Session 2. revision of Handbooks, manuals and guidelines Brisbane Accord Group Session 2. revision of Handbooks, manuals and guidelines Civil Registration Process: Place, Time, Cost, Late Registration UNITED NATIONS STATISTICS DIVISION Technical Seminar on Legal Framework for Civil Registration, Vital Statistics and Identity Management Systems Manila, Philippines, 17-19 July 2017 with

Background The current versions issued in 1998 Still relevant, but: New management practices New principles and recommendations Contemporary technology Integration with ID management systems, population registers Evaluation guidance needed

Guiding framework Revised set of Principles and Recommendations for a Vital Statistics System, Revision 3 adopted by the United Nations Statistical Commission in 2014 National Quality Assurance Framework, adopted by the United Nations Statistical Commission in 2012

Handbooks, Manuals and Guidelines Handbook on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems: Developing Information, Education and Communication (1998) Computerization (1998) Management, Operation and Maintenance (1998) Policies and Protocols for the Release and Archiving of Individual Records (1998) Preparation of a Legal Framework (1998) Handbook on Training in Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems (2002) Integrated in new version New version: Guidelines New version: e-learning

Revision process Process for revising the Handbook on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems: Management, Operation and Maintenance A first draft was prepared by UNSD This text was presented at the UN Expert Group Meeting on Management and Evaluation of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems, held in New York from 20 to 24 February 2017. Based on the proceedings of this meeting, the second draft of the revision was prepared by UNSD and circulated to the members of the Expert Group and the Global CRVS Group for further comments and suggestions … Final draft will be submitted to the Statistical Commission at its forty-ninth session (March 2018). All the papers and presentations from the EGM are available at https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/meetings/2017/new-york--egm-on- management-and-evaluation-of-crvs-systems/.

Handbook on Management, Operation and Maintenance Structure of new version (Revision 1) Institutional arrangements for civil registration and the interface with the vital statistics system Civil registration operational functions and activities Maintenance of civil registration and vital statistics components Methods for assessing completeness and coverage of civil registration Integrating civil registration, vital statistics and identity management Application and utilization of civil registration and vital statistics information Digitizing civil registration and vital statistics

Chapter I – Institutional arrangements for civil registration and the interface with the vital statistics system Introduction Centralised administration Decentralised administration Legal framework Interaction with population registers Interaction with ID management Newly introduced sections

Chapter II – Civil registration operational functions and activities Introduction Functional components Civil registration system activities Restructured chapter

Chapter III – Maintenance of civil registration and vital statistics components Introduction Operational requirements Restructured chapter

Chapter IV – Methods for assessing completeness and coverage of civil registration Introduction Considerations on quality of the Civil Registration and Vital Statistics System Quality Framework of the Civil Registration and Vital Statistics System Processes and procedures for quality evaluation Newly introduced chapter

Chapter V – Integrating civil registration, vital statistics and identity management Civil registration and vital statistics – separate agencies Civil registration, vital statistics and population registers Civil registration, vital statistics and identity management Newly introduced chapter

Chapter VI – Application and utilization of civil registration and vital statistics information Introduction Application of Civil registration information Applications of Vital statistics Refreshed chapter

Chapter VII - Digitizing civil registration and vital statistics Introduction General overview Developing blueprints Key considerations Newly introduced chapter

Guidelines on the Legislative Framework For Civil Registration, Vital Statistics and Identity Management Proposed structure Introduction Theory of civil registration Civil registration and human rights Civil registration law To be discussed in Session 6