Organizer(s): ESCAP ECA Bloomberg Philanthropies Data for Health Initiative
Description: The CRVS Applied Research Training (CART) initiative focuses on enhancing civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems through supporting applied research on strategies, interventions, and tools. The initiative aims to strengthen the capacity of CRVS practitioners to conduct high quality, relevant research. This involves designing projects to address practical questions, employing robust methodologies, and identifying key personnel for effective implementation and publication.This face-to-face workshop offers participants the opportunity to present on their research, collaborate with other participants from across the two regions, participate in various small group-based activities to refine their technical skills in applied research, and progress their research papers through dedicated sessions for individual working time – all contributing to enhanced research capabilities among CRVS practitioners and fostering greater collaboration between countries and regions.
Description: This two-day CRVS Re-Design Workshop which was co-organized by the Directorate of Economics and Statistics and UNICEF, brought together DES officials, healthcare providers, and other key stakeholders to validate the existing "as-is" processes and collaboratively design innovative solutions for improving birth and death registration processes across Bihar. The sessions combined expert inaugural addresses with dynamic group discussions that yielded actionable recommendations for re-designing CRVS operations at public, private, urban, and rural levels. Notably, the workshop emphasized enhanced data verification, streamlined reporting, and the integration of digital tools to bridge structural barriers in the current system.
Description: The "High-level Webinar on Population and Housing Censuses" is the second event in the "Road to the Commission" webinar series leading to its 56th session of the Statistical Commission. The objectives of the High-level Webinar include: i) Promote the adoption and implementation of the revised Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses (Revision 4); ii) Facilitate the launch and implementation of the 2030 World Population and Housing Census Programme; iii) Share lessons learned from the 2020 census round and prepare for census-taking in the 2030 round.
Date: Wednesday, 5 February 2025 Time: 8:00am – 9:30am (EST/New York time) Event webpage: Link
Description: Over the past decade, the Asia-Pacific region has significantly advanced its civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems, notably reducing unregistered births. Despite this progress, challenges persist, such as enhancing the completeness of CRVS data and addressing disparities in access to these services. This Stats Café will explore countries' experiences in estimating the completeness of vital events and explore qualitative research on CRVS inclusivity, with inclusivity a central theme for the upcoming Ministerial Conference on CRVS.Attached below are presentation files and here is pre-Recording videoDate: Monday 27 January 2025Time: 13-14.30 (UTC+7)Venue: MS TeamsVisit the Stats Cafe page here.
Description: Background Over the past decade, significant strides have been taken to enhance the registration rates of vital events. A notable achievement in Asia and the Pacific is the successful reduction in the number of children under five whose births were unregistered, declining from 135 million in 2012 to 64 million in 2019. Nonetheless, more efforts and resources are needed to accelerate progress towards the goals of the Regional Action Framework on CRVS in Asia and the Pacific, and to extend the benefits of CRVS to all, especially the population groups furthest behind. As part of the proclamation of the Asia and Pacific Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) Decade (2015-2024), governments in the region requested that further regional action be taken to support the improvement of CRVS systems. The Regional Action Framework responds to that request as a catalyst for governments and development partners to focus and accelerate their efforts to realize a shared vision and the three CRVS goals outlined in the framework during the Decade. The mid-term review, and accompanying technical report, of progress made by countries in the Asia-Pacific region since the beginning of the Decade was able to demonstrate significant achievements in many countries in the region, yet with identified shortcomings in countries’ ability to evaluate the completeness of their civil registration systems, as well as capability and capacity gaps in this sphere. In 2022 ESCAP produced guidelines on measuring the completeness of CRVS data. Since then, multiple countries in the region have conducted assessments of inequalities in civil registration, using these guidelines or more qualitative approaches. Concept note Flyer This Stats Café looked at the experiences of countries in estimating completeness of vital events and highlight some of the qualitative work in this area. CRVS inclusivity is one of the key themes for the Third Ministerial Conference on CRVS in Asia and the Pacific to be held 24-26 June 2025. Therefore, the issue of inclusivity is included in the 2025 review of CRVS in Asia and the Pacific, and this Stats Café highlighted some of the initial findings on inclusivity from this review. Further background information on inclusivity in the context of the 2025 review could be found in this information note by the Regional Steering Group for CRVS in Asia and the Pacific. , Stats Café Home: Upcoming events Concluded events
Description: In this session four presenters will share their experiences working with citizen data and persons with disabilities and lessons learned. Presentations will provide national examples from Ecuador, Kenya, and the Philippines and a regional example from the Pacific.
Description: You are invited to join the UNLIA webinar featuring Mikiko Otani, a member of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. She will share insights from the CRC Committee’s recent observations to various countries, highlighting common challenges and gaps in achieving universal birth registration. Please refer to the attached note for more details. Date and Time: 22 November 2024 at 8:00-9:00 am ESTRegistration Link: https://unicef.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3roQ5yCSTfC_LB-ak32quwAgenda: TimeTopic8:00-8:05Opening remarks by Kirsten Di Martino, Senior Adviser, Child Protection, UNICEF HQ8:05-8:35The Convention on the Rights of the Child and Universal Birth Registration: Mikiko Otani, Member, UN Committee on the Rights of the Child8:35-9:00Discussion: moderated by Bhaskar Mishra, CRVS and Legal Identity Specialist, UNICEF HQ
Description: The webinar, organized by the Friends of the Chair Group on Social and Demographic Statistics, in collaboration with the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), will explore the concept of time as a crucial integrating element in social and demographic statistics. The event will address best practices for data collection and dissemination frequencies, the importance of longitudinal data and life course approaches in understanding social outcomes, and propose mechanisms to ensure the adaptability and relevance of demographic and social statistics over time. Key themes include managing trade-offs between timeliness and resource constraints, understanding social outcomes through life course transitions, and incorporating generational measures to reflect societal changes. The webinar aims to foster comprehensive discussions and generate recommendations that enhance the collection, analysis, and dissemination of demographic and social statistics.
Description: Join this insightful webinar organized by the Friends of the Chair Group on Social and Demographic Statistics (FOC), in collaboration with the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), exploring the critical role of location, geography, and places in social and demographic statistics. The places where people grow up, live and work significantly influence their lives, revealing disparities and informing policy through place-based breakdowns and geo-spatial analysis. This session will also discuss how geography acts as a crosscutting element, integrating various data sources and linking different statistical domains. Key topics include the use of georeferenced data, the potential of satellite imagery, and techniques like small area estimation to address data gaps. The discussion will highlight national perspectives and user demands, showcasing examples of how 'place' can predict social outcomes and enhance data dissemination through geoportals.
Description: This sprint, the second in a series of online events organized by the Friends of the Chair Group on Social and Demographic Statistics, in collaboration with the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), is an opportunity to take stock of and review essential elements for developing and maintaining population data systems fit for current and future data demands. Indeed, countries are expected to significantly transform their data collection and processing systems, by adopting digital-first, multi-mode methods, increasing utilization of geospatial information and administrative data sources, and developing strategies to address and adapt to potential shocks and disruptions. Against this background, this sprint will discuss both current and emerging practices to enhance the quality of population statistics and will address ongoing challenges and the growing need for integrated data sources, innovative methods, and techniques to meet diverse data demands effectively.
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Organizer(s): ESCAP SIAP ESCAP
Description: According to the World Health Organization in 2021 more than 700 million people in Asia and the Pacific lived with some form of disabilitywhich accounted for 16 per cent of the population. Persons with disabilities encounter social and economic barriers and bias in all aspects of life. Disability statistics enable tracking socioeconomic indicators related to persons with disabilitiestherefore understanding better their needs to participate in society on an equal basis and identifying policy gaps to ensure disability-inclusive development.Within the framework of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Developmentdisability inclusion in the development process has been increasingly crucialnecessitating the need to improve disability disaggregated data to monitor disability-related Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicators. At a regional levelthe Incheon Strategy to ‘Make the Right Real’ for Persons with Disabilities in Asia and the Pacificthe regional development goal to promote disability inclusionreinforces the importance of disability-disaggregated data to measure progress against its targets and indicators. Disability data as a critical instrument to advance disability-inclusive development was reaffirmed by the adoption of the Jakarta Declaration on the Asian and Pacific Decade of Persons with Disabilities2023–2032. Underscoring the continued implementation of the Incheon Strategythe Jakarta Declaration urges regional stakeholders to take measures to close disability data gaps and strengthen statistical capacities.
Description: Report of the Workshop Provisional Programme Concept note (English | 中文) Self-Assessment Tool on the Readiness to Use Administrative Data for Census (SATRAC) (Excel file) Objectives and Outcomes The workshop aims to strengthen participants’ capacity on how to better use administrative data to support the census. The objectives of the workshop are to: Provide an overview of the different potential uses of administrative data sources for the census. Discuss the concepts, features, preconditions, considerations, challenges, opportunities, and processes involved in the use of administrative data sources for census purposes. Discuss the self-assessment tool on the readiness to use administrative data for census purposes. Introduce the “Generic model for the transition from a traditional census to register-based approaches”. Draft potential approaches to increase the use of administrative data for censuses in participating countries. Exchange experience and learn from participating countries. Resources This workshop builds upon the Regional Training Workshop on Transition to Register-based Approaches for Population and Housing Censuses. Some of the key resources for this workshop include: UNFPA Register-Based Census eLearning Course United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. Guidelines on the use of registers and administrative data for population and housing censuses. United Nations, New York and Geneva, 2018. United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. Guidelines for assessing the quality of administrative sources for use in censuses. United Nations, Geneva, 2021. United Nations Statistics Division. Handbook on Registers-Based Population and Housing Censuses, 2022. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. Emerging Trends in Census Approaches in Asia and the Pacific – with country examples. United Nations, Bangkok, 2022. ESCAP Stats Briefs: Tapping into administrative data in census-taking: an emerging trend in Asia and the Pacific (2022) Are population censuses in Asia and the Pacific evolving? (2021) Population registers: a key resource for producing vital statistics (2020)
Launch of the Assessment, Analysis & Redesign of Civil Registration & Vital Statistics (CRVS) and the Use of CRVS-Related Evidence to Inform Gender–Sensitive Policies
Description: The event served as a platform for policy advocacy based on findings from key initiatives aimed at improving Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) and leveraging CRVS-related evidence to inform gender-sensitive policies in Fiji. The report of the Assessment, Analysis & Redesign of Civil Registration & Vital Statistics (CRVS) Processes in Fiji as well as two policy briefs (i) An Intersectional Profile of Adolescent Pregnancy and Motherhood in Fiji were disseminated to key stakeholders and (ii) Target Groups for Addressing Disparities in On-Time Birth Registration were disseminated to national stakeholders, including the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Health & Medical Services, the Fiji Bureau of Statistics, the Ministry of iTaukei Affairs, the Ministry of Women, Children & Social Protection as well as other national agencies and development partners. The event was attended by the Minister of Justice, Hon. Siromi Turaga. Preparations towards the Third Ministerial Conference on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in Asia and the Pacific, to be held from 24 to 26 June 2025 in Bangkok, Thailand, were also launched in the presence of the honorable Minister of Justice. The event highlighted significant advancements and set the stage for continued progress in CRVS and gender-sensitive policy-making in Fiji. Report: Assessment, Analysis and Redesign of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Processes in Fiji Policy Brief: Adolescent Pregnancy and Motherhood in Fiji Policy Brief: Addressing Disparities in On-Time Birth Registration , HOME - Project: CRVS E2A for Gender Policy Project countries: Bangladesh Fiji Events
Organizer(s): UNHCR ESCAP NSO India BPS Indonesia AI Generated
Description: The Asia-Pacific Stats Café on "Asia and the Pacific Regional Trends on Forced Displacement and Statelessness" was held on Monday, 9 September 2024, from 11:00 to 12:15 hrs (UTC+7). Concept note Flyer Presentations UNHCR: Asia-Pacific Regional Trends Report 2023 Population and Housing Census in Thailand: The Analysis of Stateless Persons National Statistical Office Presented Indonesia's experience in Population Data collection from Census and Survey UNHCR RBAP, in collaboration with ESCAP, organized this Stats Café to: Highlight the trends in forced displacement and statelessness in Asia and the Pacific in 2023. Share Thailand's experience in including stateless people in the CRVS system and census. Share Indonesia's experience in including refugees, IDPs, and stateless people in the national survey. Please find the following methodology papers which provided more detailed guidelines on statistical inclusion of forcibly displaced and stateless people in national systems: EGRISS Methodological Paper 1 on standardized refugee and IDP identification questions in surveys. Including refugees or IDPs in a population census. Including refugees in a sample survey of the national population, or running a stand-alone survey of refugees. Including IDPs in a sample survey of the national population, or running a stand-alone survey of IDPs. First issue of the EGRISS Methodological Paper Series. The collection of documents is intended as the Expert Group's input to ongoing methodological debates. , Stats Café Home: Upcoming events Concluded events
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Description: The second session of two-part series to be held on Monday, 2 September 2024, from 12:00 to 13:00 hr (UTC+7), following the first session on Wednesday, 14 August 2024, from 12:00 to 13:00 hr (UTC+7).This Stats Café series aims to provide support to participants in the process of completing the questionnaire for the 2025 review of progress in implementing the Regional Action Framework on CRVS in Asia and the Pacific. The objectives of the series are as follows:For ESCAP to share more information on the process and timeline for completing the questionnaire for the 2025 review of progress in implementing the Regional Action Framework on CRVS in Asia and the Pacific, including highlighting some frequently asked questions and answers;For countries that have already completed the questionnaire to share experiences and lessons learned;For participants to ask and/or seek clarification from ESCAP on any questions and required information in the questionnaire;To update participants on preparations for the 2025 Ministerial Conference on CRVS in Asia and the Pacific and call for their support in facilitating optimal engagement from their governments.Concept notePresentations2025 review of progress in implementing the Regional Action Framework on CRVS in Asia and the Pacific: Process, timeline, and FAQsPhilippines: Completing the Questionnaire for the 2025 Review of Progress in Implementing the Regional Action Framework on CRVSMaldives: Experience Sharing on 2025 Review Questionnaire CompletionPreparations for the 2025 Ministerial Conference on CRVS in Asia and the Pacific.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 50%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }
Description: This is a side event of the twenty-third meeting of the Executive Committee of the SCA-ECLAC. The objective of the seminar is to share innovations from the 2020 census round and lessons learned from the perspective of directors of national statistical offices. It seeks to contribute to the planning of the 2030 census round, enhancing lessons learned and capacities acquired in light of the results and challenges.
