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2025 review of CRVS progress in Asia and the Pacific

Members and Associate Members of ESCAP are currently undertaking a review of their progress since the inception of the Asia Pacific CRVS Decade in 2014. A questionnaire has been distributed to National CRVS focal points and should be returned to ESCAP by 15 September.
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2024 Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Applied Research Training Initiative

The CRVS applied research training (CART) initiative focuses on enhancing CRVS systems through supporting applied research on strategies, interventions, and tools. This involves designing projects to address practical questions, employing robust methodologies, and identifying key personnel for effective implementation and publication. The need to strengthen practitioners' research capacity is evident, as highlighted in the Asia-Pacific CRVS research forum held in 2023.

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Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems Improvement Framework

To meet the targets of the CRVS Decade, a Business Process Improvement approach can help improve and streamline Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) system. The CRVS Systems Improvement Framework help CRVS stakeholders assess, analyze and redesign, to improve user experience and produce timely vital statistics.

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Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Inequality Assessments

The Ministerial Declaration on CRVS in Asia and the Pacific emphasizes the need to address CRVS inequalities among hard-to-reach and marginalized populations, promoting universality and equity in civil registration regardless of factors such as gender, religion, or ethnicity. Countries are encouraged to conduct assessments to assess where such inequalities may exist.

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The CRVS community in Asia and the Pacific has reflected on where it stands at the midpoint of the CRVS Decade (2015-2024) during the Second Ministerial Conference. Following this celebration of progress, many of our partners and member countries are leading actions to fill the remaining gaps.

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Capacity building Workshop to Implement an Inequality Assessment of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in Indonesia (7-9 August 2024)

The objective of the three-day workshop is to provide technical support and capacity strengthening to BPS and other relevant national stakeholders to facilitate the implementation of quantitative inequality assessments of CRVS systems using secondary data sources in Indonesia. This will involve building capacity for demographic analysis to undertake inequality assessments in the future as well as dialogue with policy-makers to ensure the results are used for policy formulation.

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Inception workshop of Inequality Assessment project in Indonesia (6 Aug 2024)

One-day inception workshop will be organized by BPS in consultation with the national consultant and ESCAP Statistics Division. The workshop will invite all relevant national stakeholders and partner agencies. The BPS will take the lead in providing a briefing on the concept of the project, clarifying the roles and responsibilities of all relevant stakeholders as well as the modus operandi.

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2024 Virtual meeting of the Pacific Civil Registrars Network

A virtual meeting of Pacific Civil Registrars Network (PCRN) will be organized with support from ESCAP and the Pacific Community (SPC) on 31 July 2024, at 08:00 – 09:00 am. Bangkok time (GMT+7) via Microsoft Teams.

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EXPERIENCES IN REDUCING INEQUALITIES IN BIRTH REGISTRATION: CASE STUDIES FROM THE PACIFIC

ESCAP initiated a project to develop guidelines and technical support for inequality assessments. The information garnered from inequality assessments should be used to inform future research and policy interventions to bridge gaps in registration between different populations. However, once inequalities have been pinpointed, countries have also identified the need for understanding how best to address them. Information and best practices on how to address inequalities in registration of births and deaths is lacking.

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Q&AS ON QUESTIONNAIRE COMPLETION FOR 2025 REVIEW OF PROGRESS IN IMPLEMENTING THE REGIONAL ACTION FRAMEWORK (RAF) ON CRVS IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC

Q&As on questionnaire completion for 2025 review of
progress in implementing the Regional Action Framework (RAF) on CRVS in Asia and the Pacific

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CRVS Champion: Md. Nazrul Islam

Our community newsletter puts a spotlight on people who have gone above and beyond in their efforts to support CRVS programmes in Asia and the Pacific, raise awareness of CRVS issues or lead CRVS improvement efforts in their home country or in the region.

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Regional Workshop on Agile Statistical Systems Fit for the Future, 17-19 June, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

This 3-day regional workshop which was co-organized by ESCAP and the National Statistics Office of Mongolia brought together 20 participants from National Statistical Offices, including 3 Chief Statisticians and 3 Deputy Chief Statisticians representing Bhutan, Fiji, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzs

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Global Expert Workshop on Operationalizing Holistic Approaches to CRVS System Strengthening, 9-14 June, Kigali, Rwanda

A global expert workshop on operationalizing holistic approaches to CRVS system strengthening was held in Kigali, Rwanda, from 9-14 June.

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Blog: Measuring adult mortality: All deaths count even if they are not counted

Mortality has played an important role in the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 3 (SDG 3), which focuses on ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all at all ages.

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Bhutan releases Vital Statistics Report 2023

Bhutan's National Statistics Bureau has published the 2023 Vital Statistics Report. The report uses administrative data maintained by the Department of Civil Registration and Census (DCRC), under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHCA).