Innovative Civil Registration and Vital Statistics System: Foundation for Legal Identity Management - 14-18 October 2019 in Lusaka, Zambia.
The Fifth Conference of African Ministers responsible for Civil Registration (COM5) will take place from 14 to 18 October 2019 in Lusaka, Zambia. The conference will have two segments: Expert Meeting (14-16 October 2019) and Ministerial Meeting (17-18 October 2019). The conference is being organized by the African Union Commission in collaboration with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the African Development Bank (AfDB), and Government of the Zambia. The Conference is also supported by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), World Health Organization (WHO), Plan International, the Africa Symposium on Statistical Development (ASSD) and other partners.
The Conference will be attended by Ministers responsible for Civil Registration, National Identity Registration, Health, ICT and E-Governance. It will also be attended by Heads of Civil Registration Offices, Heads of National Identity Registrations and Heads of National Statistics Offices, representatives of regional and international organizations including the UN agencies, and representatives of selected Non-Governmental Organizations.
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POST-SESSION DOCUMENTS
Fifth Ministerial Conference Documents
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Report of the Meeting of Experts |
CRMC5/EXP/2019/29/Rev.1 |
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PRE-SESSION DOCUMENTS
Fifth Ministerial Conference Documents
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Concept note |
CRMC5/2019/4 |
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Conference Documents
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Provisional Agenda for the Meeting of Experts |
CRMC5/EXP/2019/1 |
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Programme of Work for the Meeting of Experts |
CRMC5/EXP/2019/3/Rev.1 |
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Annotated Agenda for the Meeting of Experts |
CRMC5/EXP/2019/2 |
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Draft Programme of Work for the Meeting of Ministers |
CRMC5/MIN/2019/3 |
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Provisional Agenda for the Meeting of Ministers |
CRMC5/MIN/2019/1 |
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Progress made pursuant to the Ministerial Declarations |
CRMC5/2019/2 |
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Importance of civil registration and vital statistics and identity management for durable solutions for refugees, internally displaced persons and returnees |
CRMC5/2019/3 |
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Integrating civil registration and vital statistics systems and legal identity management in the digital era |
CRMC5/2019/4 |
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Civil registration and vital statistics digitalization and innovation: a perspective from Eastern and Southern Africa |
CRMC5/2019/5 |
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Electronic civil and vital statistics systems: what countries need to consider in the modernization process |
CRMC5/2019/6 |
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Civil registration in emergencies – recommendations and guidelines for implementation |
CRMC5/2019/7 |
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The civil registration and vital statistics systems improvement framework |
CRMC5/2019/8 |
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Guidelines on the drafting of memorandums of understanding for better coordination among national stakeholders of civil registration and vital statistics systems at the country level |
CRMC5/2019/9 |
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Integrating mortality surveillance to strengthen civil registration and vital statistics systems |
CRMC5/2019/10 |
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Strengthening linkages between civil registration and the health sector for better health and improved civil registration systems: the cases of Uganda and Liberia |
CRMC5/2019/11 |
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Potentials of data linkages from civil registration and vital statistics and other systems in advancing the Sustainable Development Goals: the case of road safety |
CRMC5/2019/12 |
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Marriage and divorce registration in Africa – a neglected yet important component of a fully functional civil registration and vital statistics system |
CRMC5/2019/13 |
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Vital statistics from civil registration records and their relevance to monitoring Agenda 2063: The Africa We Want and the Sustainable Development Goals |
CRMC5/2019/14 |
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Evaluating the completeness and quality of civil registration systems and producing vital statistics reports |
CRMC5/2019/15 |
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Digitization of civil registration and vital statistics: towards information and communications technology assets for civil registration and vital statistics in Africa |
CRMC5/2019/16 |
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Electronic birth and death registration system in Egypt |
CRMC5/2019/17 |
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Assessing and strengthening medicolegal death investigation systems to improve accuracy and completeness of vital statistics |
CRMC5/2019/18 |
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Taking a holistic approach to legal identity: good practices from integrating civil registration and vital statistics and identity systems around the world |
CRMC5/2019/19 |
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Modernization of the civil registration and vital statistics system through ICIVIL innovation in Burkina Faso |
CRMC5/2019/21 |
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Death certification curriculum and infographic tutorials for physicians for certification of death |
CRMC5/2019/22 |
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Eleventh revision of the International Classification of Diseases |
CRMC5/2019/23 |
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The state of civil registration and vital statistics and national identity in Africa |
CRMC5/2019/24 |
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Pathways to obtaining high-quality information in Africa on cause of death |
CRMC5/2019/25 |
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United Nations Legal Identity Agenda: fulfilling the promise to leave no one behind |
CRMC5/2019/23 |
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Parallel sessions
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United Nations Legal Identity Agenda Fulfil the promise to Leave No One Behind |
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United Nations Strategy for Legal Identity for All United Nations Legal Identity Agenda |
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Background Documents
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Country Update On Status Of Civil Registration And Vital Statistics System |
CRMC5/EXP/2019/4 |
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Measuring the state of civil registration and legal identity in Africa |
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Please visit this site regularly for updates on the conference and programs. For more Information contact William Muhwava
E-mail: muhawava@un.org
Core Group and Sponsors

PRE-SESSION DOCUMENTS
Fifth Ministerial Conference Documents
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Concept note |
CRMC5/2019/4 |
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