Fifth Conference of African Ministers Responsible for Civil Registration
Innovative Civil Registration and Vital Statistics System: Foundation for Legal Identity Management - 14-18 October 2019 in Lusaka, Zambia.
Innovative Civil Registration and Vital Statistics System: Foundation for Legal Identity Management - 14-18 October 2019 in Lusaka, Zambia.
The first training of trainers (ToT) workshop on CRVS eLearning course was held from 10 to 19 April 2018 in Windhoek, Namibia for 14 Anglophone countries. The ToT workshop on CRVS eLearning course is part of the capacity building initiative under the African Programme for Accelerated Improvement of Civil Registrations and Vital Statistics (APAI-CRVS) systems. The workshop was jointly organized by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Centre of Excellence for CRVS, the World Bank Group and Vital Strategies.
The Fourth Conference of African Ministers Responsible for Civil Registration was held from 4 to 8 December 2017 in Nouakchott, Mauritania.
The comprehensive assessment of civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems in Rwanda started in July 2016 and was successfully completed in October 2016. The assessment was conducted jointly by the National Institute of Statistics (NISR) and the National Identity Agency (NIDA) in partnership with UNICEF, AfDB and ECA among other multiple partners.
The comprehensive assessment of CRVS system in Madagascar has commenced on 21 June, 2016. This follows the the big pre-assessment mission that took place in March this year, under the leadership of Dimitri Sanga, Director of ECA Subregional Office for West Africa accompanied by representatives of UNICEF and AfDB. Firm commitments and promises of support were received directly during the mission from the President of the Republic of Madagascar, the Head of Government, the Minister of Interior, the President of the Senate and high-level representatives of the National Assembly.
Mr. Oliver Chinganya, Director, African Centre for Statistics, UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) led a team to Sierra Leone on a mission from 27 to 30 June 2016 to support the Government of Sierra Leone to prepare for the assessment of their civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) System. The team members joining the mission were from UNICEF, WHO, UNHCR, Plan International and Centre for Disease Control (CDC).
A workshop on experience sharing on CRVS assessments and plans was organized jointly by UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and African Development Bank (AfDB) in Lusaka in collaboration with Government of the Republic of Zambia from 2 to 4 June 2016 in Lusaka, Zambia.
A workshop on development of a step-by-step guide on improvement of death registration and collection of cause-of-death information was organized jointly by Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and African Development Bank (AfDB) in Lusaka in collaboration with the Government of the Republic of Zambia on 5 and 6 May 2016 in Lusaka, Zambia.