Transcript A regional approach to CRVS strengthening, ESCAP

A regional approach
to CRVS strengthening
Global CRVS Partners Meeting
New York, 3 March 2014
Rikke Munk Hansen
ESCAP
Why a regional approach…
• Existing regional mechanisms for generating political
commitment and accountability
• Broad mandate of regional commissions facilitates a
systems and partnership approach to CRVS
• Organizational framework for knowledge sharing and
cooperation between countries
• Shared legal and cultural heritages = similar CRVS
systems and common challenges
• Integration and linkages with other regional and subregional development initiatives
The regional approach model
Political
commitment
• Monitoring of progress
• Mainstreaming of CRVS
• Accountability
Regional
strategy
Common Framework
National
Action Plans
• Knowledge sharing and cooperation
• Development of region-specific resources
Partnership
among
organizations
• More support and coordination (partnerships) in countries
Situation report
Africa
• Core Group of 9 orgs
• African Programme for the
Acceleration of Improvements
in CRVS (APAI-CRVS) – 2012
• 3rd Ministerial Conf in October in
Cote d’Ivoire
• Strengths:
– Political commitment (AU)
– development of regionalspecific tools (CR and VS)
– CRVS on the African
development agenda
Asia and the Pacific
• Regional Partnership of 20+ orgs
• Regional Action Framework for
endorsement at the 1st
Ministerial Conf in November in
Manila (multi-sectoral)
• Strengths:
– Committed regional partner
agencies
– Championing countries
(Regional Steering Grp)
– Supportive of sub regional
initiatives (eg in the Pacific)
• Pacific: PVSAP and Brisbane Accord Group, SPC as the secretariat
• Eastern Mediterranean: 7+ partners, driven by WHO/EMRO
• Latin America: OAS, IADB, UNICEF and WHO/PAHO
Potential roles of a Global Alliance
1. Positioning CRVS as a development imperative and
not just as a rights, a health or a statistics issue
2. Alignment of organizational mandates to streamline
coordination at national and regional levels,
particularly among UN agencies
3. Leading resource mobilization to support sustained
national and regional action
4. Supporting a research agenda for CRVS and the
development of more tools and innovations