ESCAP, ECA seek abstract submissions for 2026 CRVS research forum
A call for the submission of abstracts ahead of the 2026 Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) Research Forum has…
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Children’s rights must be at center of civil registration governance frameworks: UN Human Rights
For countries to make substantial progress on birth registration, there is the need to expedite the implementation of reforms and…
DR Congo fights public service waste with biometric ID registry
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) has been implementing a project that seeks to help the government know exactly…
Mexico makes biometric identifier mandatory for all citizens
Mexico has officially introduced a digital identification system by signing a law that turned the previously optional biometric-based citizen code…
Bhutan upgrades digital identity wallet, including liveness and P2P chat
Bhutan has rolled out four major upgrades to its National Digital Identity (NDI) wallet with the enhancements aimed at strengthening…
Zimbabwe looks forward to digital ID rollout after population registry reform
A plan to issue national digital IDs in Zimbabwe is said to be imminent after the government concluded a comprehensive…
Cameroon unveils plan to modernize local digital govt services
The government of Cameroon has disclosed that it is working to update a Digital Master Plan for decentralized entities in…
India wants to automate death deletion for Aadhaar digital hygiene
There are so-called Blue Zones: locations that seem to possess an extraordinary number of people over the age of 100…
Madagascar codifies civil registry reform, readies biometric ID card tender
A bill on the identification of natural persons in Madagascar has received the greenlight of the senate in a major…
APAC governments commit to closing CRVS gap by 2030
Governments of Asian and Pacific nations have committed to improving the coverage of their birth registration, civil registration and vital…
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