Demographic and Social Statistics
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he United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) organizing a Workshop on the Operation of Civil Registration, Vital Statistics and Identity Management Systems for East Asian Countries. The workshop will be conducted from 13 to 17 November 2017 in Hanoi, Vietnam. This workshop is intended to go in depth into the issues of implementing the Principles and Recommendations for a Vital Statistics System, Revision 3, promulgated in 2014.
- Hanoi, Vietnam
- 13-17 November 2017
The United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) organizing a Workshop on the Operation of Civil Registration, Vital Statistics and Identity Management Systems for East Asian Countries. The workshop will be conducted from 13 to 17 November 2017 in Hanoi, Vietnam. This workshop is intended to go in depth into the issues of implementing the Principles and Recommendations for a Vital Statistics System, Revision 3, promulgated in 2014. With the view of strengthening technical capacity, the workshop will increase the knowledge of statisticians, civil registration and/or identity management officials and health officials about the revised Handbook on civil registration and vital statistics systems: management, operation and maintenance; and improve their capability in identifying obstacles and challenges for achieving complete coverage of their systems. The workshop will also provide a forum for exchange of national experiences in evaluating vital statistics and discussing the capacity of participating countries to deliver quality national vital statistics for international compilation and dissemination. Current practices for setting up a holistic framework that encompasses Civil Registration, Vital Statistics and Identity Management Systems will be reviewed.
Overview
The United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) organizing a Workshop on the Operation of Civil
Registration, Vital Statistics and Identity Management Systems for East Asian Countries.
The workshop will be conducted from 13 to 17 November 2017 in Hanoi, Vietnam. This workshop is intended
to go in depth into the issues of implementing the Principles and Recommendations for a Vital
Statistics System, Revision 3, promulgated in 2014. With the view of strengthening technical capacity,
the workshop will increase the knowledge of statisticians, civil registration and/or identity management
officials and health officials about the revised Handbook on civil registration and vital statistics
systems: management, operation and maintenance; and improve their capability in identifying obstacles
and challenges for achieving complete coverage of their systems.
The workshop will also provide a forum for exchange of national experiences in evaluating
vital statistics and discussing the capacity of participating countries to deliver quality
national vital statistics for international compilation and dissemination. Current practices for
setting up a holistic framework that encompasses Civil Registration, Vital Statistics and Identity
Management Systems will be reviewed.
Main documents
- Organization of work
- Information note for participants
- List of participants
- Conclusions and recommendations
Presentations
- Session 2 ‐ Guiding principles of vital statistics system and introduction to the revision process of the relevant Handbooks
- Session 3 ‐ Regional Initiatives on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics
- Session 4 ‐ Review of the learning outcomes from the CRVS e-learning course (3 core) modules)
- Session 5 ‐ Legal framework, including human rights, in the civil registration, vital statistics and ID systems
- Session 6 ‐ Topics and themes to be covered in a vital statistics system
- Session 7 ‐ The role of health institutions
- Session07-Cambodia
- Session07-China
- Session07-Lao
- Session07-Malaysia
- Session07-Myanmar
- Session07-UNSD
- Session07-Vietnam
- Session 8 ‐ Civil registration operational functions and activities
- Session 9 ‐ Country team work time-Analysing country settings
- Session 10 ‐ Maintenance of civil registration and vital statistics components
- Session 11 ‐ Institutional arrangements and integration of civil registration, vital statistics, population registers and identity management
- Session 12 ‐ International collection of vital statistics
- Session 13 ‐ Challenges faced by countries to fulfil the international collection of vital statistics
- Session 14 ‐ Application and utilisation of civil registration and vital statistics information
- Session 15 ‐ Evaluation of the quality of civil registration and vital statistics systems
- Session 16 ‐ Digitising civil registration and vital statistics
- Session 17 ‐ Country team work time-Preparing presentation
- Session 18 ‐ Country strategies for improving civil registration and vital statistics systems in the region