African Centre for Statistics United Nations Economic Commission for Africa CRVS Regional Documents Lagoon Beach Hotel Cape Town, South Africa 7 th Africa Symposium on Statistical Development Genene Bizuneh 18 – 20 January 2012
African Centre for Statistics 2 Content of the Presentation 2 Policy and Programme Documents Technical Documents Workshops and EGM Proceedings Advocacy and Communication Documents Study and Research Materials International Guidelines
African Centre for Statistics 3 Policy and Programme Documents 3 Ministerial conferences declarations ASSD resolutions (7 th – 11 th ASSDs) Africa Programme on Accelerated Improvement of CRVS (APAPI- CRVS) Regional Medium-term CRVS Plan (MTP)
African Centre for Statistics 4 Technical Documents 4 Regional operational guidelines (under-preparation) Regional guideline for the preparation of national civil registration operation manual Regional guideline for the preparation of national vital statistics operation manual
African Centre for Statistics 5 Technical Documents … Cont’d 5 Regional operational guidelines (planned to be prepared) Regional guideline for the development of CRVS plan Regional guideline on updating and standardizing civil registration laws in Africa Regional guideline on causes of death recording, reporting, classification and production of statistics from civil registration system
African Centre for Statistics 6 6 Training modules Short courses Regular trainings in selected fields, demography, public health and law - undergraduate and postgraduate levels Technical Documents … Cont’d
African Centre for Statistics 7 Other Documents 7 Workshops and EGM Proceedings Advocacy and Communication Documents Study and Research Materials
African Centre for Statistics 8 International Guidelines 8 Reference materials: The different UN handbooks Principles and recommendations
African Centre for Statistics 9 Thank you!