Description: The CRVS applied research training (CART) initiative focuses on enhancing CRVS systems through supporting applied research on strategies, interventions, and tools. This project aims to strengthen the capacity of CRVS practitioners to conduct high quality relevant research. The first workshop was held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, from 26 to 30 August 2024. The agenda is attached.
Description: The first session was held on Wednesday, 14 August 2024, from 12:00 to 13:00 hr (UTC+7). The second session will be held on Monday, 2 September 2024, from 12:00 to 13:00 hr (UTC+7).This Stats Café series aims to provide support to participants in the process of completing the questionnaire for the 2025 review of progress in implementing the Regional Action Framework on CRVS in Asia and the Pacific. The objectives of the series are as follows:For ESCAP to share more information on the process and timeline for completing the questionnaire for the 2025 review of progress in implementing the Regional Action Framework on CRVS in Asia and the Pacific, including highlighting some frequently asked questions and answers;For countries that have already completed the questionnaire to share experiences and lessons learned;For participants to ask and/or seek clarification from ESCAP on any questions and required information in the questionnaire;To update participants on preparations for the 2025 Ministerial Conference on CRVS in Asia and the Pacific and call for their support in facilitating optimal engagement from their governments..embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 50%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } Event websiteRegistration form
Description: Unit nonresponse in surveys, which occurs when selected units cannot be reached or refuse to participate, is a common issue when conducting surveys. One option to address these non-responses is through weighting techniques in post-data collection adjustments, which existing survey statistics literature has primarily focused on. However, substitution presents an alternative approach during data collection itself. While substitution is commonly used already, ongoing concerns exist about its impact on nonresponse bias. Still, under certain conditions, substitution can mitigate bias while preserving essential aspects of sample designs typically disrupted by nonresponse. Despite its practical application, theoretical research on substitution remains limited, especially in the context of longitudinal surveys using face-to-face interviews as a sample frame. This webinar will offer preliminary results of a study evaluating the use of matching substitution in longitudinal surveys, drawing data from the MICS and MICS Plus conducted in Georgia and Nigeria. Specifically, it will examine the “matching substitution” approach (Zanutto, 1998; Rubin and Zanutto, 2002; Nishimura, 2015), used by MICS Plus, which deterministically selects a substitute that most resembles the nonrespondent with respect to auxiliary variables observed across all units in the population.
Description: Asia-Pacific Stats Café Series: Launch of the Questionnaire for the 2024 Review of the Asia and Pacific CRVS Decade (2015-2024) was held 13 June 2024, from 10:00 to 11:00 hrs. (UTC+7).Concept noteFlyerPresentationsLead with Purpose: Reflections on measurement and monitoring of CRVS systems (Vital Strategies)Rationale, timeline, process and support for completing the 2024 review questionnaire (ESCAP).embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 50%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }
Description: ARFSD Side event Webinar: Africa Progress Towards SDG 16.9: Legal Identity for All Registration Link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_kcj7yB5VSyeAMYvtkn7_6g#/registration Date: 18/04/2024 Time: 09:00-10:30 (Addis Ababa time)
Organizer(s): UNCTAD SDG Lab Rethinking Economics AI Generated
Description: BackgroundIt is by now well understood that today’s financial and economic systems are not fit-for-purpose to address the triple planetary crisis and ensure a sustainable future for all. Our current system is biased towards prioritizing short-term profit over the long-term wellbeing of people and planet.As we head into the UNs Summit of the Future, one of the key structural challenges that needs to be addressed to advance the SDGs is the development of a universal and comprehensive measurement of progress on sustainable development to complement Gross Domestic Progress (GDP). It is key that young people have a voice in the development of a framework to complement GDP, a framework that will have implications on their futures and wellbeing.To this end, the SDG Lab is organizing an intergenerational discussion on “What Counts in the future?” in collaboration with the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the international student movement, Rethinking Economics. The objective is to infuse the discussion on how we move Beyond GDP with a diverse range of youth perspectives and expertise, to provide input for Member States as they negotiate the Pact for the Future.The dialogue is the continuation of discussion at the event “Rethinking Economic Systems for Long-term Sustainable Development”, which took place in October 2023 as part of the SDG Lab`s What`s Next series. The session brought together several influential organizations and stakeholders to reflect on the way forward to ensure that the economy creates value for local communities and countries today and in the future. The discussion made it clear that we need a mindset change and political courage to make use of the momentum to move beyond GDP.To generate insights from young people, an essay competition was launched in advance of the dialogue on 17 April. Over 630 young people from more than 50 countries submitted their response to the question: What values and principles would you like to see in a Framework to Value What Counts beyond GDP and what are the challenges to be addressed as a priority? ProgrammeAt this interactive in-person meeting the five winners of the global essay contest will share their perspectives on the values and principles that should be included in a framework to move beyond GDP. Furthermore, the meeting will invite leaders from both the public and private sphere, including senior UN officials and Member States and other international organizations, to reflect and engage with the young speakers.Speakers include: * Ms. Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General, United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG) * Mr. Pedro Manuel Moreno, Deputy Secretary-General, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) * H.E. Ms. Eunice M. Tembo Luambia, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Zambia to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva * Mr. Jean-Luc Bernasconi, Chief of Staff, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), Member of the Directorate at SDC * Mr. Laurence Jones-Williams, Director of Rethinking Economics International * Ms. Özge Aydogan, Director of the SDG Lab, United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG) * The five winners of the global essay competition on Moving Beyond GDP: * Ms. Paula Borges (Brazil) * Ms. Rose Holm (Denmark) * Ms. Kaydence Drayak (United Kingdom) * Ms. Julianna Makonise (Zimbabwe) * Ms. Aymen Ahmad (Pakistan)Read the publication"What counts in the future? Youth perspectives on measuring what we value".
Description: An insight into implementation of CRVS Business Process Improvement (BPI), and the experiences and success stories from countries in Asia and the Pacific. .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 50%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } , Stats Café Home: Upcoming events Concluded events
Description: For this Joint UNICEF and Global Network Webinar on Benchmarking Progress on Child-Related SDGs Across Countries we welcomed João Pedro Azevedo from UNICEF. The SDG midpoint must be a turning point. As we approach the halfway mark of the Sustainable Development Agenda, it is imperative that we accelerate progress, particularly for children. UNICEF’s benchmarking approach helps countries set ambitious and realistic child-related SDG targets. This method sheds light on the effort that will be needed in the second half of the SDG period compared to past achievements within each country. Moreover, it offers insights into the future efforts required, drawing comparisons with similar countries. The webinar will feature a presentation describing the nature of the benchmarking exercise and the main results of a recent UNICEF report followed by a QA session.
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Organizer(s): EGRISS ESCAP SIAP UNSD
Description: The numbers of refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) have increased rapidly in recent yearswith UNHCR estimating over 108.4 million forcibly displaced persons in 2022. Similarlythe issue of statelessness continues to persist in societywith 4.4 million people currently estimated to be stateless. This course introduces the “International Recommendations on Refugee Statistics” (IRRS)the “International Recommendations on IDP Statistics” (IRIS) and the “International Recommendations on Statelessness Statistics” (IROSS). These sets of recommendations were endorsed by the United Nations Statistical Commission in 2018 (IRRS)2020 (IRIS) and 2023 (IROSS)respectively. The course is spread over six substantive modules and provides details on the statistical framework for compiling refugeeIDP and stateless persons statistics. It introduces conceptsdefinitionsclassifications and methodologies relevant to collectingcompilinganalyzing and disseminating data and indicators on refugeesIDPs and stateless persons2 including Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicators. The course also includes information on data sourcesinstitutional mechanismsand coordination.
Organizer(s): ESCAP EGRISS International Data Alliance for Children on the Move
Description: This workshop is a joint ESCAP-EGRISS-IDAC initiative to support the Asia-Pacific Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Decade. The workshop aims to strengthen the capacity of Member States to achieve inclusive CRVS systems and, thereof, to produce and use statistics on statelessness, forced displacement, and children on the move through:Introducing key resources developed by EGRISS, IDAC and ESCAP and strengthening understanding of concepts and methodologies related to statelessness and forced displacement statistics and CRVSEnabling exchange of experiences, best practices and lessons learned between countries and other stakeholders in ensuring inclusion in CRVS systems and producing and using statistics on statelessness and forced displacement statisticsIdentifying gaps and challenges that need to be addressed and facilitate discussions around solutions and innovative approaches related to inclusion of stateless and displaced people in CRVS systems and the production and use of statistics from these systems.Identifying areas of technical support, collaboration and partnerships within wider technical and political regional priorities.Relevant resources: Find the agenda and the resources links listed in attachments!Link to Inequality Assessments project (ESCAP)Link to Principles and Recommendations for a Vital Statistics SystemLink to Guidelines on the Legislative Framework for Civil Registration, Vital Statistics and Identity Management SystemsLink to Bali Process Civil Registration Assessment ToolkitLink to Guidelines for estimating completeness of civil registration of vital events: a guide for practitionersThe report of the workshop is here
Description: The MAM-CoP secretariat is pleased to invite you to participate in the upcoming webinar. Title of the webinar: “Verbal autopsies to determine causes of death amongst adults in countries where vital statistics are lacking”, Date: Thursday, 7 March 2024 Time: 10:00 – 11:00 am (GMT) (please click to check your time) Venue: Online via MS Teams Registration link: (Please register here) Once you have completed the registration process, a meeting link will be generated for you to access the webinar. For more details about the content and objectives of the webinar, please refer to the attached flyer.
