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
Arabic
  ESA/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
141KB

Session 4. The need for a civil registration system - UNSD

  -  Presentation by UNSD
161KB

Session 5. Vital events to be registered and characteristics of the civil registration method - UNSD

  -  Presentation by UNSD
114KB

Session 6. Integration and coordination in the civil registration system - UNSD

  -  Presentation by UNSD
154KB

Session 7. Topics and themes to be investigated in a vital statistics sytem - UNSD

  -  Presentation by UNSD
185KB

Session 8. Evaluating the completeness of the civil registration system - UNSD

  -  Presentation by UNSD
102KB

Session 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
4.3MB

Session 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
406KB

Session 11. Plenary discussion - report from the group discussion in sessions 10a and 10b

Session 12. Civil registration and population registers - UNSD

202KB

Session 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
164KB

Session 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

29KB
   
  PRE-WORKSHOP ASSIGNMENTS
 
  For Statisticians      
 

    1. Questionnaire on sources and methods for vital statistics

97 KB
 

    2. 5-Page report

19 KB
  For Civil Registars      
 

    1. Questionnaire on national civil registration system

76 KB
 

    2. 5-Page report

19 KB
   
  BACKGROUND DOCUMENTATION
English
Arabic
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Principles and Recommendations for a Vital Statistics System, Revision 2, United Nations (2001)

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Handbook on Training in Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems, United Nations (2002)

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Handbook on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems: Computerization, United Nations (1998)

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Handbook on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems: Developing Information, Education and Communication, United Nations (1998)

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Handbook on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems: Management, Operation and Maintenance, United Nations (1998)

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Handbook on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems: Policies and Protocols for the Release and Archiving of Individual Records (United Nations) (1998)

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Handbook on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems: Preparation of a Legal Framework, United Nations (1998)

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Handbook on the Collection of Fertility and Mortality Data, United Nations (2003)

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Manual X Indirect Techniques for Demographic Estimation, United Nations (1983)

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United Nations Demographic Yearbook (DYB) questionnaire on vital statistics