Fourth Conference of African Ministers Responsible for Civil Registration

Published: 8/Dec/2017
Source: African Union Commission

The Fourth Conference of African Ministers Responsible for Civil Registration will be held from 4 to 8 December 2017 in Nouakchott, Mauritania.

The African Union Commission, in collaboration with the ECA the AfDB as well as other partners, is organizing the Fourth Conference of Ministers Responsible for Civil Registration in Nouakchott, Mauritania, on the theme: ‘Accelerating a coordinated improvement of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) for implementation and monitoring development in Africa: Review of progress and the way forward’.  The meeting will be preceded by an Expert Group Meeting.

The overall objective of the conference is to deliberate on the possible ways of making strategic shifts to move the Africa Programme on Accelerated Improvement of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (APAI-CRVS), to the next level of maturity through taking stock of the achievements and challenges.

Link to conference website, including including background papers and declaration in English, French, Portuguese and Arabic: https://web.archive.org/web/20191227214738/http://apai-crvs.org/CR4 [The original site is no longer available]

Declaration in English: Nouakchott Declaration CRVS – Dec2017-English

Declaration in French: Nouakchott Declaration CRVS – Dec2017-French

Themes: African standards, Birth Registration
Regions: Pan Africa
Year: 2017