Challenges in Civil Registration: Impacts, Recovery, and Resilience
Explore the critical issues faced by civil registrars, including the impact of disasters on registration processes, recovery efforts, and implications for both customers and the CRVS systems. Learn about the importance of a robust CRVS system in disaster planning and response.
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Disasters Issues for Civil Registrars Jeff Montgomery, New Zealand Registrar-General
Recap: three CRVS components 1. Notifications and Registration vital events are recorded and counted Certification individuals receive legal certificates Vital statistics statistics are compiled and disseminated Image result for pacific three leg stool 2. 3. CRVS systems will not function well, and will fail if one of these systems is not functional.
Recap: Civil registration process Notification of birth (by hospital, midwife, village chief) Declaration of birth by informant Registration of birth by civil registrar Notification (additional requirements in some countries) Supplementary evidentiary documentation (e.g. hospital attestation of birth) either given to informant to present to registrar or to civil registrar directly. Issuance of birth certificate by civil registrar
Recap: CRVS and ID systems National ID systems will fail if there is inadequate Civil Registration as result of disasters Retrospective registration is good but a trap Migration Civil Register Population Register Education Vital Statistics Employment
CRVS and Disasters 1. Impact on people and families 2. Impact on CRVS system recovery and scale-up 3. Impact on national ability to respond and recover
Implications for CRVS customers 1. Ongoing nature of CRVS the show must go on! 2. Increased need for services extra events to register, replacement of vital documents for families, and increased risk of exploitation 3. But customer might not be able to meet the normal evidence of identity or fee policy
Implications for CRVS systems 1. Protection and resilience Infrastructure - people, equipment, materials, software, offices Data (paper or digital) in various locations and daily before and during disaster 2. Scaling Up during emergency More deaths or presumed dead 9 months later
Implications for Disaster Response 1. An effective CRVS system as essential in disaster planning and response. CRVS committee play important role 2. Never let the opportunity of a crisis pass you by
So what? 1. What is your registry s resilience and response plans? 2. What about the wider system? Does the CRVS committee have a system-wide plan? 3. What might others in the region do to help your registry and what can you offer others resilience and response?
