African Centre for Statistics United Nations Economic Commission for Africa Progress on the Implementation of the Tanzania Workshop on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics August 2010 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Dimitri Sanga, Ph.D. Chief, Statistical Development Preparatory Experts Meeting for the First Conference of African Ministers Responsible for Civil Registration

African Centre for Statistics 2 Content 2 Background Implementations status  Advocacy  Operational aspects  Technical aspects  Partnerships  Technical materials Conclusions

African Centre for Statistics 3 Background 3 Importance of CRVS Regional workshop on CRVS (Tanzania) Discussions and deliberations on issues pertaining to CRVS on a regionally coordinated basis Recommendations from the Workshop Status of implementation of the recommendations

African Centre for Statistics 4 Advocacy 4 RecommendationResponsibilityStatus Dedicate the Theme for the 2009 ASD to CRVS systems ECA Countries celebrated on this theme Explore possibility of organizing a high-level Ministerial Conference on Improving CR in as near- future Regional organizationsHere we are! All African governments called upon to take appropriate measures in availing the necessary resources and support to CRVS systems CountriesIn progress

African Centre for Statistics 5 Operational aspects 5 RecommendationResponsibilityStatus Active participation in strengthening regional CRVS Network NSOs, CRAs, partners exchanges Platform prepared Countries use available opportunities in promoting CRVS: reform programs, decentralization and democratization processes CountriesInformation not yet compiled Countries encouraged to revisit the topic of fees for issuing CR legal documents CountriesInformation not yet compiled AfDB requested to continue its support AfDBOngoing

African Centre for Statistics 6 6 RecommendationResponsibilityStatus Regional training institutions urged to take initiatives in developing appropriate curricula Regional training institutions Information not yet compiled Countries urged to interact each other: study tours, technical support, … CountriesInformation not yet compiled Organize biannually the regional workshop Regional organizations and UNSD Expected to be conducted next year ACS continue leading and serving as regional platform ACS-ECAOngoing Operational aspects (Cont’d)

African Centre for Statistics 7 7 RecommendationResponsibilityStatus UNSD to continue its support UNSDongoing ACS-ECA and AfDB to develop medium-term plan ACS-ECA and AfDBDone Countries to finalize their country action plans to ACS CountriesSome submitted Operational aspects (Cont’d)

African Centre for Statistics 8 8 RecommendationResponsibilityStatus Countries advised to revisit and update their CR laws CountriesInformation not yet compiled Countries need to identify underlying reasons for low level CR coverage in rural areas CountriesInformation not yet compiled Ensure both civil registrars and statisticians fully cross- trained in CRVS All actorsInformation not yet compiled Technical aspects

African Centre for Statistics 9 9 RecommendationResponsibilityStatus CR authorities and NSOs urged to collaborate and NSO to take an active role CountriesInformation not yet compiled Countries encouraged to use conventional methods in evaluating CRVS systems CountriesInformation not yet compiled Countries encouraged to use UN guidelines CountriesInformation not yet compiled Technical aspects (Cont’d)

African Centre for Statistics 10 RecommendationResponsibilityStatus ACS and UNSD need to strengthen institutional linkages in facilitating integration, harmonization, … ACS and UNSDOngoing Donors, UN agencies, … urged to support Africa in capacity building, … Donors, … countriesOngoing but comprehensive information not yet compiled Countries urged to mainstream CRVS in their national statistical development programmes CountriesInformation not yet compiled Partnership

African Centre for Statistics 11 Follow-up activitiesResponsibilityStatus Preparation of full-workshop report ACS and AfDBDone Operational Guideline on Improving the Timeliness and Completeness of CR Systems in Africa ACS and AfDBPrepared Operational Guideline on Improving Coverage and Completeness of VS Systems in Africa ACS and AfDBPrepared Compendium report on the status of country CRVS ACSPrepared and used for the preparation of the medium-term plan Technical materials

African Centre for Statistics 12 Advocacy efforts: successfully progressing Regional collaboration and integration in CRVS progressing as planned Promising results in regional and international partnership building in CRVS Need more efforts in monitoring progress in implementing the recommendations at the country level Visible efforts required from regional training institutions Conclusions

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