Description: Persons with disabilities are one of the most marginalized and excluded groups in society and face countless barriers globally, yet lack of data on the barriers and enablers of persons with disabilities remains. One way to address this is the wider recognition of citizen-generated data, including data efforts led by organizations of persons with disabilities, to complement official statistics to address critical data gaps. This webinar will provide (1) an overview of citizen-generated data and stakeholder collaborations and (2) case studies on how organizations of persons with disabilities and allies have led data design, collection, management, and use to fill critical data gaps on the experiences of persons with disabilities to complement official statistics.
Description: The use of latent variable models has become common practice in estimation from complex surveys, particularly to address small area estimation problems and non-sampling errors. In their basic definition, the assumption of Normality is made for the variable of interest and/or for the random effect(s) introduced to account for unobserved heterogeneity. In this talk, I will discuss the use alternative latent variable models, such as latent class models and latent trait models in estimation from complex surveys. Latent class models are useful tools to deal with (possibly non-ignorable) unit nonresponse to build better response homogeneity groups and using, for example, generalized calibration, when measurement error on the response variables is suspected. Latent trait models can be used to obtain a measure of the "attitude to respond" to a survey that can be used as a covariate in response propensity estimation. Finally, these models are very useful when the variable of interest is not directly observable, such as disability, social integration, educational poverty, and/or measured with error by means of a set of binary/categorical variables. I will present applications of these methods to Italian Household Surveys, such as the Survey on Households Income and Wealth and the survey on Health Conditions and Appeal to Medicare, and discuss their use to handle the process of integration of administrative and survey data for the production of official statistics.
Description: In this Global Network Webinar, Sophie Mitra of Fordham University and the Disability Data Initiative presented on the use of household surveys and population censuses to monitor the inequalities that affect persons with disabilities: recent evidence from the Disability Data Initiative. The speaker shared recent developments and highlighted research opportunities related to the situation of adults with disabilities worldwide. Based on recent results from the Disability Data Initiative, the webinar: (i) discussed various approaches to collect and analyze data on disability in household surveys and population censuses, in particular with respect to the types of questions used and how to analyze answer scales on severity; (ii) documented how and where questions on functional difficulties using the internationally tested Washington Group Short Set or similar questions have been adopted around the world; and (iii) presented results of analyses of Demographic and Health Survey and census data on whether persons with disabilities are being left behind in 15 countries. The webinar was attended by 44 colleagues from across the globe, including those from national statistical offices, UN resident coordinator offices, civil society, and academia. The recording is available on the Global Network. The Global Network of Data Officers and Statisticians aims to improve coordination and collaboration among peers and organizations, to connect existing but not necessarily wellconnected networks and initiatives, and to provide and share information on capacity building efforts globally. In the framework of the Global Network UNSD organizes a series of webinars. For more information visit our information pages.
Description: On 10 July 2023, the Demographic and Social Statistics Branch organized a hybrid meeting on the above topic, in collaboration with the European Commission Joint Research Center, Eurostat and UN-Habitat. The meeting discussed the Degree of Urbanisation-DEGURBA method as a geospatial approach to the definition of cities, urban and rural areas in a harmonised manner across countries, which is particularly important for monitoring SDG 11 indicators on “Sustainable Cities and Communities”. The method was endorsed by the UN Statistical Commission in 2020, for international and regional comparison purposes. UN-Habitat, European Commission and UNSD are working towards building member states’ capacity for the implementation of this methodology as recommended by the Statistical Commission. Discussants from the Statistics Division, UNFPA and Eurostat exchanged lessons learned and the progress made in building capacity on the methodology. Data experts from UN-Habitat and the Joint Research Centre presented with examples how geospatial data are used to monitor human settlements and support census activities. Overall, the meeting highlighted the power of geospatial information to assess the urbanisation process and contribute to the localisation of the Sustainable Development Goals.
Description: UNSD co-organized a high-level event titled 'Unlocking SDG 16.9: Leveraging the UN Legal Identity Agenda for Leaving No One Behind.' The event engaged high-level representatives, including Ministers, Directors-General, and heads of agencies within the CRVS (civil registration and vital statistics), health, and National ID management sectors and attracted a wide audience including around 90 representatives of Member States, multilateral and international organizations and civil society organizations. The event provided an opportunity to discuss strategies for accelerated achievement of universal birth and death registration and legal identity for all in six countries that collectively account for half of the global burden of unregistered children: Bangladesh, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, India, Nigeria, and Pakistan. It provided a platform for sharing knowledge, fostering collaboration, and promoting best practices to ensure that legal identity is accessible to all, thereby advancing progress toward SDG 16.9. The United Nations Legal Identity Agenda, endorsed by the Deputy Secretary-General, was launched as a One UN approach to assist Member States in building holistic, country-owned, and sustainable civil registration, vital statistics, and identity management systems. UNSD serves as a custodian of international statistical standards, methods, and guidelines on these topics, and together with UNDP and UNICEF, co-chairs the UNLIA Task Force - composed of 13+ UN agencies - supporting Member States in delivering the 2030 Agenda commitments.
Description: The World Health Organization, Regional Office for South-East Asia (WHO/SEARO) is organizing a regional workshop on strengthening the national civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) system from 26 to 29 September 2023 in Bali, Indonesia. The primary objective of the workshop is to build countries capacities in developing strategic and operational action plans to strengthen the national CRVS system core business processes, to improve data completeness, quality and use (with more focus on mortality statistics) so as to strengthen evidence based operational plans and policies and enhance accountability. The specific objectives of the workshop are to: 1. review the progress to date countries have made in strengthening their CRVS system core business processes and to identify the key gaps and challenges faced in achieving further improvements; 2. discuss and bring into the focus the importance of a comprehensive system approach to strengthen CRVS system and build capacities for reporting of death and cause of death data with protocols for data management, analysis and use. Where necessary, the system approach will address specific issues related to legal, administrative and technical factors that need attention for CRVS improvement; and 3. guide countries in developing a national strategic action plan for implementing a system approach including use of digital technologies to strengthen CRVS, with a focus on data outcomes in terms of production of reliable mortality and cause of death data; 4. support countries in designing an initial implementation plan that targets the production of reliable vital statistics for a pilot set of population clusters, as a 'proof of concept', by mid/end 2025; and 5. develop a broad road map towards improving the national and regional mortality statistics in the short- (2023/2025) to medium- (2026/2028) to long- (2029/2030) term with a notional set of milestones and targets. The participants will be relevant ministries for CRVS work from countries in our region and international partners.
Description: UNICEF, in collaboration with UN Legal Identity Agenda co-chairs, UNDESA and UNDP are hosting an in-person side event at the 2023 SDG Summit. The side event aims to facilitate knowledge exchange by showcasing successful strategies, innovative approaches, and insights from six priority countries: Bangladesh, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, India, Nigeria, and Pakistan. High-level representatives from these countries within the CRVS, health, and National ID management sectors have been invited to engage with UNICEF colleagues, civil society organizations, and experts in child rights, human rights, CRVS, and legal identity. The event intends to amplify participants collective experiences to garner greater international support and commitment towards achieving SDG 16.9.
Description: A Regional Training on Assessing Inequalities in Civil Registration Completeness will take place in Bangkok, Thailand on 11-15 September. It aims to provide selected countries from Asia and the Pacific with practical knowledge to assess the completeness of birth and death registration records using secondary sources of data. More specifically, the training aims to address these objectives: Give participants and overview of the tools and data sources that can be used to assess inequalities related to civil registration. Provide participants with the demographics skills necessary to initiate inequality assessments. Train participants in the computation of completeness rates of birth and death registration. Discuss how to initiate inequality assessments and ensure their findings lead to policy recommendations. The training will use the guidelines for estimating completeness of civil registration of vital events as background documentation and make use of the experience of other countries of the region in conducting such inequality assessments. The workshop will be conducted in English with simultaneous interpretation in Russian. The concept note is available in English here:
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Title in Arabic: التقديرات والاسقاطات السكانية باستعمال البرامج الإحصائية
Organizer(s): AITRS
Description: تمثل الإسقاطات السكانية أهمية كبرى عند وضع الخطط التنموية والسكانية و الاجتماعية و الاقتصادية، ويتم الاعتماد عليها لتشخيص الوضع القائم وتحديد الاحتياجات المستقبلية لأي بلد. كما تعتبر الاسقاطات السكانية مادة هامة في مجالي البحث والتطوير في كل المجالات، بالإضافة الى دورها المحوري في كل عملية سياسية ومنها بالخصوص إجراء الانتخابات على كل المستويات الإدارية. ومن المعروف أن التعدادات السكانية عادة ما تنجز كل عشر سنوات مما يخلق حاجة اكيدة الى بيانات ومؤشرات سكانية وديمغرافية بين التعدادين المتتاليين. وتمثل الإسقاطات السكانية الحل الأمثل لسد هذه الفجوة وتوفير الحاجيات الضرورية من البيانات السكانية لمختلف المستخدمين، وتتضمن الاسقاطات الافتراض بأن اتجاهات السكان قد تتغير تدريجياً وليس فجأة شريطة عدم حدوث تطورات مفاجئة وغير محسوبة، كما انها تفترض في بعض الاحيان الاستمرار المستقبلي لقيم المؤشرات الديموغرافية السائدة، وستبقى مستمرة بنفس المستوى في المستقبل بغض النظر عن أي تأثير على هذه الاتجاهات. وقد طور المهتمون بعلم السكان والديمغرافيا العديد من البرامج الإحصائية المتكاملة لإنجاز الاسقاطات والقديرات السكانية في أحسن الظروف وبالجودة المطلوبة على غرار Spectrumو Fivsin و Mortpak و PAS ... وتندرج هذه الورشة في اطار مواصلة المعهد دعم قدرات العاملين في المجالات الديمغرافية والسكانية بالاجهزة الإحصائية العربية والمهتمين بالاحصائيات الاجتماعية بشكل عام من خلال التركيز على البعد العملي وتبيان كيفية استغلال البرامج الإحصائية المتوفرة في انجاز التقديرات والاسقاطات السكانية.
Description: The regional workshop for the Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) Inequality Assessment project in Asia and the Pacific will take place in Bangkok on 8 to 9 May 2023. The workshop provides an opportunity for countries which undertook an inequality assessment to share experiences and lessons learned with other countries, and to document best practices for other countries which may be interested in undertaking an inequality assessment in the future. The invitations have been sent to participants, and the concept note can be viewed from the file below.
Description: The "Civil Registration Vital Statistics (CRVS) Inception Workshop for Assessing Inequalities in Registration in Samoa" was organized on 4 April 2023 in Tanoa Tusitala Hotel, Apia, Samoa. Agenda The inception workshop was a participatory workshop that introduced the project, further developed relationships among relevant stakeholders (data providers, data users, and policymakers), discussed challenges with conducting such an inequality assessment, and collaboratively developed a plan for the way forward. , Project: Implementing Inequality Assessments Resources Regional Events Project countries: Bangladesh Bhutan Fiji/ Indonesia Lao PDR Pakistan Philippines Samoa
Description: In preparation for the 54th session of the Statistical Commission, UNSD organized a highlevel webinar on the Future of Social and Demographic Statistics. The high-level panel discussion was conducted virtually and attracted around 280 participants, including officials from 60 national statistical offices, and representative from more than 20 international organizations, academia, and the UN system at large. The event was moderated by Ms. Gabriella Vukovich, Chair of the UN Statistical Commission and President of the Hungarian Central Statistical Office. The panelists, coming from national statistical offices (Statistics Canada and UK’s Office for National Statistics), as well UN agencies (WHO), provided insights into key concerns, challenges, and priorities identified by data users they serve, and highlighted how their statistical systems are evolving to respond to data requests. As this event was an opportunity to informally provide feedback on the report of the Secretary-General on Social Statistics, which will serve as the basis for launching the work on a review of social and demographic statistics through a Friends of the Chair Group (FoC Social), the panelists also reflected on how FoC Social could build on their country/organization experiences, highlighting some of the areas where the Group can realistically deliver practical recommendations for an agile and more responsive system of social and demographic statistics. The UN Statistics Division will serve as the Secretariat of the Friends of the Chair Group, and the outcomes of this high-level panel discussion will contribute to identifying a work programme for the Group to achieve strengthened social and demographic statistics that fulfil data requirements under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and anticipate data needs beyond 2030. The Group will work for a period of three years and report back on agreed deliverables at the fifty-seventh session of the Statistical Commission in 2026.
