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Preparatory Meeting of Experts for the First Conference of African Ministers responsible for
Civil Registration
10- 14 August 2010
UNCC, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
M. Mubila
Statistics Department
African Development Bank
Partnership Building and Partnership Building and Resource Requirements and Resource Requirements and
Mobilization Mobilization
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Outline of PresentationOutline of Presentation
Background - Areas of Interventions
Partners of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) Systems in Africa
CRVS Partners Working at Country, Regional & International Levels
Modalities and Instruments for Partnership and Collaboration
Resource Requirements at National Level
Resource Mobilization
Way Forward
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A. Civil registration Area of intervention that provides data and information for:
Justice system administration
Public administration
Rights, protection and benefits
B. Vital StatisticsAnother area of intervention which provides
Data for informed decision making & MDG measurement and
monitoring
Demographic & social statistics
Provision of epidemiological and other research data
requirements
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Background - Areas of Interventions Background - Areas of Interventions
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These are:
National institutions
Regional organizations/SROs
International organizations
Bilateral organizations
Non-governmental organizations (NGOs)
Partners of Partners of
Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) Systems in Africa (CRVS) Systems in Africa
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National institutions
Ministries responsible for civil registration
Ministries responsible for national statistics
Civil registration authorities
National Statistics Offices (NSOs)
Other relevant ministries, departments and local
administrations
CRVS Partners CRVS Partners
Working at Country LevelWorking at Country Level
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Issues of concern
Problems of coordination of the activities of
these various institutions
Hence difficult to attain the required level of
performance without the appropriate integration
and coordination within and between these
institutions
For international partners the problem is how to
coordinate their interventions.
CRVS Partners CRVS Partners
Working at Country Level (cont…Working at Country Level (cont…
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Issues of concern:The need to create a common platform for the different actors in order to avoid duplication and even sending mixed signals to countries by introducing conflicting approaches and methodsThe institutions that operarte at different levels intervene in CRVS, but no forum to harmonize and coordinate their interventions and activities;Need to have a system that helps to integrate and coordinate interventions
CRVS Partners Working at CRVS Partners Working at RegionalRegional
& International& International Level Level
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Need for harmonized CRVS plans and programmes at the
national, regional & international to address the issues of
concerns that have led to drawbacks in the past & recent
times
• At national level – based on national circumstances;
• Regional level – (regional medium-term plan for CRVS
reform and improvement, 2010-2012)
• International level - International Programme for
Accelerating the Improvement of Vital Statistics and Civil
Registration Systems - already in place – but may need
specific plans or programmes for Africa
Modalities and Instruments for Modalities and Instruments for Partnership and Collaboration Partnership and Collaboration
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Need for establishing advocacy fora
National – e.g. CRVS Stakeholders Forum or
declare a “CRVS Day” for advocacy purposes
Regional:
Conference of African Ministers responsible for
Civil Registration – a good example for the Africa
Region
African Symposium on Statistical Development
(ASSD)
International – may need a forum for Africa as a
region??
Modalities and Instruments … Cont’dModalities and Instruments … Cont’d
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Need for using existing fora
At national level – depending on what already
exists in countries
At regional level – Statistical Commission for
Africa (StatCom-Africa) for vital statistics and
MCCR for CR
International level – UN Statistics Commission
primarily for vital statistics but for CR
Modalities and Instruments … Cont’dModalities and Instruments … Cont’d
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A. Resource requirements for civil registration(based on major areas of interventions that require
significant resources) Financial resources (Salaries & allowances) Capacity building
Training Development of registration instruments and
tools IT solutions and tools Monitoring and evaluation
Stationary (office, registration, certification, etc) Infrastructure development
Office building, furniture & transport
Resource Requirements at National Resource Requirements at National LevelLevel
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B. Resource requirements for vital statistics
For the majority of countries, could be reflected as
integral part of National Statistics Systems (NSSs)
through National Strategies for the Development of
Statistics (NSDS)
Special provision can be designed for those
countries whose vital statistics is outside the NSO
Resource Requirements at National Resource Requirements at National Level … Cont’dLevel … Cont’d
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Difficulties in mobilizing resources in many cases
due to absence of structured national plans and
programs. Future interventions should depend on
plan & program availability
At national level – countries need to develop and
share national CRVS plans and programs
Countries to have clear Road Map on how CRVS
systems are to be developed
At regional level – a regional draft medium-term
plan already prepared and being shared
Resource Mobilization Resource Mobilization
Resource Mobilization-SCB IIResource Mobilization-SCB II
The Bank is implementing a SCB Progarm Phase II 2009-2010 mainly to improve Social Statistics
Program supports activities that lead to improvement of data quality and availability of data required for MDGs monitoring, such as:
PHC, Household surveys activities strengthen and revitalize civil registration and vital
statistics systems However, lack of systematic plans and programs is
resulting to low utilization rates of financial resources provided to countries (NSOs)
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Way ForwardWay Forward
Proposed measures to be taken:
Collaboration through integrated intervention
frameworks
Avoid parallel systems and hence duplication
Need for resource planning - assessment of
requirements, availability and gaps
Ensure responsiveness and accountability
Ensure availability of national plans and programmes –
pre-requisite and measure of commitment
Create some funding mechanism at regional level
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Thank you