Workshop on Improvement of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in SADC Region
1 - 5 December 2008, Blantyre, Malawi
List of documents
DOCUMENTATION FOR THE WORKSHOP ESA/STAT/AC.171/L.1 Organization of Work 47 KBESA/STAT/AC.171/L.2 List of participants 34 KBESA/STAT/AC.171/L.3 Final report 369 KBPAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS Session 1. Registration
Session 2. Opening
Session 3. Vital Statistics and their sources
- Presentation by UNSD 286 KBSession 4. The need for the civil registration system
- Presentation by UNSD
187 KBSession 5. Civil registration system and its use for vital statistics
- Presentation by UNSD 256 KBSession 6. Integration and coordination in the civil registration and vital statistics system
- Presentation by UNSD
184 KBSession 7. Cause-of-death data collection through the civil registration system
- Presentation by South Africa 4.8 MBSession 8. Evaluating the completeness of the civil registration system
- Presentation by UNSD
106 KBSession 9. Civil registration and vital statistics system in SADC countries
- Botswana • Presentation by Department of Civil and National Registration 74 KB• Presentation by Central Statistical Office 350 KB- Lesotho
• Presentation by Ministry of Local Government and Chieftainship and Bureau of Statistics 358 KB- Madagascar
• Presentation by Ministry of Justice 75 KB• Presentation by Institute National de la Statistique 42 KB- Malawi • Presentation by National Statistics Office 51 KB- Mauritius
• Presentation by Registrar of Civil Status 322 KB• Presentation by Central Statistics Office 39 KB- Namibia
• Presentation by Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration and Central Bureau of Statistics
492 KB- South Africa
• Presentation by Statistics South Africa 1 MB- Swaziland
• Presentation by Registrar of Births, Marriages and Deaths, and Central Statistics Office
167 KB- Tanzania
• Presentation by Registrar General's Office and Office of Chief Government Statistician 2.1 MB- Zambia
• Presentation by National Registration, Passport and Citizenship Headquarters
224 KB• Presentation by Central Statistics Office
369 KB- Zimbabwe • Presentation by Registrar General's Department
65 KB• Presentation by Central Statistical Office
59 KBSession 10. Compilation of vital statistics at international level
- UNSD Presentation 380 KBSession 11. Provider's presentation
Session 12. Group discussion
Session 13. Visit to the Malawi Department of Registrar General
Session 14. An overview of the SADC Statistics work programme - SADC presentation
96 KBSession 15. Conclusions and recommendations
35 KBPRE-WORKSHOP ASSIGNMENTS For Statisticians 1. Questionnaire on sources and methods for vital statistics
95 KB2. Report outline
19 KBFor Civil Registars 1. Questionnaire on national civil registration system
55 KB2. Report outline
19 KBBACKGROUND DOCUMENTATION -Principles and Recommendations for a Vital Statistics System, Revision 2, United Nations (2001)
1.2 MB -Handbook on Training in Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems, United Nations (2002)
33.6 MB -Handbook on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems: Computerization, United Nations (1998)
7.8 MB -Handbook on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems: Developing Information, Education and Communication, United Nations (1998)
15.8 MB -Handbook on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems: Management, Operation and Maintenance, United Nations (1998)
22.2 MB -Handbook on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems: Policies and Protocols for the Release and Archiving of Individual Records (United Nations) (1998)
242 KB -Handbook on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems: Preparation of a Legal Framework, United Nations (1998)
22.5 MB -Handbook on the Collection of Fertility and Mortality Data, United Nations (2003)
1.4 MB -Manual X Indirect Techniques for Demographic Estimation, United Nations (1983)
-United Nations Demographic Yearbook (DYB) questionnaire on vital statistics