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Global CRVS Partners Meeting New York, 3 March 2014 Rikke Munk Hansen ESCAP A regional approach to CRVS strengthening.

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1 Global CRVS Partners Meeting New York, 3 March 2014 Rikke Munk Hansen ESCAP A regional approach to CRVS strengthening

2 Why a regional approach… Existing regional mechanisms for generating political commitment and accountability Broad mandate of regional commissions facilitates a systems and partnership approach to CRVS Organizational framework for knowledge sharing and cooperation between countries Shared legal and cultural heritages = similar CRVS systems and common challenges Integration and linkages with other regional and sub- regional development initiatives

3 The regional approach model Partnership among organizations Political commitment Regional strategy National Action Plans Common Framework Monitoring of progress Accountability Mainstreaming of CRVS Development of region-specific resources More support and coordination (partnerships) in countries Knowledge sharing and cooperation

4 Asia and the Pacific Regional Partnership of 20+ orgs Regional Action Framework for endorsement at the 1 st Ministerial Conf in November in Manila (multi-sectoral) Strengths: –Committed regional partner agencies –Championing countries (Regional Steering Grp) –Supportive of sub regional initiatives (eg in the Pacific) Africa Core Group of 9 orgs African Programme for the Acceleration of Improvements in CRVS (APAI-CRVS) – 2012 3 rd Ministerial Conf in October in Cote d’Ivoire Strengths: –Political commitment (AU) –development of regional- specific tools (CR and VS) –CRVS on the African development agenda Situation report Pacific: PVSAP and Brisbane Accord Group, SPC as the secretariat Eastern Mediterranean: 7+ partners, driven by WHO/EMRO Latin America: OAS, IADB, UNICEF and WHO/PAHO

5 Potential roles of a Global Alliance 1.Positioning CRVS as a development imperative and not just as a rights, a health or a statistics issue 2.Alignment of organizational mandates to streamline coordination at national and regional levels, particularly among UN agencies 3.Leading resource mobilization to support sustained national and regional action 4.Supporting a research agenda for CRVS and the development of more tools and innovations


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