Description: Background The CRVS Systems Improvement Framework (hereinafter to be referred to as the ‘Framework’) was developed by Vital Strategies, with the support of the Bloomberg Philanthropies Data for Health Initiative, in collaboration with ESCAP, ECA, WHO and other partners. The Framework builds upon previous efforts to develop practical tools (e.g., APAI-CRVS, World Health Organization and University of Queensland Comprehensive Assessment Tools), that countries can use to assess, develop strategies, and action plans and implement them for improving the coverage and efficiency of the system. The Framework is holistic in nature, with a process-centric, human rights and results-based approach for analysing and redesigning improved CRVS system performance and aligns with international principles and guidance. The modular design of the Framework allows for maximum flexibility in application. As many as 13 countries in Asia/Pacific and Africa region are at various stages of the Framework implementation. There are many lessons that have been learned from these countries related specifically to the processes and tools. The experiences have varied ranging from very positive to the need for improvements in the guidance provided in the Framework. Vital Strategies in collaboration with ESCAP and ECA have planned to take stock of all the lessons learned from the country implementation of the Framework and its applicability in the political, administrative, and legal context of these countries. This exercise is sought to be undertaken through a series of three workshops, one for countries in Asia and the Pacific, followed by the second workshop for African countries and the final being a global workshop that focuses on synthesizing the information from lesson learned from the country workshop and the experiences gained by the country coordinators and national/international consultants while providing technical assistance in implementing the Framework. Purpose/objective a) Share and discuss lessons learned on the implementation of the Framework, the usefulness of Business Process Improvement (BPI), and the improvements that the Framework has led to b) Discuss options for improvement of the Framework c) Discuss the expansion of the network of Framework’s users and further the understanding of the Framework
Description: About the session The International Recommendations on Statelessness Statistics (IROSS) have been developed by the Expert Group on Refugee, IDP and Statelessness Statistics (EGRISS), and aims to help improve official statistics on stateless persons, a critically vulnerable population, in line with the global commitment to ‘Leave No One Behind’ as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Following the progress report submitted to the 53rd Statistical Commission, the expert group has worked to address guidance received, particularly concerning the operationalization of the proposed statistical framework. Now, the expert group seeks feedback from national statistical offices and other relevant stakeholders to further strengthen the recommendations ahead of the 54th Statistical Commission in February-March 2023. In this regard, this session aimed to raise awareness of the recommendations, highlight the importance of the IROSS in efforts to improve the inclusion of stateless populations in national statistical systems and encourage countries to participate in the global consultation scheduled for 24 October - 21 November 2022. , Stats Café Home: Upcoming events Concluded events
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.
Description: The sample of the Statistical survey on population by ethnicity, native language and religion 2021 consists of the voluntary sample and the probability sample drawn from the rest of the census population. A natural post-stratified calibrated estimator underestimates minor religions and other small proportions of interest. Alternatively, to correct the selection bias of estimates based on the non-probability sample, we fit a model for propensity scores using the demographic and socioeconomic data and information from the previous complete census. Then we combine the inverse probability weighted and doubly robust estimators with post-stratified calibrated estimators. The total sample size of the survey is not sufficient to derive accurate direct estimates of the proportions in small domains like municipalities. We apply robust design-based composite estimators which exploit domain-level information on the study variables from the previous census.
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Description: Background: Lao PDR has come onboard as one of the countries in the region to receive support to undertake the CRVS inequality assessment. The project seeks to provide technical support and capacity strengthening to the Lao Statistics Bureau and other relevant national stakeholders to facilitate the implementation of CRVS inequality assessments using secondary data sources in Lao PDR. This will involve building capacity for demographic analysis to undertake inequality assessments in the future as well as for initiating dialogue with policy-makers to ensure the results are used for policy formulation. The first three-day national capacity building workshop was a hands-on workshop, which was designed based on the country’s needs and the project’s objective to build skills in analyzing data to assess inequalities in registration of births and deaths. The workshop supplemented lectures with practical sessions and exercises, which were developed by the CRVS national consultant based on real data from Lao PDR. Participants comprised Lao Statistics Bureau staff and stakeholders from relevant ministries. , Project: Implementing Inequality Assessments Resources Regional Events Project countries: Bangladesh Bhutan Fiji/ Indonesia Lao PDR Pakistan Philippines Samoa
Description: The event will be organized on Wednesday, 29th June 2022. Interested participants can join one of two below sessions. Click here for registration. Session 1: June 29th at 9:00 am (BST) / 11:00 am (EAT) / 1:30 pm (IST) Session 2: June 29th at 10:00 am (EDT) / 3:00 pm (BST) / 5:00 pm (EAT) / 7:30 pm (IST)
Description: The regional training workshop was held virtually from 27 May to 3 June 2022, as part of a project to strengthen capacity to implement inequality assessments of civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems, which has been initiated by ESCAP and includes both in-country and regional level capacity strengthening activities. One element of this project relates to training on demographic skills to enable countries to implement the inequality assessments. The workshop aimed to provide technical guidance and enhance expertise on demographic evaluation of age and sex data collected in national censuses. The workshop offered instructional material via pre-recorded videos, allowing participants to download and work through that material in their own time in the weeks preceding the scheduled workshop, with material being released in three batches weekly from 9 May 2022. The opening of the workshop and explanations was commenced on 27 May 2022, followed by the interactive part of the training starting on 30 May 2022 which was structured around two short plenary sessions, a set of three groups of staggered practical workshops to allow participants to select the time most convenient for them and one on one consultations by appointment. For more information on the pre-recorded videos and the staggered practical sessions and consultations and their timings, please see the concept note. Background As part of the proclamation of the Asia and Pacific Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) Decade (2015-2024), governments in the region requested that further regional action be taken to support the improvement of CRVS systems and the production of vital statistics. Goal three of the regional action framework calls for the production and dissemination of accurate, complete and timely vital statistics (including on causes of death). One of the targets under this goal further expands that nationally representative statistics - using registration records or other valid administrative data - should allow for key disaggregation, namely by age, sex, geographic area, administrative subdivisions and other subgroups and characteristics of the vital event. Demographic statistics, whether produced using population censuses), registration data or other administrative data sources or household surveys may be subject to error which can impact the accuracy of statistics. Therefore, appraisal of demographic data is an essential task for data users, to take into consideration any potential errors or biases that may impact the accuracy of the estimates being produced. Underpinning the three components of population change (fertility, mortality and migration) are age and sex distributions of a population. ESCAP Statistics Division run a regional training workshop for member states on the demographic evaluation of age and sex data collected in national censuses. , HOME - Project: Implementing Inequality Assessments Project countries: Bangladesh Fiji Lao PDR Pakistan Samoa Resources Regional Events
Description: About the session This Stats Café sought to share experiences of countries in the assessment, analysis, and redesign of their CRVS systems using the CRVS System Improvement Framework, including reflections on how the results of this project have informed improvement policies and ongoing system strengthening efforts. The event began with an overview of the CRVS Systems Improvement Framework, followed by three countries sharing their experiences and lessons learned from applying this methodology. Background A well-functioning civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) system helps ensure that every person has a legal identity, facilitating access to essential benefits and protections of the State.However, in many countries throughout Asia and the Pacific, many people face significant barriers to register a vital event such as a birth or death, often due to the complexity of the process, the time and number of trips needed, distance to the registration facility and the documentation requirements, to name just a few of these barriers. To support countries in identifying where the bottlenecks are in civil registration processes, some countries in Asia and the Pacific have been utilizing a Business Process Improvement approach to assess, analyse and redesign the underlying processes of their civil registration system, with the end goal of streamlining civil registration processes to alleviate the burden on families reporting vital events. The CRVS Systems Improvement Framework, which was developed under the Bloomberg Philanthropies Data for Health Initiative in collaboration with other development partners, provides detailed guidance for countries to apply an innovative, multi-sectoral, participatory and processcentric approach to examine current CRVS processes, identify gaps and determine areas for improvement. Vital Strategies, ESCAP and WHO-SEARO have been supporting countries in the region to implement Phase 1 of this Framework which includes a detailed process mapping of two selected civil registration processes (usually birth and death registration) and the identification of performance issues and potential improvement policies. Assessment, Analysis and Redesign of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Processes - Maldives Download the report This report documents the results of the work of the Maldives Core Team in the implementation of the “Assessment, analysis, and redesign” stage of the CRVS System Improvement Framework. Using the methodology and the tools defined by the CRVS System Improvement Framework, the Core Team, supported by a Country Coordinator and a Senior Adviser, organised a range of online and in-person consultations to apply the Framework tools. The consultations enabled the Core Team to provide detailed descriptions of existing birth and death registration business processes, analyse aspects of the processes affecting performance, and design a vision for improving registration business processes, overcoming performance bottlenecks, and increasing overall efficiency. The report is organised into four distinct parts. The first part introduces the key characteristics of the Maldives CRVS system, as well as background information on the CRVS System Improvement Framework and the methodology for implementing the Framework implementation in the context of Maldives CRVS business processes. The second part of the report provides a detailed description of birth and death registration business processes as presently operated in Maldives. The third part of the report documents the analysis conducted by the Core Team to determine existing business processes, performance bottlenecks and their root causes, as well as redesign suggestions and how best to prioritize improvements. Finally, the fourth part of the report envisions the processes that would emerge after improvement policies are implemented. , Stats Café Home: Upcoming events Concluded events in 2021 Concluded events in 2020
Title in Arabic: استخدام البرامج الاحصائية في التحليل الديموغرافي والاسقاطات السكانية
Organizer(s): AITRS UNFPA ESCWA
Description: تنبع أهمية هذه الورشة من الأهمية البالغة التي توليها الدول لدراسة الخصائص والاتجاهات والتغيرات الديموغرافية باعتبار تأثيرها المباشر في كافة مناحي حياة المجتمعات البشرية التي ترتبط ارتباطاً مباشراً بعددهم وتركيبهم وبالتغيرات التي طرأت وتطرأ عليهم. وتوفر وتوفر البيانات والمؤشرات الديمغرافية والسكانية عدة استعمالات منها بالأساس: * التشخيص: معرفة وفهم الوضع الراهن واكتشاف وتحديد القضايا/المشكلات ومن ثم التخطيط للعمل على تغيير الوضع الراهن إلى الوضع المرغوب؛ * التقييم: تقدير مقدار واتجاهات التغيرات أو النجاحات التي حققتها السياسات والخطط والبرامج خلال فترة زمنية معينة؛ * التقديرات والإسقاطات السكانية: توقع الوضع المستقبلي للسكان؛ * حوار السياسات: تساعد المؤشرات الديموغرافية واضعي السياسات على فهم المشكلات القائمة والتباحث حولها وحول البدائل المتاحة لوضع الحلول المناسبة لها؛ * كسب المناصرة أو التأييد والدعم للسياسات والاستراتيجيات والبرامج السكانية ولأهدافها ورصد الموارد المالية اللازمة لتنفيذها.
