2010 World Programme on Population and Housing Censuses: Workshop on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in the UNESCWA Region
3 - 6 December 2007, Cairo, Egypt
List of documents
DOCUMENTATION FOR THE WORKSHOP English ArabicESA/STAT/AC.135/L.1 Organization of Work ESA/STAT/AC.135/L.2 List of participants ESA/STAT/AC.135/L.3 Final report PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS Session 1. Registration
Session 2. Opening
Session 3. Vital statistics and their sources - UNSD
- Presentation by UNSD 141KBSession 4. The need for a civil registration system - UNSD
- Presentation by UNSD 161KBSession 5. Vital events to be registered and characteristics of the civil registration method - UNSD
- Presentation by UNSD 114KBSession 6. Integration and coordination in the civil registration system - UNSD
- Presentation by UNSD 154KBSession 7. Topics and themes to be investigated in a vital statistics sytem - UNSD
- Presentation by UNSD 185KBSession 8. Evaluating the completeness of the civil registration system - UNSD
- Presentation by UNSD 102KBSession 9. Civil registration and vital statistics system in ESCWA countries
- Bahrain
• Report - Ministry of Health 94KB• Presentation - Ministry of Health 808KB- Egypt
• Presentation - CAPMAS 2.1MB- Jordan
• Report - Civil Status and Passport Department 166KB• Presentation - Civil Status and Passport Department 138KB• Report - Department of Statistics 139KB• Presentation - Department of Statistics - Lebanon
• Presentation - Central Statistics Department and Civil Status General Directorate 176KB- Oman
• Presentation - Ministry of National Economy 70KB• Presentation - Royal Oman Police 36MB• Presentation - Ministry of Health 269KB- Palestine
• Report - Central Bureau of Statistics and Civil Registration, Ministry of Interior 129KB• Presentation - Central Bureau of Statistics 158KB• Presentation - Civil Registration, Ministry of Interior 645KB- Qatar
• Presentation - National Health Authority 9.7MB- Saudi Arabia • Presentation - Civil Affairs, Ministry of Interior 72KB- Syrian Arab Republic • Presentation - Central Bureau of Statistics 82KB- United Arab Emirates • Presentation - Central Statistical Department 7MB- Yemen • Report - Central Statistical Organization 177KB• Presentation - Central Statistical Organization 456KB• Report - Civil Registration Authority, Ministry of Interior 298KB• Presentation - Civil Registration Authority, Ministry of Interior 4.3MBSession 10a. Concepts and definitions of vital events in national civil registration systems
Session 10b. Censuses and sample surveys as a source of fertility and mortality data
- Census and surveys as a source of fertility data - UNSD 295KB- Census and surveys as a source of mortality data - UNSD 406KBSession 11. Plenary discussion - report from the group discussion in sessions 10a and 10b
Session 12. Civil registration and population registers - UNSD
202KBSession 13. Compilation of vital statistics at international level
- Compilation of vital statistics at international level - UNSD 464KB- Vital statistics and Data Management for Evidence Health Situation and Trend Assessment - EMRO/WHO 164KBSession 14. Round-table discussion: future activities to improve the civil registration and vital statistics systems for countries in the UNESCWA region
Session 15. Conclusions and Recommendations
29KBPRE-WORKSHOP ASSIGNMENTS For Statisticians 1. Questionnaire on sources and methods for vital statistics
97 KB2. 5-Page report
19 KBFor Civil Registars 1. Questionnaire on national civil registration system
76 KB2. 5-Page report
19 KBBACKGROUND DOCUMENTATION English Arabic -Principles and Recommendations for a Vital Statistics System, Revision 2, United Nations (2001)
-Handbook on Training in Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems, United Nations (2002)
-Handbook on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems: Computerization, United Nations (1998)
-Handbook on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems: Developing Information, Education and Communication, United Nations (1998)
-Handbook on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems: Management, Operation and Maintenance, United Nations (1998)
-Handbook on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems: Policies and Protocols for the Release and Archiving of Individual Records (United Nations) (1998)
-Handbook on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems: Preparation of a Legal Framework, United Nations (1998)
-Handbook on the Collection of Fertility and Mortality Data, United Nations (2003)
-Manual X Indirect Techniques for Demographic Estimation, United Nations (1983)
-United Nations Demographic Yearbook (DYB) questionnaire on vital statistics