1. African Centre for Statistics United Nations Economic Commission for Africa CRVS Regional Documents Lagoon Beach Hotel Cape Town, South Africa 7 th Africa Symposium on Statistical Development Genene Bizuneh 18 – 20 January 2012

2. African Centre for Statistics 2 Content of the Presentation 2  Policy and Programme Documents  Technical Documents  Workshops and EGM Proceedings  Advocacy and Communication Documents  Study and Research Materials  International Guidelines

3. African Centre for Statistics 3 Policy and Programme Documents 3  Ministerial conferences declarations  ASSD resolutions (7 th – 11 th ASSDs)  Africa Programme on Accelerated Improvement of CRVS (APAPI- CRVS)  Regional Medium-term CRVS Plan (MTP)

4. African Centre for Statistics 4 Technical Documents 4 Regional operational guidelines (under-preparation)  Regional guideline for the preparation of national civil registration operation manual  Regional guideline for the preparation of national vital statistics operation manual

5. African Centre for Statistics 5 Technical Documents … Cont’d 5 Regional operational guidelines (planned to be prepared)  Regional guideline for the development of CRVS plan  Regional guideline on updating and standardizing civil registration laws in Africa  Regional guideline on causes of death recording, reporting, classification and production of statistics from civil registration system

6. African Centre for Statistics 6 6  Training modules  Short courses  Regular trainings in selected fields, demography, public health and law - undergraduate and postgraduate levels Technical Documents … Cont’d

7. African Centre for Statistics 7 Other Documents 7  Workshops and EGM Proceedings  Advocacy and Communication Documents  Study and Research Materials

8. African Centre for Statistics 8 International Guidelines 8 Reference materials:  The different UN handbooks  Principles and recommendations

9. African Centre for Statistics 9 Thank you!