Description: This Stats Café aimed to: Shed light on the most current outlook on data on children on the move in ESCAP countries; Identify the critical data gaps and needs that need to be addressed to promote targeted policy and program interventions that can protect and empower migrant and displaced children; Cite relevant country initiatives and good practices that promote the inclusion of data on migrant and displaced children in national data systems; and Introduce to the global statistical community the work being done by the IDAC in trying to close the data gaps on children on the move. Tentative Agenda: Opening remarks by ESCAP: Rachael Beaven, Director, Statistics Division, ESCAP Presentation by the IDAC: Estrella Lajom, Statistics and Monitoring Specialist, International Data Alliance for Children on the Move (IDAC) Minding the Data Gap on Children on the Move Country Perspective: Hataichanok Chinauparwat, Director, Statistical Forecasting Division, National Statistical Office of Thailand Regional Perspective and the Global Compact on Migration: Sabine Henning, Chief, Sustainable Demographic Transition Section, Social Development Division, ESCAP Open Discussion, Q and A: Petra Nahmias, Chief, Population and Social Statistics Section, ESCAP Concluding remarks and wrap up, ESCAP , Stats Café Home: Upcoming events Concluded events in 2021 Concluded events in 2020
Description: Background This Stats Café builds on an earlier session on COVID-19 and death registration, which featured towards the beginning of the pandemic in mid-2020. Since then, over five million COVID-19 deaths have been reported, however, estimates predict that the global excess deaths may be two to four times higher than those officially recorded. Being able to ascertain the true impact of COVID-19 on human lives is critical for informing resource allocation and assessing the effectiveness of public health interventions as the pandemic evolves. However, many countries still lack functioning civil registration and vital statistics systems to provide accurate, complete and timely data on deaths and causes of death. This, coupled with the differences in how countries test and report COVID-19 deaths, makes it challenging to measure the true loss of life from the pandemic. The COVID-19 mortality rate has also sparked heated discussions among the general public, with false claims circulating online that the number of COVID-19 deaths have been inflated in order to justify lockdowns and other restrictions. Demographers, data scientists, and epidemiologists have turned to the estimation of excess mortality to try to understand just how many people died as a result of COVID-19. Excess mortality estimates measure the gap between the number of deaths in an average year under normal conditions and the number of deaths during a crisis, adjusting for relevant demographic changes as far as possible. This Stats Café aimed to share a snapshot of some of the varied approaches taken by countries and organizations to produce estimates of excess mortality, as well as provide a journalistic insight of best practices in reporting on it. Agenda for this session Welcoming Remarks, housekeeping and overview of session: Ms. Rachael Beaven, Director, Statistics Division, ESCAP Introduction to estimating excess mortality: Mr. Steve MacFeely, WHO Technical insight from the South African experience of estimating excess mortality: Professor Tom Moultrie, University of Cape Town, South Africa Mortality deficit in New Zealand through the COVID-19 pandemic: Ms. Helen He, Stats News Zealand Estimating excess mortality in Malaysia: Dr. Shubash Shander, Ministry of Health, Malaysia Trusting the numbers and tackling misinformation: perspectives of a data journalist: Ms. Rukmini Shrinivasan, Independent Data Journalist Q and A and wrap-up , Stats Café Home: Upcoming events Concluded events
Description: Some 1.3 billion adolescents aged 10-19 years today make up 16 per cent of the world’s population. Up until now, data and insights on the lives of adolescents have been spread across different sources, making them challenging to access. On the occasion of the ECOSOC Youth Forum, please join us for the launch of the Adolescent Data Portal (ADP), which brings together up-to-date data on adolescents in one place for the first time, providing on-demand access to a wider audience. The ADP includes global, regional and national-level data on adolescent well-being across key areas of their lives – health, education, protection and transition to work.
Description: The Regional Workshop on Estimating Completeness of Civil Registration of Births and Deaths commenced with an Asia-Pacific Stats Café Series: Estimating completeness of vital events launch the recently developed guidelines on measuring completeness of civil registration of births and deaths. It run for 2.5-3 hours a day over five days from 28 March to 1 April 2022. Guidelines for estimating completeness of civil registration of vital events (PDF) The Regional Workshop is being held as part of a project to strengthen capacity to implement inequality assessments of civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems, which has been initiated by ESCAP and includes both in-country and regional level capacity strengthening activities. One element of this project relates to training on demographic skills to enable countries to implement the inequality assessments. The Regional Workshop aimed to provide technical guidance and enhance expertise on demographic methods with a focus on measuring completeness of the civil registration of births and deaths. The training divided into 6.5 hours of instruction and 6 hours of practical and hands-on exercises. It run for 2.5-3 hours a day over five days from 28 March to 1 April 2022. For more information, please see the concept note. , HOME - Project: Implementing Inequality Assessments Project countries: Bangladesh Fiji Lao PDR Pakistan Samoa Resources Regional Events
Description: (Newsletter: CRVS Insight April 2022) The first regional workshop on estimating completeness of civil registration of births and deaths was held as part of an ongoing project initiated by ESCAP, to strengthen the demographic capacity of countries to implement inequality assessments of civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems. The workshop was conducted virtually over a period of five afternoons from 28 March to 1 April 2022 and all instruction and practical sessions were provided and facilitated by Professor Tom Moultrie, Professor of Demography, University of Cape Town, South Africa with support from ESCAP staff. At the end of the workshop, participants were expected to have a greater understanding of the issues underpinning the assessment and evaluation of the completeness of civil registration data on births and deaths. Techniques for adjusting for vital events that may be reported in the future were presented, along with a number of approaches for estimating the completeness of vital events using sources of data such as census or administrative data. The programme, photos and presentations from the workshop can be found here.
Title in Arabic: التحليل الديموغرافي وإنتاج المؤشرات الديموغرافية
Organizer(s): AITRS
Description: يمكن القول إن المؤشرات الديموغرافية تندرج ضمن المؤشرات الإحصائية الكلية، لأن الخصائص والاتجاهات والتغيرات الديموغرافية تؤثر بصورة مباشرة في كافة مناحي حياة المجتمعات البشرية، فحاجات السكان إلى كافة السلع والخدمات خاصة الأساسية منها ترتبط ارتباطاً مباشراً بعددهم وتركيبهم وبالتغيرات التي طرأت وتطرأ عليهم، كما أن خطط الحكومات وموازناتها لتقديم الخدمات لمواطنيها تتأثر بخصائص السكان وبالتغيرات الديموغرافية خاصة السريعة منها. لذا، تولي لكافة الدول عناية لجمع البيانات عن سكانها بإجراء التعدادات والمسوح وإنشاء السجلات الحيوية لتستطيع أن تقيس الخصائص والتغيرات السكانية عن طريق تقدير عدد من المقاييس والمؤشرات الديموغرافية. وتوفر هذه البيانات والمؤشرات عدة استعمالات منها بالاساس: * التشخيص: معرفة وفهم الوضع الراهن واكتشاف وتحديد القضايا/المشكلات ومن ثم التخطيط للعمل على تغيير الوضع الراهن إلى الوضع المرغوب؛ * التقييم: تقدير مقدار واتجاهات التغيرات أو النجاحات التي حققتها السياسات والخطط والبرامج خلال فترة زمنية معينة منتهية؛ * التقديرات والإسقاطات السكانية: توقع الوضع المستقبلي للسكان؛ * حوار السياسات: تساعد المؤشرات الديموغرافية واضعي السياسات على فهم المشكلات القائمة والتباحث حولها وحول البدائل المتاحة لوضع الحلول المناسبة لها؛ * كسب المناصرة أو التأييد والدعم للسياسات والاستراتيجيات والبرامج السكانية ولأهدافها ورصد الموارد المالية اللازمة لتنفيذها.
Description: Agenda for this session: Welcome, housekeeping, opening remarks, current state of play on reporting of completeness in the region: Ms Petra Nahmias, Chief, Population and Social Statistics Section, Statistics Division, ESCAP Introduction to the guidelines: Mr. Thomas Moultrie, University of Cape Town, South Africa Georgia’s experience in estimating completeness of vital events: Ms. Shorena Tsiklauri, GEOSTAT, Georgia Bhutan’s experience with estimating completeness in the context of the production of the first vital statistics report: Mr. Tashi Dorjee, National Statistics Bureau, Bhutan Australia’s experience with estimating completeness for specific population groups: Ms. Lauren Moran, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australia Estimating inequality in death registration completeness in Matlab, Bangladesh: Mr. M. Moinuddin Haider, ICDDR,B, Bangladesh Q and A Backgroud As part of the proclamation of the Asia and Pacific Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) Decade (2015-2024), governments in the region requested that further regional action be taken to support the improvement of CRVS systems. The regional action framework responds to that request as a catalyst for governments and development partners to focus and accelerate their efforts to realize a shared vision and the three CRVS goals outlined in the framework during the Decade. The mid-term review, and accompanying technical report, of progress made by countries in the Asia-Pacific region since the beginning of the Decade was able to demonstrate significant achievements in many countries in the region, yet with identified shortcomings in countries’ ability to evaluate the completeness of their civil registration systems, as well as capability and capacity gaps in this sphere. To address this gap, ESCAP has produced guidelines on measuring the completeness of CRVS data. The guidelines, with an associated toolkit, are designed to provide in-country practitioners with the essential skills to evaluate and estimate the completeness of their civil registration systems, with a focus on births and deaths. This Stats Café will mark the launch of these guidelines and will look at the experiences of countries in estimating completeness of vital events and discuss the way forward. , Stats Café Home: Upcoming events Concluded events
Description: This ministerial roundtable was organized by ESCAP. It took place online on 19 November 2021, from 12:30 to 13:30 hrs, Bangkok time. Overview: The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted on the ability of governments to maintain services and routine functions, including the operation of national civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems. The universal, compulsory, continuous, permanent, and confidential recording of the occurrence of all vital events is undermined by the various restrictions imposed by governments (quarantines, lockdowns, social and physical distancing measures, workplace closures, transit shutdowns, etc.). The resulting changes in civil registration systems have a definite negative impact on the quantity and quality of civil registrations. Many CRVS systems have considered marriages and divorces to be less important vital events, and a number of countries have suspended their registration. While innovative approaches are mitigating the impact of COVID-19 on the performance of civil registration systems and are supporting the generation of data for health surveillance during a health crisis, this often disproportionately excludes developing countries with poorer connectivity and infrastructure This ministerial roundtable provided an opportunity to reflect on the challenges posed by the pandemic and potential solutions. Ministers was able to share their experiences of maintaining services during this difficult period as well as inspire and guide efforts to enhance the functioning of CRVS systems during emergencies in the second half of the Asia-Pacific CRVS Decade. Issues for discussion: How have countries responded to the challenges posed by the pandemic posed to the civil registration systems, ensuring the most marginalized and vulnerable populations also have access to vital services in the face of disruption and how are the systems managing to recover and adapt to the new situation? CRVS systems need to be strengthened to avert catastrophic consequences prior to emergencies, respond effectively to crises and ensure a sustainable recovery. How can Governments and development partners comprehensively make the CRVS systems more robust to future crises and shocks? The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated that a well-performing CRVS system in normal times may not perform well in crises and emergencies. What are the key considerations to guide the redesign of both mature and immature CRVS towards resilience?
