UNLIA Story/Blog


Date Agency Title Author Link
9 May, 2024 UNDP Civil registration and vital statistics - CRVS and digital public infrastructure - DPI: Why their integration is important for digital transformation Risa Arai, Programme Specialist (Legal Identity), Governance, BPPS, UNDP Benjamin Bertelsen, DPG Product Specialist, CDO, UNDP Philip Setel, Vice President CRVS, Vital Strategies Blog
3 May, 2024 UNLIA Now I belong- UNLIA Cameroon UNLIA TF Paula Paz (Online UNV Communication Specialist), UNDP Cameroon Blog
1 May, 2024 UNDP Embracing Digitization for Improved Record-Keeping and Civil Registration Services at Belize's Vital Statistics Unit UNDP Belize Blog
30 Apr, 2024 UNDP A joint exploration on bridging Namibian Communities with Digital Legal Identity | United Nations Development Programme (undp.org) UNDP Namibia Blog
30 Apr, 2024 UNDP UNDP Namibia: Pioneering Digital Legal Identity Governance for Inclusive Development | United Nations Development Programme UNDP Namibia Blog
1 Apr, 2024 UNDP Cèrèmonie de remise symbolique de documents administratifs aux populations du village de Kaouara UNDP Cote D'Ivore Video
28 Mar, 2024 ESCAP How civil registration is shaping the worlds' largest election year Chloe Harvey, Associate Population Affairs Officer, SD Tanja Sejersen, Statistician, SD Risa Arai, Programme Specialist, Legal Identity, BPPS, UNDP Anne-Sofie Gehard, Chief Technical Adviser & Project Manager, Vanuatu Electoral Environment Project (VEEP), UNDP Blog
14 Dec, 2023 ESCAP From bureaucratic labyrinths to accessible civil registration Alice Wolfle, Intern, Statistics Division, ESCAP Tanja Sejersen, Statistician, SD Blog
14 Nov, 2023 UNDP Exiting the maze: Civil registry system reform to bring public services closer to people in Tajikistan UNDP Tajikistan News
26 Oct, 2023 UNDP Digitally Transforming the CRVS and Birth Registration System: A Catalyst for Gender Equality in Samoa UNDP Samoa Blog
25 Oct, 2023 UNDP Legal identity and data protection in modern societies Risa Arai, Programme Specialist, Legal Identity, BPPS, UNDP Jhalak Kakkar, Executive Director, Visiting Professor, Centre for Communication Governance, National Law University Delhi Aishwarya Giridhar, Project Manager, Centre for Communication Governance, National Law University Delhi Blog
17 Oct, 2023 UNDP UNDP and SIA announce global partnership to improve digital identity systems Risa Arai, Programme Specialist, Legal Identity, BPPS, UNDP Press Release
22 Sep, 2023 UNDP Digital Transformation in Malawi UNDP, Malawi Video
21 Sep, 2023 UNDP Tajikistan Declares Commitment to Foster Inter-Agency Collaboration in Civil Registry UNDP, Tajikistan Press Release
15 Sep, 2023 UNDP Governing digital legal ID systems effectively to ensure inclusion and respect for human rights Emrys Schoemaker, Senior Advisor, UNDP & Caribou Digital Risa Arai, Programme Specialist, UNDP Benjamin Bertelsen, Product Specialist, UNDP Blog
19 Jun, 2023 UNDP Governing digital legal ID systems effectively to ensure inclusion and respect for human rights Haoliang Xu, U.N. assistant secretary-general, UNDP assistant administrator and director for the Bureau for Policy and Programme Support Sarah Lister, Head of Governance, BPPS, UNDP Blog
9 Jun, 2023 ESCAP Addressing the scandal of invisibility in Asia and the Pacific Tanja Sejersen, Statistician, SD Nicola Richards, Consultant, ESCAP Victoria Fan, Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development Blog
17 May, 2023 UNDP In Tajikistan, civil registration services get closer to people UNDP, Tajikistan Press Release
3 May, 2023 ESCAP Building a community of practice for more reliable and timelier adult mortality measurement Alex Sila, Statistician Petra Nahmias, Chief, Population and Social Statistics Section Haoyi Chen, UN Statistics Division (UNSD) Blog
2 Mar, 2023 ESCAP More than 8 million deaths in Asia and the Pacific are never registered each year Alexis Legigand, UN Volunteer Tanja Sejersen, Statistician, SD Petra Nahmias, Chief, Population and Social Statistics Section Blog
2023 ESCAP Inequality Assessment for Civil Registration and Vital Statistics LAO PDR ESCAP and LSB Advocacy Materials
2023 ESCAP Assessing Inequalities in Registration of Births and Deaths in Fiji ESCAP and FBOS Advocacy Materials
21 Dec, 2022 UNDP "I feel better identified..." Sangita Khadka, Guilherme Larsen, and Risa Arai in UNDP Global Policy Network. Story
15 Nov, 2022 ESCAP Today is the day when we are officially 8 billion people living on Earth Petra Nahmias, Chief, Population and Social Statistics Section Tanja Sejersen, Statistician, SD Thomas Spoorenberg, Population Affairs Officer, Population Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs Vanessa Steinmayer, Population Affairs Officer Blog
4 Oct, 2022 ESCAP Rarely is a death certificate a news item - often it doesn't even exist Chloe Harvey, Associate Population Affairs Officer, SD Petra Nahmias, Chief, Population and Social Statistics Section Tanja Sejersen, Statistician, SD Blog
6 Sep, 2022 UNDP Digital National ID - A small item in the pocket but a big step for Vanuatu UNDP Vanuatu Blog
20 May, 2022 UNDP Malawi's foundational legal identity system sets the stage for a more efficient and responsible digital future UNDP Malawi Blog
20 May, 2022 UNDP Malawi's foundational legal identity system sets the stage for a more efficient and responsible digital future UNDP Malawi Story
19 May, 2022 UNDP How digital can close the identity gap Calum Handforth, Digital Programme Strategic Manager, CDO, UNDP Kendrick Lee, Director, National Digital Identity, Trusted Data Dvision, Government Technology Agency of Singapore Blog
3 Mar, 2022 UNDP Accelerating Learning on strengthening the Birth Registration System in Samoa UNDP Samoa Blog
2022 UNDP How Blockchain Technology Will Improve Transparency and People's Access to Public Services UNDP, Uzbekistan Blog
10 Nov, 2021 UNDP Finally, I exist! Sangita Khadka, Guilherme Larsen, and Risa Arai in UNDP Global Policy Network. Story
19 Aug, 2021 UNDP Identifícate: Un Sistema de Identificación Nacional moderno, seguro e inclusivo UNDP Honduras Blog
22 Jul, 2021 UNDP How an agile response transformed Vanuatu's civil register system at a time of crisis UNDP Vanuatu Blog
29 Oct, 2018 UNDP Moving towards a harmonised National Identity System in Malawi UNDP, Malawi Story
10 May, 2018 UNDP Malawi's National ID Project Praised at Africa's Largest Forum on Digital Identity UNDP, Malawi Story