At the adoption of the Sustainable Development agenda, in 2015, world leaders placed the attainment of a legal identity as an international development agenda, with target 16.9 specifically focusing on providing legal identity for all, including birth registration, by 2030. Complementing this is target 17.9, which calls for support in strengthening the statistical capacity including for civil registration and vital statistics systems, with an aim to attaining 100% birth registration and 80% death registration. Sustainable Development Goal Target 16.9 is crucial to advancing the 2030 Agenda commitment to leave no one behind. According to a 2020 Report by UNICEF, 20 countries are on track to register the births of all children by 2030. The situation is bleaker for death registration where about only 6 African countries have levels of death registration coverage and cause of death information that meets international standards.
Substantial efforts have been made to improve civil registration rates on the continent. The Africa Programme for Accelerated Improvement of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (APAI-CRVS) has been providing the management and programmatic guidance to the regional agenda of reforming and improving CRVS systems. The work of the development partners has been coordinated through the Core Group to ensure that programmes are coordinated and that funds are channelled to the most impactful activities.
Thus, there is need to take stock of the achievements of these interventions in view of the fast-approaching deadline of the 2030 Agenda and identify strategies that African countries need to employ to accelerate the progress towards the targets and goals outlined in the agenda.
This side event is organized by the secretariat of the APAI-CRVS in collaboration with partners of the regional CRVS Core group under the framework of the APAI-CRVS and the UN Legal Identity Agenda.
The side event provides an opportunity for civil registration authorities, development partners and other CRVS stakeholders to acquire knowledge on the regional progress towards achieving universal legal identity and target 16.9 on birth registration for children under 5 years. “
Presentations:
Presentation 1_UNECA- 10th ARFSD
Presentation 2_ UNICEF-10th ARFSD
Presentation 3_WHO AFRO- 10th ARFSD
Presentation 4_RWANDA-10th ARFSD
Presentation 5_ TOGO -10th ARFSD
Presentation 6_ GHANA-10th ARFSD