Description: Link to view recording video here (Passcode: rp85^H?C) This side-event was organized by Vital Strategies in partnership with Bloomberg Philanthropies Data for Health Initiative and partners. It took place online on 12 November 2021, from 11:00 to 12:00 hrs, Bangkok time. Background: As countries make strides to improve the quality, production, and reporting of civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) data, it is important to have a foundation of the importance, analysis, and use of those data. It is also important to ensure that the data are reported and made available to decision-makers for policymaking. The 10-session “Analysis and Use of Vital Statistics” (AUVS) eLearning Course is a fully virtual, interactive course that teaches participants how to conduct and interpret basic vital statistics data analysis. Participants will become more familiar with calculating vital statistics and the advanced uses of CRVS data. Participants will also learn to create high-quality vital statistics visualizations and reports and learn to disseminate CRVS data to multiple audiences and stakeholders. In combination with Production of a Vital Statistics Report resource kit, this course prepares participants to produce statistics and tabulations necessary for a national vital statistics report and prepare a plan for its dissemination and communication. The modular course is divided into 10 sessions, which includes exercises and video “webisodes.” The webisodes provide a deeper understanding of important CRVS topics, such as verbal autopsy, excess mortality, completeness of registration, and developing effective visualizations for reporting on vital statistics. The Ministerial Conference provides an opportunity to introduce this virtual approach to strengthening the production of vital statistics and championing the use of this data for decision-making. Online self-paced learning is a valuable tool for capacity development of government staff whose high workload and competing demands limit their availability to attend in-person meetings. This has also been especially useful during the pandemic. Furthermore, the online content can be used to supplement in-person development and could be relevant to a range of needs beyond the production of vital statistic reports. Scope: This side event began with an audience Q&A regarding challenges involved in analyzing and presenting CRVS data and then offered an overview of the eLearning course and a linked panel discussion featuring country representatives from the region and technical experts who spoke on the different applications and value of the course for vital statistics production, dissemination, and use, addressing the issues raised by audience members. The panel discussion was followed by another question-and-answer session and information on how to access the course. This side event was relevant for countries in the region who were interested in strengthening the analytical capacity of CRVS team members and using this knowledge to produce and report on vital statistics. The course is an eLearning adaptation of the CRVS Data Use course, which was originally developed with Bloomberg Philanthropies Data for Health Initiative partners, included the US Centers for Disease Control and other partners. Background materials: AUVS course on Vital Strategies’ Learning Management System
Description: This side-event was organized by UNICEF. It took place online on 11 November 2021, from 14:30 to 16:00 hrs, Bangkok time. Background: The ability of individuals to prove their identity – and the ability of governments to accurately identify beneficiaries – is a direct or indirect enabler of several SDGs, including those relating to gender equality and empowerment, access to basic health and education services, and child protection. Unique identifiers (usually in the form of a unique identification number) can be an important element in a well-functioning CRVS system and are increasingly important in identity management and data linkage – both within line ministries, and between ministries and the national statistical system. Scope: UNICEF has a specific mandate to protect, respect and uphold the rights of children and their families globally, and to help facilitate full implementation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC); including supporting the establishment of a legal identity at birth. Unique identification numbers are used across a broad range of functional registers – including health, education, and child protection, improving the accountability and effectiveness of cash programming. But a discussion on when and how to link data – balancing privacy against the risks of not using data, and harnessing new technologies to help improve service delivery for better outcomes and improved inclusivity is often needed. This side event aimed to give participants a better understanding of the various approaches to unique identifiers being used in administrative data systems relevant to children, common and emerging practices globally, current international recommendations and best-practice examples (and their consistency across sectors), and the benefits and risks of these approaches and recommendations.
Description: This side-event was organized by Vital Strategies in partnership with ESCAP and WHO South-East Asia Regional Office. It took place online on 10 November 2021, from 12:00 to 13:30 hrs, Bangkok time. Background: Based on recent experiences of CRVS system strengthening efforts in Asia and the Pacific as well as other parts of the world, there is a growing realization among the CRVS community that improving business processes of a civil registration system is key to the improvement of registration completeness and services in the quickest possible time. The recently launched CRVS Systems Improvement Framework provides detailed guidance for countries to apply an innovative, multi-sectoral, participatory, and process-centric approach to continually improve the performance of CRVS systems. With support from Vital Strategies, WHO-SEARO, and ESCAP, countries in Asia and Pacific are implementing efforts to strengthen their CRVS system using the process-centric approach. The Ministerial Conference provided an opportunity to introduce this innovative approach to CRVS system strengthening to other countries in the region in the form of a workshop and to share experiences form countries applying the methodology. Scope: The side event started off with an introduction to the process-centric methodology of CRVS system improvement and brief presentations of lessons learned from countries in Asia and Pacific that had applied the methodology. This was followed by a workshop during which participants could gain hands-on experience of part of the methodology. The side event was relevant for all countries in the region interested in strengthening their CRVS system. As background material, please see the CRVS Systems Improvement Framework, the webinar to launch the Framework, and the e-learning course of the Framework.
Organizer(s): UNICEF Ministry of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Pakistan
Description: This side-event was organized by Ministry of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Pakistan in partnership with UNICEF Pakistan Office. It took place online on 8 November 2021, from 14:30 to 16:00 hrs, Bangkok time. Background: The Ministerial Declaration and Regional Action Framework commit countries to continue the work to enable the Asia-Pacific region to improve and align efforts, as well as tracking progress towards getting everyone in the picture. Reaffirming the human right of everyone to be recognized everywhere as a person before the law, which is enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The Regional Action Framework on CRVS responds to that request as a catalyst for Governments and development partners to focus and accelerate their efforts to realize a shared vision and the three CRVS goals outlined during the proposed civil registration and vital statistics decade for Asia and the Pacific (2015-2024). The Regional Action Framework facilitates collaborative action at local, provincial, national and international levels by enabling multiple stakeholders to align and prioritize their efforts, as well as to monitor progress towards achieving shared results. The realization of the shared vision depends on coordinated and concerted efforts to develop and enhance the capacities of members and associate members. In order to follow the Regional Action Framework Ministry of Planning, Development & Special Initiatives (Technical Support Unit for CRVS) is proposing “Establishment of CRVS Sister Districts in SAARC Countries”. This will provide opportunities to all member countries to share experience based CRVS implementation processes, CRVS reforms and legislations at National level. This initiative will also be productive for countries which are in initial phase of implementation of CRVS reforms. Based on the reforms and legislations the best CRVS model will be designed for Sister Districts which will be replicated in the respective identified districts of all SARRC Countries. Scope: The side event provided opportunity to other member countries for sharing their inputs regarding "Establishment of CVRS Sister Districts". Consensus was made through debate and opportunities were shared by potential donors in terms of funding’s if available. UNESCAP had identified Asian Countries and in collaboration various events like Workshops, Summits and International Conferences were already conducted. The Ministry of Planning, Development & Special Initiatives took the leading role in planning and establishing of Sister's Districts. The forum also helped in identification of opportunities and bridging the gaps pertaining to this model: To learn from experiences of regional SAARC countries for acceleration and enhancement of vital events registration and to ensure vital statistics of international importance. To deliberate on prospects for institutionalization of a Civil Registrar’s network of SAARC counties (CR8), scope of its functioning, information sharing and mutual cooperation. To share experience based best practices and ensure implementation across the region among Sister Districts mutual coordination. To develop coordination mechanism among CRVS Sister Districts.
Description: This side-event was organized by UNHCR Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific. It took place online on 8 November 2021, from 11:00 to 12:30 hrs, Bangkok time. Background & Scope: UNHCR provides international protection to individuals who are refugees, asylum seekers, returnees, internally displaced, stateless, or at risk of statelessness. As part of this mandate, UNHCR promotes birth registration for children born to refugee parents. All States in the ESCAP region are State Parties to the Convention of the Rights of the Child, which provides that children “shall be registered immediately after birth”. This wording includes children born to refugees, regardless of the fact whether a country has signed up to international standards for the protection of refugees. The Ministerial Declaration to “Get everyone in the picture” in Asia and the Pacific, adopted at the Ministerial Conference on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in Asia and Pacific on 28 November 2014 recognizes the need to address disparities in the civil registration that affect refugees. In addition, the Declaration affirms the critical role of civil registration for the prevention of statelessness, and the promotion of durable solutions for refugees. However, children born to refugee parents still face challenges regarding their birth registration in various countries of the Asia and Pacific region. The side event therefore explored how such challenges can be successfully addressed. Practice examples from ESCAP Member States illustrate how they have made birth registration work among refugees (and, possibly, other persons under UNHCR’s protection mandate). UNHCR protection staff from the same countries explained how UNHCR can support governments to make birth registration of children born to refugee parents operational. The event included presentations by government and civil society partners. Agenda: 11:00 - 11:15 Introduction by Mrs. Aurvasi Patel, UNHCR RBAP Head of Protection Service: The role of birth registration in refugee protection 11:15 - 11:25 Statement by youth activist, scholar and former refugee Mrs. Safia Ibrahimkel 11:25 - 12:25 Best practices in ESCAP Member States regarding the inclusion of birth registration of refugees into national mainstream civil registration systems Central Asia: Mrs. Elvira Azimova, National Human Rights Commissioner in the Republic of Kazakhstan South-East Asia: Asst. Prof. Darunee Paisanpanichkul, Deputy Dean for Legal Research and Service, Faculty of Law, Chiang Mai University, Thailand Pacific Region: Mr. Mark Rowe, UNHCR Multi-Country Office, Canberra Panel and debate moderated by Mr. Matthias Reuss, UNHCR RBAP Senior Statelessness Officer 12:25 - 12:30 Concluding remarks by Mrs. Aurvasi Patel, UNHCR RBAP: Way forward towards comprehensive birth registration among children of refugees and other persons falling within UNHCR’s protection mandate
Description: About the session This Stats Café will launch the recently completed ESCAP guide on how to map a population’s exposure to flood hazard. The Café is organized in collaboration with APDIM and IDD who will participate as session moderators and discussants. The session will include a presentation from a National Statistics Office on their own disaster statistics work and discuss the functionality of the tool in that regard. This Stats Café will highlight how geospatial data and techniques can be used by National Statistics Offices to produce maps, visualizations and statistical tables in their disaster statistics work. Further, the session will discuss possible uses of the tool for phases of the Disaster Risk Management Cycle and reporting to and monitoring of the Sendai Monitoring Framework and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The Session will highlight the following: ESCAP-SD’s recently completed tool “Mapping Population Exposure to Hazard”. This guide is aimed at getting users familiar with downloading and using geospatial data and programs to produce maps which show the percentage of the population exposed to flood hazard. The ESCAP-SD presentation will underscore how geospatial techniques included in the tool can be applied to generate information that would be helpful to National Statistical Offices (NSOs) in their Disaster Statistics work Discussion from Bangladesh NSO on the usefulness of the tool and how similar GIS work and methodology can be applied to the Disaster Statistics Work the institution is doing Discussion from ESCAP-IDD on the functionality of the tool and geospatial techniques regarding Disaster Risk Management and reporting for SDGs. , Stats Café Home: Upcoming events Concluded events in 2021 Concluded events in 2020
Description: Data on disability in childhood is essential to better understand and address unmet needs and barriers to full participation of children with disabilities in areas that are fundamental for their development, including access to education, health, basic services, and recreation. In response to this, the Washington Group on Disability Statistics and UNICEF developed the Child Functioning Module (CFM) to identify children with a disability. This tool is designed for administration to parents or primary caregivers. In recognition that in some settings, particularly education settings, modifications to the CFM may be necessary, a version intended to be administered to teachers and school administrators has been created. This tool, the CFM-Teacher Version (CFM-TV), is still under development and further testing is needed. There has been an increased interest in exploring the use of the CFM-TV in a range of contexts, including in humanitarian crisis and emergency settings, and the Washington Group Secretariat has responded to a series of requests from partners for information and access to the tool. As evidence on the implementation of the CFM-TV is still limited, the Washington Group Secretariat covened this meeting to promote an exchange of knowledge among these partners on their experiences with the CFM-TV which will provide valuable information and may generate collaborations among the initiatives.
Source: Eurostat (Data extracted on: 19 May 2023 )
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Organizer(s): Eurostat
Description: On 9 July, Eurostat presented the new interactive publication 'Demography of Europe'. This publication presents European statistics on the population and looks at different aspects, such as population development the trend of an ageing population longer lives having children at an older age getting married and many more.
