The first Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) Day was observed on the 10th of August 2018 under the theme; “Promoting Innovative Universal Civil Registration and Vital Statistics System for Good Governance and Better Lives”. The second CRVS Day will be commemorated on Saturday 10 August 2019, under the theme; “Birth Certificate for All: Fundamental for Protecting Human Rights and Promoting Inclusion”. The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is committed to supporting the mobilization of resources required to support the implementation of Sierra Leone’s strategic plan which aims to strengthen the country’s Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) and ID management system. This will make the system to function efficiently in supporting public administration, good governance and service delivery. This was said by Oliver Chinganya, Director of the ECA’s Africa Centre for Statistics, at an event commemorating the second Africa Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Day, which also marked the official launch of the Comprehensive Country Assessment and the costed National CRVS Strategic Plan in Sierra Leone.
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Sierra Leone’s nation’s CRVS system follows the fundamental principles of Africa Program on Accelerated Improvement of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics that have governed CRVS reform in Africa. “Marking the second Africa CRVS Day with the official launch of the costed national CRVS and ID Management Strategic Plan 2019-2024 and the Comprehensive Country Assessment Report on CRVS System in Sierra Leone that seeks to pursue the very purpose for which this day was set aside is truly gratifying and confirms the significance of the regional initiative set up almost 10 years ago,” said Chinganya. “This is an initiative of countries that the ECA and other regional bodies such as the African Union and the African Development Bank are facilitating through technical and financial support. At the regional level, we have a truly collaborative effort, with not only our regional organizations but also the United Nations and international NGOs partnering as a core group promoting and supporting the process at regional and country levels,” said Chinganya. At international level, he said, the global CRVS Group and the United Nations Statistics Division are supportive of these initiatives, recognizing their importance towards achieving the 2030 Development Agenda. “CRVS systems, when fully developed, also contribute to the evidence-base for the African Union Agenda 2063 – The Africa We Want. As a result of this partnership, the CRVS systems improvement programme exemplifies the kind of collaboration that makes programming effective and achieve the desired outcome,” the ECA Director added. Chinganya added that Sierra Leone now needs to take bold steps to advance the program as envisaged, including substantial investments – human, technical and financial – for smooth implementation and to make it sustainable.
AT/10/8/19
Tuesday August 13, 2019.
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