Reengineering National

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Re-engineering National Civil Registration and
Vital Statistics in the World The Role of UN
Statistics Division   By Srdjan Mrkic and
Francesca Coullare Demographic and Social
Statistics Branch Statistics Division United
Nations

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Introduction

• The role of UN Statistics in re-engineering civil
  registration and vital statistics is manifested
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• International Programme, Phase I (1989-1998)
• International Programme, Phase II (1998-present)
• Monitoring (1948-present)
• Technical assistance to countries (1989-present)

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International programme, Phase I

• Five workshops in the period 1991-1998
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• Buenos Aires, Argentina,1991, for Latin America
• Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic, 1993, for Western
  Asia
• Beijing, China, 1993, for East and South Asia
• Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1994, for Africa
• Rabat, Morocco, 1995, for Africa

Total participation 70 countries
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International programme, Phase I
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International programme, Phase II

• Bangkok, Thailand, 1999, training the trainers
  of South East Asia
• Cairo, Egypt, 1999, training programme for West
  Asian countries
• Santiago, Chile, 2000, training programme for
  Latin American countries
• Handbook on Training in Civil Registration and
  Vital Statistics Systems

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Monitoring vital statistics systems

• Since 1948, the major vehicle
• UN Demographic Yearbook
• Current level of development

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Monitoring vital statistics systems

• Goal 1 point out different levels of development
  of civil registration systems using birth and
  death registration coverage
• Goal 2 give specific examples of re-engineering
  in selected countries the case studies of Chile
  and Indonesia

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Sources for Birth and death registration coverage

• National assessments collected through
• DYB vital statistics questionnaire
• UNSD workshops and country missions
• Sample Surveys results
• IIVRS and UNICEF

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Technical assistance to countriesRe-engineering
in Chile

• Why Chile?
• Overview of the CR and VS systems in Chile
• Major improvements in the last 2 decades

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Overview of the CR and VS systems in Chile

• Centralized CR and VS systems

• CR Civil registration and Identification office

• VS (B, D, M) 3 institutions
• CR and Identification Office (Ministry of
  Justice) responsible for collecting, checking
  data
• National Statistical Office (Ministry of Economy)
  responsible for coding, compiling, processing,
  disseminating statistics
• Health Department (Ministry of Health)
  responsible for coding Cause of Death.

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Major improvements in the last 2 decades in Chile

• Vital Statistics Committee CR, NSO and HD

• Unified production of vital statistics
• Unified data entry

• Computerization of systems Central integrated
  database for CR and VS systems

• National archive of B,D,M
• Issuance of certificates from any on-line local
  units

• Mobile units

• Better access to remote areas
• Offer similar functionalities as the other units

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Technical assistance to countriesRe-engineering
in Indonesia

• Non-functional civil registration and vital
  statistics system
• Commitment to re-engineer

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Technical assistance to countriesRe-engineering
in Indonesia

• National Conference, May 2002
• Presidential Decree
• Draft Law on Civil Registration
• Training of trainers

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Conclusion

• UN Statistics Division, within its mandate, aims
  at improving civil registration and vital
  statistics system in the remaining 43 of the
  worlds countries