Description: Civil registration and vital statistics play a key role in facilitating the monitoring of progress in the SDGs where they serve as a denominator for a wide range of demographic goals and indicators. These statistics are a source of continuous and up-to-date information on birth, death and population statistics. Arab countries have civil registration systems, but some are unable to produce vital statistics according to international standards and recommendations. This is largely due to incomplete or insufficient registration, limited capacity in some countries, as well as recent and ongoing conflicts and other emergencies in others. However, in light of the regional preliminary assessments and in line with the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, there is still a need for a coordinated effort to improve civil registration and vital statistics systems in the Arab region. Member States have requested international and regional organizations to resume technical support and improve coordination between agencies at country levels in this area. In this context, ESCWA’s Cluster on Statistics, the Information Society and Technology, in coordination and cooperation with the Center of Excellence for Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems of the Canadian International Development Research Center (IDRC) and WHO Regional Office, is organizing a virtual workshop on developing a strategic framework on civil registration systems and vital statistics for the period (2021-2025) in the Arab countries on 14 and 23 June 2021. On its first day, the workshop aims to review the outlines of the draft strategy for improving civil registration and vital statistics systems for the period 2021-2025 in the Arab countries It will also discuss the questionnaire prepared by ESCWA aiming to collect data on civil registration systems in member countries to monitor progress made in the previous five years and development plans for the next five years, and ways to complete it to obtain the highest response from countries. Based on the outcomes of the workshop’s first day, the second day of the workshop aims to present the framework of the regional strategy plan for the development of civil registries and vital statistics in the Arab countries and to discuss ways and scenarios for their implementation. Meeting details Concept note
Organizer(s): UNSD UNICEF Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data NBS Kenya Societal Platform AARP
Description: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development emphasizes the inclusion of the marginalized population in its implementation. This requires that development efforts cover all segments of the society, including the hard-to-count populations for whom there is either a perceived or real barrier for representative inclusion in the data collection process. Hard-to-count populations such as those that are hard to locate, contact, or interview may not be captured in large-scale data collection processes such as censuses, surveys and administrative data sources. National Statistics Offices and partner organizations use various strategies and methodologies for inclusion of these population groups. For example, deploying service-based enumeration to collect data on homelessness, partnering with organizations to reach migrant populations who may have the fear of being counted or the use of distance learning technology to monitor the educational attainment of remote rural communities. This webinar, part of the UN World Data Forum series, will bring together various actors to: Share experiences in using innovative methods to capture hard-to-count populations; Showcase successful partnerships between governments, civil society and international organizations to capture these population groups.
Description: About the session Since the beginning of the Asia-Pacific CRVS Decade in 2015, multiple countries in the region have embarked on using civil registration records for the production of vital statistics reports, which is one of the targets of the Regional Action Framework on CRVS in Asia and the Pacific. To support countries in this endeavour, ESCAP and other partners have been providing technical assistance and developed tools facilitating the calculation, analysis and presentation of vital statistics, including the revision of the Guide for the Production of a Vital Statistics Report released in December 2020. Nevertheless, at least 17countries in the region have yet to use civil registration records for producing vital statistics. This Stats Café session brought together three countries which recently developed a vital statistics report to discuss their experiences. Programme Welcome remarks and introduction of the speakers by David Rausis, Associate Statistician, Statistics Division, ESCAP Status of vital statistics in Asia and the Pacific and presentation of the revised Guide for the Production of a Vital Statistics Report by Ulysse Boiteau Montéville, Statistical Support Officer, Statistics Division, ESCAP Country experiences by Phuntsho Dorji, National Statistics Bureau, Bhutan Donora Rukhadze, National Statistics Office of Georgia Meli Nadakuca, Fiji Bureau of Statistics Questions and Answers , Stats Café Home: Upcoming events Concluded events
3rd AMDN Webinar: Migration data for the protection of migrant children in the African context
29 Apr 2021 – 29 Apr 2021
Source: IOM GMDAC (Data extracted on: 03 May 2021 )
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Organizer(s): IOM GMDAC STATAFRIC Statistics Sweden
Description: Millions of children are migrants. They are fleeing war or poverty or the consequences of climate change. These children represent an extremely vulnerable population exposed to danger, exploitation and abuse of all kinds, deprivation and discrimination during their migration journey. They often lack access to education and appropriate medical care, and experience difficulties in adapting to new cultures they encounter. The protection of migrant children and the formulation of appropriate programmes to address their needs depend on the availability of reliable, accurate and up-to-date data. This webinar aims to discuss the availability of data on child migration in the African context as well as the possible ways to improve these data and filling data gaps.
Organizer(s): Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data
Description: The Centre of Excellence for CRVS Sytems is organizing a webinar on legal identity in post conflict situations: How can legal, regulatory and institutional frameworks be restructured to be more inclusive and provide trusted and trustworthy identity credentials to everyone? In post-conflict settings, how can undocumented adults, marginalized populations and refugees be registered? This webinar will share findings from research that documents how Afghanistan, Georgia, Rwanda and South Africa have made registration of vital events more accessible by adjusting or removing legal and institutional obstacles in post-conflict settings. Implicitly these countries are attempting to provide all citizens, residents and refugees with a legal identity, but in practice some of them fall short. The study found that in each country studied civil registration and legal identity systems were recognized as part of the healing and reconciliation processes in their countries. You can learn more here. Simultaneous French, Portuguese and English translation will be available. The even will take place on Tuesday 16 March, 19:00-21:00h (Bangkok time). You can register here, and follow the discussions here.
Organizer(s): Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data
Description: The Centre of Excellence for CRVS Sytems is organizing a virtual training on how to enhance demand for civil registration services through training on communication for development: Social and Behaviour Change (SBC) communication has developed rapidly in the last decades, towards engaging and mobilizing communities and populations to find solutions to their problems and to become the promoters and owners of programmatic results. Promising results from areas such as health, reduction of harmful practices, local development, gender equity and others have proved that engaging communities and factoring in social norms, can help programs go way beyond what was possible with traditional communication programs, predominantly based on providing information. This series of 3 training sessions is based on the newly developed handbook on “Civil Registration, Vital Statistics, Identity Management: Communication for Development targeting CRVS practitioners in LMICs” developed by the United Nations Statistical Division (UNSD) with technical and financial support from the Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems. The handbook provides guidance on the use of different tools to research, design, implement strategies and measure Social and Behavior Change/ Communication for Development. This training series will introduce and prepare the participants on the use of the Social and Behavioral Change tools, develop an understanding and awareness of the objectives and value of behavioral change tools, and also open the discussion on opportunities and challenges, exploring the needs and interests for further training in the area. You can learn more here.
Description: The Stats Café is the last of a three-seminar series which aims to provide practical and clear guidance for countries in Asia and the Pacific on measuring the inequalities in CRVS with the ultimate goal of narrowing the gap in civil registration. Each seminar comprises of a webinar which is open to all, and a subsequent Expert Group Meeting on the same topic which is by invitation only. About the session ESCAP Statistics Division, in collaboration with international and national organizations, is organizing a three-seminar series under the theme, “Inequalities in CRVS: Let’s really get every one in the picture!”. This seminar series aims to provide practical and clear guidance for countries in Asia and the Pacific on measuring the inequalities in CRVS with the ultimate goal of narrowing the gap in civil registration. Each seminar comprises of a webinar which is open to all, and a subsequent Expert Group Meeting on the same topic is by invitation only. This webinar, speakers shared their knowledge and experiences on indirect demographic methods for measuring completeness and coverage of registration of vital events with focus on their application in low capacity countries. , Stats Café Home: Upcoming events Concluded events
Description: As part of the 52nd United Nations Statistical Commission, UNSD is organizing a side event for national statistical offices, international organizations and delegates of Permanent Missions to acquire a more detailed overview of the impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the functioning of civil registration and vital statistics worldwide, and more specifically through the lens of the UN Legal Identity Agenda (UN LIA). Several topics will be discussed, such as (a) international standards for civil registration and statistics vital and its implementation in countries; (b) the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on operations and maintenance of civil registration and production of vital statistics; (c) the short-term and long-term consequences in the recording of vital events due to the pandemic, (d) ensuring universal civil registration of all events beyond the COVID-19 pandemic, (e) reporting on the UN LIA implementation in African pilot countries, and (f) partners' experiences in supporting UN LIA during the pandemic. The event will take place on Friday, 26 February 2021, from 9:00 to 10:45 AM New York time, or 9:00 to 10:45 PM Bangkok time. You can join the meetings virtually here. You can find more details here.
Description: Within its recently initiated Webinar Series on Statistical Experience Sharing, SESRIC will organise a webinar on “Population Statistics and Censuses” on 22 February 2021 in collaboration with the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) with the participation of official statisticians working in National Statistical Offices of the OIC countries. This webinar will cover the following topics related to population statistics and censuses: History of Population Censuses in Turkey Address Based Population Registration System 2011 Population and Housing Census 2021 Population and Housing Census (Towards a Register-Based Census) The webinar will be conducted through a video conferencing platform by following synchronous learning and instruction approaches designed in line with the virtual training solutions undertaken by SESRIC in order to better serve the Centre’s training activities and keep participants motivated and engaged during this time of global crisis due to COVID-19. For more information on the SESRIC Statistical Experience Sharing Webinar Series, please visit: https://www.oicstatcom.org/webinar-series.php Documents: Concept Note (English)
Source: UN Women (Data extracted on: 14 Feb 2021 )
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Organizer(s): UN Women Sightsavers
Description: UN Women is collaborating with Sightsavers and partners on a special event to share what we’ve learned about producing data that includes everyone. Gathering data on people with disabilities, older people, women and girls, and other marginalized groups is important, as this helps to ensure that these groups are not left behind by development programmes. UN Women, Sightsavers, Development Initiatives and HelpAge International have been collecting, using and calling for inclusive data for several years. As we enter 2021, this online event will provide a chance to take stock of the successes and challenges that we have faced along the way. It will offer useful learnings for other organizations on how to improve their own practices, and include a Q&A with participants. The event will feature: Alex Goldsworthy, Humanitarian Programme Officer, HelpAge International Claudia Wells, Director of Data Use, Development Initiatives, UK Papa Seck, Chief Statistician and Chief, Research and Data, UN Women Munazza Gillani, country director, Sightsavers, Pakistan. Dom Haslam, Sightsavers’ Director of Policy and Programme Strategy, will be acting as moderator for the event.
