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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