Global Calendar of Statistical Events

Organizer(s): ESCAP Vital Strategies Imagine Law

Description: Global Health Advocacy Incubator’s (GHAI) Data for Health Team, co-hosted a week of civil registration and vital statistics consultations in the Maldives with partners from Vital Strategies, Imagine Law and UNESCAP.  The first two days of the workshop which were led by Imagine Law, focused on legal review and reform of the CRVS system, engaging CRVS stakeholders in discussions on a draft CRVS bill for Maldives.  The remaining two days of the workshop focused on CRVS budget advocacy and leveraging domestic financing to support CRVS system strengthening.  ESCAP also presented the results of the Business Process Improvement (BPI) work it supported in the Maldives, as a basis for informing focus areas for budget advocacy.  The workshop engaged over 40 participants from the Department of National Registration, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Home Affairs, National Centre for Information Technology, Local Government Authority, and representatives from Atoll Councils.

Topics: Population (CSA 101)

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Organizer(s): ESCAP UNICEF

Description: (Newsletter: CRVS Insight November 2019) The second CR8 meeting was jointly organized by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and the UNICEF Regional Office for South Asia (UNICEF-ROSA), and hosted by the Department of National Registration of the Government of Maldives, from 26 to 28 November 2019 in Maldives. In 2018, professionals active in civil registration in South Asia held the first meeting of the Civil Registration Professionals of South Asia (CR8). The second meeting in November 2019 focused on: Areas of common concern to the civil registrars; Sharing of innovative practices; and, Discussions of the mid-term questionnaire and mid-term review of the implementation of the Regional Action Framework for CRVS in Asia and the Pacific. The meeting specifically included half-day discussions on the legislative framework for CRVS, marriage registration, and the use of information and communication technology in civil registration. Participants also benefited from a site visit exploring the registration processes in the Maldives. Resources for the second CR8 meeting can be found here.

Topics: Population (CSA 101)

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Organizer(s): ESCAP UNICEF

Description: The meeting will be jointly organized by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and the UNICEF Regional Office for South Asia (UNICEF-ROSA), and hosted by the Department of National Registration of the Government of Maldives, from 26 to 28 November 2019 in Maldives. In 2018, professionals active in civil registration in South Asia held the first meeting of the South Asia Civil Registration Network (CR8). The second meeting in November 2019 will focus on: areas of common concern to the civil registrars;  sharing of innovative practices; and, discussions on the mid-term review of the implementation of the Regional Action Framework for CRVS in Asia and the Pacific. The meeting will specifically include half day discussions on the legislative framework for CRVS, marriage registration, and the use of information and communication technology in civil registration. There will also be a site visit to explore registration processes in the Maldives.   >>>Link to meeting website.

Topics: Population (CSA 101)

Original webpage was deleted, archived version from the Internet Archive (not a UN service): Link

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