Description: Within its recently initiated Webinar Series on Statistical Experience Sharing, SESRIC will organise a webinar on “Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS) and Tobacco Questions for Surveys of Youth (TQS-Youth)” on 9 December 2020 in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and CDC Foundation with the participation of official statisticians working at the National Statistical Offices of the OIC countries. The objectives of this webinar are to provide: an introduction of TQS and TQS-Youth; an overview of how tobacco questions can be integrated into adult and youth surveys; and examples for how TQS and TQS-Youth data can help inform tobacco control and prevention strategies. The webinar will be conducted through a video conferencing platform by following synchronous learning and instruction approaches designed in line with the virtual training solutions undertaken by SESRIC in order to better serve the Centre’s training activities and keep participants motivated and engaged during this time of global crisis due to COVID-19. Documents: Concept Note (English)
Description: About the session Numbers of refugees, asylum seekers and internally displaced person (IDPs) have increased rapidly in recent years. Moreover, many countries in the Asia-Pacific region are affected by forced displacement either as a source, point of transit, or host of refugees, asylum seekers or IDPs, making forced displacement a global regional and national phenomenon. Turkey hosts some 3.9 million refugees and asylum-seekers, the most of any country in the world. Particular challenges with data on displacement and asylum include the lack of common definitions and harmonization and the scattering of data among different stakeholders, the political nature of displacement and asylum where poor data can contribute to misperceptions and distort public opinion, and the difficulties in reporting on hard to reach and marginalized populations. This Stats Café brought together experts from international and regional organizations and national governments to discuss experiences in producing and using displacement and asylum statistics. Speakers: Welcome: Ms. Gemma Van Halderen, Director, Statistics Division, ESCAP Expert Group on Refugee and Internally Displaced Persons Statistics (EGRIS): Ms. Vibeke Oestreich Nielsen, United Nations Statistics Division Australian Census and Migrants Integrated Dataset (ACMID): Mr. Lev Makaev, Australian Bureau of Statistics International Migration Statistics based on Administrative Registers: Ms. Dilek Yilmaz, Turkish Statistical Institute Reaching Refugee Populations through Official Statistics: Mr. Alessandro Telo, UNHCR Questions and answers: Ms. Petra Nahmias, Statistics Division, ESCAP --------------------- >> See others Asia-Pacific Stats Café series
Description: About the session Technological advances in the use of population registers for the purposes of administration and service delivery has increased interest in establishing them or developing them further. At the same time, increased demand for timely and disaggregated data, such as for monitoring the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, amplifies interest in population registers as a source of statistical data, especially with regards to up to date and granular population estimates. The COVID-19 pandemic has put a spotlight on the need to broaden statistical methods and sources, including the use of administrative data such as registers for statistical production. For example, it is impossible to calculate accurate and timely mortality rates, a key indicator of the impact of COVID-19, where the exposed population is not correctly known. This Stats Café brought together experts from international and regional organizations and national governments to discuss experiences using population registers as a critical source of population data while also recognizing their role in facilitating the realization of universal legal identity. Speakers Welcome Remarks – Petra Nahmias, ESCAP Population statistics from Population Registers: Experience from Norway and other countries – Mr. Helge Brunborg, Statistics Norway Producing Vital Statistics using Administrative Data in Singapore – Ms. Kua Hui Shan, Singapore I.R. Iran’s Population Registration at a glance – Mr. Sayed Mohammad Hosseini, I.R. Iran The Potential Use of Population Registers to Generate Socio-Demographic Statistics – Mr. Christophe Lefranc, UNFPA Questions and answers – Ms. Petra Nahmias, ESCAP --------------------- >> See others Asia-Pacific Stats Café series
Description: Civil registration (CR) is the recording of vital events in a person’s life (e.g., birth, death) and is a fundamental function of the national government. Birth registration establishes an individual’s legal identity at birth. Having a legal identity, name, nationality, proof of age, and the related are important human rights and enables individuals to exercise their rights (e.g., to vote) and enjoy various government, social, and private services. Vital statistics (VS) are statistics on these vital events and of the persons concerned. The availability of reliable and up-to-date VS depends on the level of development of CR. Having an effective CRVS system is critical for planning and monitoring programs across several sectors. Yet, over 110 low- and middle-income countries have deficient CRVS systems. This course provides practical tools and approaches to achieving 21st century state-of-the-art CRVS systems that are linked to identity management systems and tailored to local contexts. Completion of Modules 1-3 (Basic Level in the self-paced format https://olc.worldbank.org/content/civil-registration-and-vital-statistics-systems-self-paced) is a pre-requisite for the Facilitated format. The duration of the course is 6 weeks. Learners will receive an Advanced Level Certificate after successfully completing Module 5 (birth registration & adoption), Module 6 (death registration), plus three additional modules of the learner’s choice (4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, or 13).
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Description: Knowing how many people are dying and where they are is essential to tracking the virus’ spread and determining its impact. While this sounds simple, COVID-19 has exposed deep and pervasive gaps in death registration systems in Asia and the Pacific, especially in low-income countries. This seventh session of the Stats Café will look at how deaths, including causes of death, are being monitored and reported during the COVID-19 pandemic, and whether it involved changes to the health information system. The session will also discuss how the information about deaths and causes of death is being shared with the civil registration authorities and used for the production of vital statistics. Agenda Welcome: Gemma Van Halderen, ESCAP Statistics Division Monitoring excess mortality due to COVID-19 and making it make sense for policy makers: Mark Landry, WHO Mortality reporting: ABS process changes in the COVID-19 pandemic: Lauren Moran, Australia Sri Lanka’s experience with monitoring and reporting COVID-19 deaths: Nandalal Wijesekera, Sri Lanka COVID-19 and CRVS: Doris Ma Fat, WHO General questions: David Rausis, ESCAP Statistics Division --------------------- >> See others Asia-Pacific Stats Café series
Description: The current pandemic is disrupting CRVS systems all over the world, but well-functioning systems are more essential than ever. The high importance currently accorded to statistics on deaths as well as other statistics during the COVID-19 response, means that the key stakeholders in CRVS systems (civil registrars, national statistical offices and health) are under increased pressure and scrutiny. At the same time, the registration of vital events is being disrupted by lock downs and social distancing measures and civil registration authorities will need to catch up with delayed and postponed work as soon as the situation stabilizes. This webinar organised by ESCAP in collaboration with the Global CRVS Group gave civil registrars and statisticians from Asia and the Pacific a chance to share their experiences of maintaining services during this difficult period. Welcome: Gemma van Halderen (Director, Statistics Division ESCAP) Implementing the UN Legal Identity Agenda in times of COVID-19: Srdjan Mrkić (Chief, Demographic Statistics Section, UNSD) Guidance on maintaining CRVS systems during COVID-19 and other recent initiatives: Tanja Sejersen (Statistician, Statistics Division ESCAP) The Show Must Go On – CRVS and COVID-19: Jeff Montgomery (Registrar-General Civil Registration, New Zealand) Vital Statistics in Georgia: experience and way forward: Shorena Tsiklauri (Head of Population Census and Demographic Statistics Department National Statistics Office of Georgia) Discussion and sharing of experiences from the region ---------------------- >> See others Asia-Pacific Stats Café series
Description: Webinar series Date: 16,18,23,25,30 June, 2020; Time: 7am -8am(EDT) Webinar No. 1 (Anglophone 16 June, Francophone 18 June) International standards, methodological framework for civil registration and vital statistics and the UN Legal Identity Agenda Webinar No. 2 (Anglophone 23 June, Francophone 25 June) Introducing UN LIA survey on the COVID-19 impact on civil registration operations, sharing country experiences on the impact of COVID 19 on CRVS system and planning for the future-Reports from Countries Webinar No. 3 (30 June) Experience sharing from other region: New Zealand and Malaysia CRVS Business Continuity Strategies During the COVID-19 Crisis
Description: About the session Timely and reliable subnational population data, disaggregated by age and sex, is more crucial than ever before in the current pandemic. Countries in Asia and the Pacific have notable differences in age and sex population breakdowns, with even greater variability at the subnational level. Policy-makers at both the national and local levels need to know this information in order to assess vulnerability to COVID19, evaluate immediate needs and to take into account the population characteristics in designing effective social and economic mitigation policy responses. While many factors can affect COVID19, timely and reliable data can be difficult to obtain. Subnational population estimates disaggregated by age and sex are usually available on a regular basis in countries with high statistical capacity, and extensive mapping capacity exists to facilitate geospatial analysis. But where civil registration and vital statistics systems are weak and surveys are irregular, postcensal subational population estimates may not always be available and mapping resources and expertise may be lacking or of poor quality. To fill this gap, WorldPop develops methods to exploit and integrate the growing range of geospatial data on human populations, their demographics and factors related to population distributions. Many different sources of data are integrated using flexible and peer-reviewed statistical methods to produce open, fully-documented and consistent subnational maps of population distributions. The data can be downloaded in TIF files for use in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) tools. This enables the NSO to integrate the population data with other data of relevance to policy makers such as location of services (e.g. hospitals), location of risk spots (e.g. aged care facilities) and logistical information (e.g. transport systems). Different GIS software exists to facilitate geospatial analysis. ArcGIS is a widely used technology available from Esri Inc. There are different programs available today, including specific resources for COVID that are made freely available. This includes resources Esri has made available through the COVID-19 GIS Hub site that communities and health organizations can use to inform their response. Additionally, Esri works with resource constrained countries and provides support, training and tools on GIS for these countries. With these tools, users can both analyze and visually present data to make information easily available to policy-makers. The webinar was the first in the “Stats Café” series and discussed how to access and use subnational population estimates in Asia and the Pacific. It begins with a presentation on why subnational population statistics are important for planning for the COVID-19 response. It is then followed by two practical presentations: one on how to access disaggregated subnational population statistics, in this case those prepared by WorldPop and one on how to use GIS products to analyze this data, presented by Esri. This is followed by a discussion on how to best meet the needs of users and producers of subnational population estimates. This webinar is based on an ESCAP Statistics Division “Stats Brief” on Broken down by age and sex: Why reliable and timely population statistics are more important than ever. Chair: Gemma Van Halderen, Director, Statistics Division, UNESCAP Panelists: Petra Nahmias, Chief, Population and Social Statistics Section, UNESCAP Alessandro Sorichetta, Associate Professor, WorldPop Project, University of Southampton Maksym Bondarenko, Head of WorldPop Spatial Data Infrastructure, WorldPop Project, University of Southampton Linda Peters, Global Business Development Manager for Official Statistics, Esri Additional resources include: R Scripts Random Forests population modelling scripts: https://github.com/wpgp/wpgpRFPMS/blob/master/docs/GettingStarted.md wpRFPMS is a modelling R script utilizing Random Forests to inform a dasymetric redistribution of census-based population count data: https://www.worldpop.org/wprfpms Relevant publications Stevens et al., 2015. Disaggregating Census Data for Population Mapping Using Random Forests with Remotely-Sensed and Ancillary Data. PLoS ONE 10(2): e0107042. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0107042 Sorichetta, A. et al. High-resolution gridded population datasets for Latin America and the Caribbean in 2010, 2015, and 2020. Sci. Data 2:150045 doi: 10.1038/sdata.2015.45 (2015). https://www.nature.com/articles/sdata201545 --------------------- >> See others Asia-Pacific Stats Café series
Description: Civil registration (CR) is the recording of vital events in a person’s life (e.g., birth, death) and is a fundamental function of the national government. Birth registration establishes an individual’s legal identity at birth. Having a legal identity, name, nationality, proof of age, and the related are important human rights and enables individuals to exercise their rights (e.g., to vote) and enjoy various government, social, and private services. Vital statistics (VS) are statistics on these vital events and of the persons concerned. The availability of reliable and up-to-date VS depends on the level of development of CR. Having an effective CRVS system is critical for planning and monitoring programs across several sectors. Yet, over 110 low- and middle-income countries have deficient CRVS systems. This course provides practical tools and approaches to achieving 21st century state-of-the-art CRVS systems that are linked to identity management systems and tailored to local contexts. Completion of Modules 1-3 (Basic Level in the self-paced format https://olc.worldbank.org/content/civil-registration-and-vital-statistics-systems-self-paced) is a pre-requisite for the Facilitated format. The duration of the course is 6 weeks. Learners will receive an Advanced Level Certificate after successfully completing Module 5 (birth registration & adoption), Module 6 (death registration), plus three additional modules of the learner’s choice (4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, or 13).
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Description: The World Bank tested a survey methodology that allows robust comparisons between the lives of LGBTI people and the general population. The findings are documented in the report A Comparative Analysis of the Socioeconomic Dimensions of LGBTI Exclusion in Serbia which is based on an adaptation of the EU’s Survey on Income and Living Conditions (SILC) instrument; a standardized household survey used regularly in Serbia to collect data from the general population on income, poverty, social exclusion, and living conditions. The report is one of the first efforts globally to frame the challenges faced by LGBTI people in the context of the experiences of the general population. In total, 998 LGBTI people responded to the online survey and the data provide new insights on differences in the socio-economic outcomes of LGBTI people and a demographically similar subset of the general population. Participants learned the unique methodology used to collect and analyze the data, key findings of the research, and what can be done to improve the socioeconomic outcomes of LGBTI people in Serbia.
