West Asia | Mr. Rajan Ratna, Economic Affairs Officer, Subregional office for South and South-West Asia, ESCAP |
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| Progress in Civil Registration System - India | Dr. Vivek Joshi, Registrar General & Census Commissioner, Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner |
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South-East Asia launch: 1 July 2021 |
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| Report findings from South-East Asia | Ms. Petra Nahmias, Chief, Population and Social Statistics Section, Statistics Division, ESCAP |
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| Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in Indonesia - Decade of Progress | Muhammad Cholifihani, Head of National Secretary of Strategy for the Acceleration of Population Administration for the Development of Vital Statistics, Director, Population and Social Assurance, Ministry of Planning/BAPPENAS, Indonesia |
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| ASEAN efforts in promoting and protecting the rights of women and children to legal identity | Dr. Ha Thi Minh Duc, DDG of ICD, MOLISA, ACWC Representative on Children’s Rights of Viet Nam |
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North and Central Asia launch: 29 June 2021 |
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| Report findings from North and Central Asia | Mr. Nikolay Pomoshchnikov, Head of ESCAP Subregional Office for North and Central Asia | ENG | RUS |
| Vital statistics in CIS countries - current situation | Irirna Zbarskaya, CIS Stat | ENG | RUS |
| CRVS in Georgia experiences and approaches | Gogita Todradze, Executive Director, National Statistics Office of Georgia (GEOSTAT) | |
