1 Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Programme: Methodological Framework Srdjan Mrkic Chief, Demographic Statistics

2 Civil registration is Universal Continuous Permanent Compulsory recording of vital events Definition – civil registration

3 Civil registration is –State-run public institution –Serving general and individual interests by Gathering Screening Documenting Filing Safekeeping Correcting and updating Certifying –Providing official, legal and permanent record

4 Live birth Foetal deathDeath MarriageDivorce Annulment Invalidation or voiding of a marriage Judicial separation Disunion of married couple Adoption Legal and voluntary taking and treating a child as one’s one Legitimation Formally investing a person with the status of child born in wedlock Recognition Legal acknowledgment of the maternity and paternity of the child Definitions – vital events

5 Management, operation and maintenance Computer- ization Principles and recom mendations Rev. 2 Release and archiving- individual records Information, education and communication Legal framework Methodological framework- publications

6 Methodological framework Principles and Recommendations for Vital Statistics System, Rev. 2 Definitions Sources of data Core and additional topics Data collection and processing Analysis Dissemination Use

7 Event/BirthChildMotherFather Date of occurrence● Date of registration● Place of occurrence● Place of registration● Type of birth● Attendant at birth● Sex● Birth weight● Date of birth●● Marital status●● Education●● Place of usual residence●● Children living● Foetal deaths to mother● Date of previous live births● Date of marriage●

8 Event/BirthChildMotherFather Type of place of occurrence● Literacy●● Ethnicity●● Citizenship●● Status in economic activity●● Occupation●● Duration of residence●● Place of previous residence●● Place of birth●● Gestational age●● Number of prenatal visits●● Beginning of prenatal visits●●

9  Handbook on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics: Preparation of a Legal Framework Theory of civil registration Legal events and acts Civil registration function Structure and organization Jurisdiction Human rights and civil registration Model Civil Registration Law Methodological framework

10  Handbook on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics: Management, Operation and Maintenance Centralized, decentralized and local civil registration systems Management Operational functions and activities Maintenance of civil registration and vital statistics components Integrating civil registration and vital statistics Methodological framework

11 Methodological framework Local registrar Crucial component of the system Full time employment Civil servant Legal knowledge Responsibilities –Recording events –Compliance with the law –Checks accuracy of data –Preservation and custody of records –Interaction with the public –Statistical reports –Certified copies –Maintain confidentiality

12  Handbook on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics: Developing Information, Education and Communication Developing national programmes for information, education and communication Setting goals Identification of target groups Strategy and methods Resource mobilization Implementation of a campaign Methodological framework

13  Handbook on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics: Computerization Computation/automation in civil registration Problems, obstacles Purpose Organization Civil registration register System functionality Methodological framework

14  Handbook on Training in Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems Modular training handbook Cross-referencing all the other handbooks Questions, exercises National examples Methodological framework

15 Methodological framework  Knowledgebase  Papers, technical reports  Monitoring 