Namibia Civil Registration and Vital Statistics System Seminar Overview
Namibia gained independence in 1990 and has a total area of 824,292 km2. The country has a population density of 2.5 persons per square kilometer, with a population size of 2.4 million as per the 2011 census. The Ministry of Home Affairs & Immigration is responsible for managing the National Population Register and facilitating lawful migration. The structure of the Civil Registration Department includes various key roles such as the Registrar General and Director. The e-NPRS system is used for population profiling and data architecture. The Civil Registration system in Namibia plays a crucial role in managing vital events, identity, and statistics through various processes and linkages with different entities.
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Namibia: Civil Registration and Vital Statistics System Technical Seminar on Legal Framework for Civil Registration, Vital Statistics and Identity Management, 17-19 July 2017 Anette Bayer Forsingdal and Tulimeke Munyika
Country overview Gained independence in 1990 Total: 824 292 KM2 Population Density: 2,5 person per square kilo metre Regions: 14 Population Size: 2, 4 million ( census 2011) Urban Population: 45, 7 % Population growth: 2,4% Income category: Upper middle income Gini co-efficient: 0.597 ( 2009/2010)
MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS & IMMIGRATION Mandate: Manage National Population Register Facilitate lawful migration
Structure of Civil Registration Dept. Deputy Permanent Secretary (Registrar General) Director Director (HO) (Regional Coordination) Births Deaths ID Births Marriages and Deaths ID production
e-NPRS Person Population Profile Data Architecture Model Birth Part Example Profile Linkages Person s Profile Identity Part Marriage Part Profile Person / Child Profile No. Marriage Officer Part Person Core Profile No. Surname, First names Birthdate Place born Country born Etc. Death Part Profile Spouse Risk Status Part Profile No. Photo Part Profile Mother Profile No. Certificate Management Part Document Archive Part Profile No.: Connects all profile parts to the Person Core and secondary to each other.
Civil Registration, Civil Identification and Vital Statistics Context Model for Namibia - FUTURE National Statistics Certifications Vital Events Notification Entities Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration (MHAI) National Statistics Office (NSA) Vital Statistics Compilation Processing Validation Dissemination Public / Private Health Facilities Live birth Death Health Sector Vital Statistics Civil Registration and Population Register 1 Functions Birth or death notification form National Identity Interoperability Platform Fetal death Civil Registration Birth, Marriages/Divorces, Death, Registries and ID Documents Marriage officers Marriage Civil Identification eNIDM Platform Statistical Databases Vital Statistics, Standardized Data, Other e-Population & ID Services Notification, Identity, Births, Marriages/Divorces & Deaths Divorce High Court Link between Civil Registration, Civil Identification and Vital Statistics Ministry of Gender Equality and Child Welfare (database of adoptions) National Population Registration and ID Management System Integration Services Adoption Data and Process Public Sector eGov / Registries / Databases 2 National Population Register & ID 1 CN3 + CR4 + ID5 Healthcare, Education, Social Assistance, Voters, Taxation, Veterans, Business Registers, Land Register and Crime Register Application Entities Biometric and Images Citizens / Permanent Residents / Non-Citizens Birth Civil Identification: NID / eID / Biometric ID 1 Functions Citizenship Private Sector Registries / Databases 2 Key: (1) Legal (Foundational) registries (2) Administrative (Functional) registries (3) CN: Civil Notification Data (4) CR: Civil Registration Data (5) ID: Identity Data Death Birth, ID or death registration form Provisioning, De-provisioning, Identification, Verification, Reputation, Authentication, Authorization and Auditing. Healthcare, Education, Pension and Financial NID / eID Card Customer Services
AS-IS: Roles and Responsibilities Ministry of Health and Social Services NOTIFIES Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration REGISTERS Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration REGISTERS Children s Court ISSUE ADOPTION ORDER Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration REGISTERS Marriage Officer (pastor/magistrate) SOLEMNISES & NOTIFIES Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration REGISTERS High Court NULLIFIES / DISSOLVES Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration REGISTERS Ministry of Health and Social Services NOTIFIES (natural death) Namibian Police NOTIFIES(unnatural death) Magistrates Court (inquests on cause of death, unnatural death) Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration REGISTERS
Current Civil Registration Laws Namibian Constitution Article 4: Criteria for Namibia citizenship by birth, descent, marriage, and naturalisation. Article 15: Children have right from birth to a name and the right to acquire a nationality Aliens Act, No. 1 of 1937 Marriage Act, No. 25 of 1961 Births, Marriages and Deaths Registration Act, No. 81 of 1963 Namibian Citizenship Act, No. 14 of 1990 Inquests Act, No. 6 of 1993 Dissolution of Marriages on Presumption of Death Act, No. 31 of 1993 Identification Act, No. 21 of 1996 Child Care and Protection Act, No. 3 of 2015
LEGISLATIVE OVERHAUL National Population Register Bill / Civil Registration and Identification Bill Aliens Act, 1937 Births, Marriages and Deaths Registration Act, 1963 Identification Act, 1996 TOTAL REPEAL of MARRIAGE ACT
LEGISLATIVE OVERHAUL: New Provisions Notification systems (e-birth, e-death, intention to marry) Registration of different categories of children (1) Citizens, (2) Non-citizens, (3) Citizenship not determined Specific provisions for refugees, abandoned children, children conceived out of rape, children of undocumented parents Allocation of unique ID numbers at registration of birth Access to records by individuals and data-sharing with stakeholders, incl. vital statistics to Statistics Agency Amendment of records Re-creation of records Rules related to names and surnames
Other Major Improvement Initiatives vis- -vis capturing and recording VS e-birth notification launched e-death notification being designed Birth registration forms improved Annual Vital Statistics Reports initiated (based on NPRS data) Interfacing NPRS (MHAI) with Vital Statistical Database (NSA) CVRS Coordination (2014 Assessment; 5 year Strategic Plan for CRVS, TWG established, MoUs with NSA % MoHSS)
e-birth notification Ministry of Homer Affairs Ministry of Health
e-death notification Image result for death certificate icon Homer Affairs Mortuary Health
Challenges in the Bill Stakeholder coordination (agreeing on variables and processes) Privacy, Confidentiality & data sharing No government policy and therefore no data protection act)
