Transcript Africa Programme on Accelerated Improvement of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems

United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
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Africa Programme on Accelerated
Improvement of Civil Registration and
Vital Statistics Systems
Forum on African Statistical Development
Session III
17th January 2012
Cape Town, South Africa
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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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Background
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
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Background…
Events to be registered (UN recommendation)
 Live birth
 Annulment
 Death
 Judicial separation
 Fœtal death
 Marriage
 Adoption
 Divorce
 Recognition
 Legitimization
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Some Functions of CR
• 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
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Some Uses of CRVS Systems
• 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)
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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 provisions
Appropriate organization structure
Efficient mngt and operations backed by suitable
M&E mechanisms
Political 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 agenda
 Endorsed the MTP and EGM to finalize
 Requested for thorough assessment of CRVS in all
African Countries
 AUC 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 systems
 Provide guidance on institutional and operational linkages,
workflows, M&E in a more comprehensive and holistic
manner
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APAI-CRVS: Strategic Directions
• 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
Conference of African
Ministers Responsible for Civil
Registration
(Standing Regional Forum)
International standards, principles
and recommendations 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, …
Stat-Com-Africa Resolutions on
CRVS
ASSD Resolutions on CRVS
Recommendations of EGMs,
workshops, …
CRVS Core
Group
Development
Partners
ECA
National Civil
Registration Authorities
and National Statistics
Offices
African Centre for
Statistics (ACS)
CRVS
Secretariat
National Civil
Registration Authorities
and National Statistics
Offices
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APAI-CRVS – Implementation
Framework
Regional Fora:
•Conference of African Ministers on CRVS
•Africa Symposium on Statistical Development
Declarations, resolutions, recommendations, policy decisions,
plans, programmes, …
UN
Statistics
Division
(UNSD)
CRVS
Region
al Core
Group
ECA
African
Centre for
Statistics
CRVS
Secretariat
North
RECs,
SROs,
STCs,
and
other
region
al
organi
zations
Countries
in the
subregion
West
Countries
in the subregion
Central
Countries
in the subregion
Eastern
Countries
in the
subregion
Southern
Countries
in the
subregion
Development
Partners
Regional declarations,
resolutions,
recommendations, policy
decisions, plans,
programmes, guidelines,
manuals, …
Programmatic instruments: National CRVS Plans, programmes, policy
decisions, resolutions, recommendations, guidelines, manuals….
Pool of Experts
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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
CRVS
Improving technical capacities of countries
Monitoring 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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