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Africa Programme on Accelerated Improvement of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems. Forum on African Statistical Development Session III 17 th January 2012 Cape Town, South Africa. Content. Introduction Improving CRVS in Africa Moving Towards an African Programme APAI-CRVS - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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United Nations Economic Commission for AfricaUnited Nations Economic Commission for Africa
Africa Programme on Accelerated Improvement of Civil Registration and Vital
Statistics Systems
Forum on African Statistical DevelopmentSession III
17th January 2012Cape Town, South Africa
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Content
• Introduction• Improving CRVS in Africa• Moving Towards an African
Programme• APAI-CRVS• Development of CRVS plans at
county level• Funding CRVS at country level• Funding CRVS at regional level
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Civil Registration (CR)
Continuous, permanent, compulsory,
universal recording of the
occurrence and characteristics of
vital events in accordance with the
legal requirements in each country
Background
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Background…
Annulment
Judicial
separation
Adoption
Legitimizatio
n
Recognition
Events to be registered (UN recommendation)
Live birth
Death
Fœtal death Marriage
Divorce
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• Legal: proof of occurrence of the
event
• Administrative: assist (govt)
service provider to accomplish
their respective functions
• Statistical: best source of current
and continuous vital statistics
Some Functions of CR
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• Efficiency of public administration
services
• Protection of children/women from
abuses and exploitation
• Civil matters and criminal cases in
courts
• Provision of public health/education
services
• Provision of current and continuous
health and demographic statistics
• Measurement and monitoring of Dev.
efforts (MDGs)
Some Uses of CRVS Systems
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Improving CRVS in Africa
• CR is multi-disciplinary and could be improved only through a coordinated and holistic approach
• Improvement requires:Strong legislative provisionsAppropriate organization structureEfficient mngt and operations backed by
suitable M&E mechanismsPolitical commitment
• Regional framework to guide reforms and ensure sustainable progress in CRVS
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Moving Towards an African Programme
• First EGM in Dar-es-Salam (June
2009): Identified bottlenecks and planted the
seed for new approach
Highlighted the need for political
commitment from African countries
Mandated ECA, AfDB and AUC to
develop a Medium Term Plan (MTP)
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Moving Towards an African Programme…
• CoM Responsible for CR (August
2010):Committed to improve CRVS (country
and regional)Provided policy direction to the
regional agendaEndorsed the MTP and EGM to
finalize Requested for thorough assessment of
CRVS in all African CountriesAUC to institutionalize the CoM as a
standing platform ASSD for next five years to focus on
CRVS
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Moving Towards an African Programme…
• EGM (January 2011):
MTP reviewed and finalized
Ministers declarations converted
into implementation plan - Call
to Action
Assessment Questionnaire
reviewed
Development of the APAI-CRVS in
Africa
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APAI-CRVS: Objectives
• Brings together various CRVS initiatives into a common regional agenda
• Based on international P&R• Builds on political commitment and
policy directives of the CoM in charge of CR
• Objectives:Provide mngt and programmatic guidance to the
regional agenda for reforming CRVS systemsProvide guidance on institutional and operational
linkages, workflows, M&E in a more comprehensive and holistic manner
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APAI-CRVS: Strategic Directions
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• Country ownership and leadership
• Coordination between CR Authorities
and NSOs
• Systematic and coordinated approach
• Phased-based, holistic and integrated
approach
• Strong regional policy and advocacy fora
• Building capacities of national CRVS
focal institutions
• Promoting partnership at country and
regional levels
• Strengthening the regional CRVS
Secretariat at ECA
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APAI-CRVS – Institutional Arrangement
International standards, principles and recommendations on CRVS
Stat-Com-Africa Resolutions on CRVS
ASSD Resolutions on CRVS
International, regional and national instruments on and related to rights and privileges of persons, justice system administration, public administration, social and economic services, …
ECA
African Centre for Statistics (ACS)
CRVS Secretariat
CRVS Core Group
Development Partners
National Civil Registration Authorities and National Statistics
Offices
National Civil Registration Authorities and National Statistics
Offices
Conference of African Ministers Responsible for Civil
Registration (Standing Regional Forum)
Recommendations of EGMs, workshops, …
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APAI-CRVS – Implementation
Framework
ECAAfrican
Centre for Statistics
CRVS Regional Core Group
Pool of Experts
Regional Fora: •Conference of African Ministers on CRVS•Africa Symposium on Statistical Development
North West Central Eastern Southern
RECs, SROs, STCs, and other regional organizations
Countries in the sub-
region
Countries in the sub-region
Countries in the sub-region
Countries in the sub-region
Countries in the sub-region
Programmatic instruments: National CRVS Plans, programmes, policy decisions, resolutions, recommendations, guidelines, manuals….Regional declarations,
resolutions, recommendations, policy
decisions, plans, programmes, guidelines,
manuals, …
Declarations, resolutions, recommendations, policy decisions, plans, programmes, …
UN Statistics Division (UNSD)
CRVS Secretariat
DevelopmentPartners
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Development of CRVS Plans: Country Level
• Every country needs to develop LT and MT
plans based on clear set of strategies for
accelerated improvement on CRVS
• Plan should have clear goals and measurable
targets
• Plan should address systemic issues such as
legal, organizational, management and
capacity development and should be project
based (eg. Campaign)
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Development of CRVS Plans: Country Level
• Plan based on comprehensive assessment of the CRVS
• Developed in consultation with all stakeholders and interested development partners
• Have clear set of activities with timelines and should be appropriately costed
• M&E system should be an integral part of the plan
• A responsible agency (or agencies) should identified for execution of each of the activity
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Funding CRVS: Country Level
• CRVS is a routine government function and
needs to be primarily funded through
government budgets
• Partners may support the plan developed by the
country for the accelerated improvement of
CRVS
• CRVS is a LT engagement and may not produce
immediate results – it is about reforming and
revamping of governance
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Funding CRVS: Country Level
• Multi-faceted nature of CR system should help in fundraising (e.g. national identity scheme/project)
• Funding mechanism can be chosen country’s requirements and based on ease of execution
• Plan can either be funded through a pooled fund or each agency (or a group of agencies) can fund specific activities of the plan based on their comparative strengths
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Funding CRVS: Regional Level
• Categories of MTP activities:Advocacy for orienting countries towards
adopting a more holistic and integrated
approach Developing operational guidelines and manuals
on CRVSImproving technical capacities of countriesMonitoring of the MTP
• All activities are have timelines and are costed
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Funding CRVS: Regional Level
• ECA as a the Secretariat has provision for CRVS incl. under a Development Account Project
• Chief of DSS is leading the Programme with support of the regional adviser supported by AfDB
• UNFPA, UNICEF and UNHCR do support ASSD
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Funding CRVS: Regional Level
• Areas that need immediate support:Strengthening the Secretariat with
staff Creation of pool of experts to
Support countries in undertaking
comprehensive assessments
Support countries in development of MTPs
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