ICT FOR CIVIL REGISTRATION SOUTH ASIA SANJAY DHARWADKER CONSULTANT - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

ICT FOR CIVIL REGISTRATION – SOUTH ASIA SANJAY DHARWADKER – CONSULTANT Second Meeting of The Civil Registrars of South Asia (CR8) Organised by the Department of National Registration (DNR) Maldives 26-28 November 2019, Malé 17-12-19 ICT IN CIVIL REGISTRATION - MEETING OF THE CIVIL REGISTRARS OF SOUTH ASIA 26-28 NOV 2019 MALDIVES – UNICEF AND ESCAP 1

CR8 – SOUTH ASIA To understand God’s thoughts one must study statistics … the measure of his purpose. - Florence Nightingale (1820 – 1910) Nurse & statistician SOUTH ASIA 3.5% of the world’s land area (5.2 mio sq km) 3.0% of the world’s GDP (USD 3.5 trillion) 24% of the world’s population (1.9 billion) 29% of the world’s births (38 mio/year) 24% of the world’s deaths (13 mio/year) Derived from various sources, such as https://ourworldindata.org/births-and-deaths 17-12-19 ICT IN CIVIL REGISTRATION - MEETING OF THE CIVIL REGISTRARS OF SOUTH ASIA 26-28 NOV 2019 MALDIVES – UNICEF AND ESCAP 2

THE PROBLEM How do we get From here To here 17-12-19 ICT IN CIVIL REGISTRATION - MEETING OF THE CIVIL REGISTRARS OF SOUTH ASIA 26-28 NOV 2019 MALDIVES – UNICEF AND ESCAP 3

OVERVIEW 17-12-19 ICT IN CIVIL REGISTRATION - MEETING OF THE CIVIL REGISTRARS OF SOUTH ASIA 26-28 NOV 2019 MALDIVES – UNICEF AND ESCAP 4

ICT FOR CIVIL REGISTRATION Legislative framework Administrative processes Institutional arrangements Putting the beneficiary in the middle Technology deployment 17-12-19 ICT IN CIVIL REGISTRATION - MEETING OF THE CIVIL REGISTRARS OF SOUTH ASIA 26-28 NOV 2019 MALDIVES – UNICEF AND ESCAP 5

CURRENT STATUS- CR & CI Source: http://getinthepicture.org/event/meeting-civil-registrars-south-asia 17-12-19 ICT IN CIVIL REGISTRATION - MEETING OF THE CIVIL REGISTRARS OF SOUTH ASIA 26-28 NOV 2019 MALDIVES – UNICEF AND ESCAP 6

CURRENT STATUS-LINKAGES 17-12-19 ICT IN CIVIL REGISTRATION - MEETING OF THE CIVIL REGISTRARS OF SOUTH ASIA 26-28 NOV 2019 MALDIVES – UNICEF AND ESCAP 7

CURRENT STATUS-SYSTEM CHARACTERISTICS Source for population & birth registration data: http://getinthepicture.org/event/meeting-civil-registrars-south-asia 17-12-19 ICT IN CIVIL REGISTRATION - MEETING OF THE CIVIL REGISTRARS OF SOUTH ASIA 26-28 NOV 2019 MALDIVES – UNICEF AND ESCAP 8

ISSUES WITH ICT FOR CR Open Source Open Standards Offline In-house Online Consultants Civil Registration Civil Identification Customised Interoperable Off-the-shelf Proprietary Legal Identity Identification 17-12-19 ICT IN CIVIL REGISTRATION - MEETING OF THE CIVIL REGISTRARS OF SOUTH ASIA 26-28 NOV 2019 MALDIVES – UNICEF AND ESCAP 9

ALL ARE INTERCONNECTED Legislative framework Mapping administrative processes to legal framework Administrative processes Institutional arrangements ICT to reflect the administrative processes Technology deployment 17-12-19 ICT IN CIVIL REGISTRATION - MEETING OF THE CIVIL REGISTRARS OF SOUTH ASIA 26-28 NOV 2019 MALDIVES – UNICEF AND ESCAP 10

FLEXIBILITY Example of Birth registration Notification Declaration Registration Birth Certificate At home Declare Unassisted Registrar Mother Friend of family Register DELIVERY Verify Father Village official Inform BIRTH CERTIFICATE Working Notify Health-worker 17-12-19 ICT IN CIVIL REGISTRATION - MEETING OF THE CIVIL REGISTRARS OF SOUTH ASIA 26-28 NOV 2019 MALDIVES – UNICEF AND ESCAP 11

DISCOVER THE RIGHT BALANCE SERVICE PROVIDER • Quick • Efficient • Accurate PEOPLE • Easy access True test of a successful system • Hassle-free is its benefit to the people • Reliable 17-12-19 ICT IN CIVIL REGISTRATION - MEETING OF THE CIVIL REGISTRARS OF SOUTH ASIA 26-28 NOV 2019 MALDIVES – UNICEF AND ESCAP 12

SUMMARY OF ISSUES LONG TERM VISION OF CRVS DIGITIZATION ICT FOR INCLUSION OF THE MARGINALIZED ICT USE LINKED TO NATIONAL ID MAIN CHANGES IN THE LAST 10 YEARS CONSULTATION & PROCUREMENT PARTS OF CR IS WHICH ICT IS USED ICT AND LEGISLATIVE CHANGES PROCESSES DIGITALIZED DATA SHARING, PRIVACY, SECURITY DIGITIZATION OF OLD RECORDS NATIONAL CRVS COORDINATION ROLE OF DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS Discussed during last CR8 meeting … the relationship between civil registration, civil identification, vital statistics and health information systems; and the use of ICT in civil registration … 17-12-19 ICT IN CIVIL REGISTRATION - MEETING OF THE CIVIL REGISTRARS OF SOUTH ASIA 26-28 NOV 2019 MALDIVES – UNICEF AND ESCAP 13

T H A N K S Kendra Gregson Tanja Sejersen Sanjay Dharwadker kgregson@unicef.org segersent@un.org sanjaydharwadker@yahoo.co.uk 17-12-19 ICT IN CIVIL REGISTRATION - MEETING OF THE CIVIL REGISTRARS OF SOUTH ASIA 26-28 NOV 2019 MALDIVES – UNICEF AND ESCAP 14