Civil registration conference to benefit African nations seeking to address ‘scandal of invisibility’
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African Centre for Statistics
Civil registration conference to benefit African nations seeking to address ‘scandal of invisibility’
Lusaka, Zambia, October 15, 2019 (ECA) – African countries are expected to continue strengthening their civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems as a foundation for robust and sustainable legal identity systems on the continent following the ongoing fifth conference of African ministers responsible for civil registration.
This was said Tuesday by Zambia’s Home Affairs Minister, Stephen Kampyongo, during a ministerial media briefing on the conference that opened in Lusaka, Zambia, Monday.
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African Statistics Day 2019
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Africa has made progress in civil registration and vital statistics but much remains to be done
Lusaka, Zambia, October 14, 2019 (ECA) – Africa has made impressive progress in revamping its Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) systems in the past few years, says William Muhwava, Chief of the Demographic and Social Statistics Section in the African Statistics Centre at the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA).
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Africa urged to harness digital technology for legal identity
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Africa urged to harness digital technology for legal identity
Lusaka, Zambia, October 14, 2019 (ECA) – Advances in technology present Africa with an important opportunity for the digitalization of its civil registration and vital statistics systems through which the strategic benefits of legal identity for all can be harnessed for the continent’s development.
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ECA & partners assure AU member States of continued support to modernize Africa’s CRVS systems
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ECA & partners assure AU member States of continued support to modernize Africa’s CRVS systems
Lusaka, Zambia, October 14, 2019 (ECA) – The Fifth Conference of African Ministers responsible for Civil Registration opened in Lusaka, Zambia, Monday with the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and its key partners, the African Union Commission (AUC) and the African Developing Bank (AfDB) stressing the importance for the continent to create a modern and comprehensive civil registration and vital statistic system (CRVS).
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African ministers to discuss innovative ways to close identity gap in fifth CRVS conference
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, October 8, 2019 (ECA) – All is set for the Fifth Conference of African Ministers responsible for Civil Registration (COM5) which takes place from 14 to 18 October 2019 in Lusaka, Zambia.
The conference aims to provide strategic and policy guidance on pathways towards holistic, innovative and integrated civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) and digital identity management systems to help close the identity gap in Africa where more than 500 million people have no legal identity.
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Statistical Development Indicators (StatDI)
Background
The Statistical Development Indicators (StatDI) is a tool developed by the African Centre for Statistics of the United Nation Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in October 2016. This new tool was endorsed by Heads of National Statistical Offices and experts at the 5th Statistical Commission for Africa in Côte d'Ivoire in November 2016.