This resource provides a full list of members for the Regional Steering Group for CRVS in Asia and the Pacific. The list includes members for both the 2020 - 2024 periods of the CRVS Decade.
Country/Partner | Name | Title | Institution/Organization | Sector | Subregion |
Afghanistan | Mr. Hasibullah Mowahed | Deputy Director General on Professional Affairs | Central Statistical Organization | Statistics | South & South-West Asia |
Armenia | Mr. Artashes Khalatyan | Head of the Civil Acts Registration Agency | Ministry of Justice | Civil Registration | North & Central Asia |
Australia | Ms. Linda Fardell | Program Manager, Health and Disability Branch | Australian Bureau of Statistics | Statistics | Pacific |
Bangladesh | Mr. Md. Rahat Anwar | Additional Secretary | Cabinet Division (Coordination) | Planning | South & South-West Asia |
Fiji | Ms. Treta Sharma | Acting Administrator-General | Ministry of Justice | Civil Registration | Pacific |
Georgia | Ms. Shorena Tisklauri | Head of Population Census and Demographic Statistics Department | National Statistics Office (GEOSTAT) | Statistics | North & Central Asia |
India | Mr. Janardan Yadav | Additional Registrar General | Office of the Registrar General | Civil Registration | South & South-West Asia |
Indonesia | Mr. Muhammad Cholifihani | Director of Population Planning and Social Protection | Ministry of National Development Planning/National Development Planning Agency (BAPPENAS) | Planning | South-East Asia |
Iran | Mr. Mohammad Bagher Abbasi | Director General, Bureau of Demographic and Migration Statistics | Iran National Organization for Civil Registration (NOCR) | Civil Registration | South & South-West Asia |
Kazakhstan | Mr. Nurlan Khanzhigitov | Head of Social and Demographic Statistics Division | Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan | Statistics | North & Central Asia |
Kiribati | Mrs Kaaro Neeti | Secretary | Ministry of Justice | Civil Registration | Pacific |
Lao PDR | Ms. Thirakha Chanthalanouvong | Director General, Social Statistics Department | Lao Statistics Bureau | Statistics | South-East Asia |
Malaysia | Ms. Nazaria Baharudin | Deputy Chief Statistician | Malaysia Department of Statistics | Statistics | South-East Asia |
Mongolia | Mr. Amarbal Avirmed | Director of Population and Social Statistics Section | National Statistical Office of Mongolia | Statistics | East & North-East Asia |
New Zealand | Mr. Jeff Montgomery | Registrar General – Births, Deaths and Marriages General Manager, Te Ara Manaaki – Reimagining Service Delivery |
Department of Internal Affairs | Civil Registration | Pacific |
Pakistan | Mr. Hamed Yaqoob Sheikh | Secretary | Ministry of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives | Planning | South & South-West Asia |
Philippines | Mr. Leo Malagar | Assistant Secretary, Deputy National Statistician | Civil Registration and Central Support Office Philippine Statistics Authority |
Statistics | South-East Asia |
Republic of Korea | Mr. Sooyoung Kim | Deputy Director, Vital Statistics Division | Statistics Korea | Statistics | East & North-East Asia |
Russian Federation | Mr. Dmitry Sevryuk | Deputy Head of the Department of Legal Assistance and Cooperation with Judiciary | Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation | Civil Registration | East & North-East Asia |
Solomon Islands | Mr. Jeffrey Sade Deve | Permanent Secretary | Ministry of Home Affairs | Civil Registration | Pacific |
Sri Lanka | Mr. K.S.R.L. Senadeera | Deputy Director (Statistics) | Vital Statistics Unit Department of Register General |
Statistics and Civil Registration | South & South-West Asia |
USA | Mr. Steven Schwartz | Director of the Division of Vital Statistics National Center for Health Statistics |
Center for Disease Control (CDC) | Health | North America |
UNICEF | Ms. Amanda Bissex | Regional Adviser, Child Protection | UNICEF ROSA | Development Partner | South & South-West Asia |
Mr. Settasak Akanimart | Child Protection Specialist | UNICEF ROSA | South & South-West Asia | ||
Ms. Rachel Harvey | Regional Adviser, Child Protection |
UNICEF EAPRO |
East Asia & Pacific | ||
Mr. Lucio Valerio Sarandrea | Child Protection Chief |
UNICEF EAPRO |
East Asia & Pacific |
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UNHCR | Mr. Matthias Reuss | Senior Statelessness Officer | UNHCR RBAP | Development Partner | South East Asia |
Mr. Alessandro Telo | Senior DIMA Coordinator | UNHCR RBAP |
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Mr. Marin Roman | Regional Protection Officer | Statelessness, UNHCR Multi-Country Office for Central Asia | Central Asia |
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WHO | Ms. Azza Badr | Technical Adviser | WHO, Headquarters | HQ | |
Mr. David Novillo Ortiz | Unit Head, Health Information | WHO EURO | Europe | ||
Ms. Stefania Davia | Technical Officer and Data Manager | WHO EURO | Europe | ||
Mr. Rakesh Mani Rastogi | Technical Officer | WHO SEARO | South & South-East Asia |
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Ms. Doris Ma Fat | Statistician Department of Data and Analytics |
WHO, Headquarters |
HQ | ||
Ms. Eman Aly | Technical Officer | WHO, Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean | Eastern Mediteranean | ||
BAG (SPC) | Ms. Alison Culpin | Statistics Advisor (Social Statistics) | Statistics for Development Division | Development Partner | Pacific |
Mr. David Abbot | Manager, Data Analysis and Dissemination | Statistics for Development Division | Development Partner | Pacific | |
Bloomberg Philanthropies (D4H) | Mr. Romain Santon | Regional Deputy Director, CRVS Improvement Programme, Vital Strategies | Public Health Programs | Development Partner | Global |
Mr. Martin Bratschi | Deputy Director, Technical Implementation CRVS Improvement Programme Vital Strategies |
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Ms. Carla Abouzahr | Public Policy Consultant |
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Plan International | Ms. Neelima Yasmeen |
Plan Bangladesh | Development Partner | Global | |
World Vision | Ms. Kathrine Rose R. Yee | Regional Advocacy and External Engagement Manager | World Vision | Development Partner | Global |
Mr. Ariel D. Odtojan | Regional Advocacy and External Engagement Manager Advocacy and External Engagement | ||||
World Bank | Ms. Haishan Fu | Director, Development Data Group | World Bank | Development Partner | Global |
Mr. Samuel Lantei Mills |
Senior Health Specialist, Health Nutrition & Population Global Practice | ||||
Mr. Jonathan Marskell | Operations Officer & ID4D Specialist | ||||
Ms Vyjayanti Desai | ID4D Program Manager |