Turkey bolsters digital identity system with blockchain and biometrics
Turkey has been working to improve its digital identity system over the past several years by transforming citizen registration, leveraging…
CRVS
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Internal govt coordination can help meet birth registration target in Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa is the region where the biggest improvements must be made to meet the UN’s birth registration goals, but…
Sierra Leone consults to amend civil registration legislation
The National Civil Registration Authority of Sierra Leone (NCRA) is reviewing its current civil registration law to identify gaps that…
60-day deadline for child residence registration in Vietnam
A decree issued by Vietnam late last month requires newborns to be registered for a residence certificate within a period…
Cameroon hopes to fully digitize civil registration system by 2029
As part of broader efforts to digitize Cameroon’s civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) system, the country is launching launch…
Death registration: Vital to the legal identity agenda
Even if it comes last on the natural pecking order of the civil registration chain, death registration remains an integral…
Namibia’s new CRVS, national ID system reflects key data protection aspects
Namibia’s newly proposed Civil Registration and Identification Bill has been praised for containing essential elements of data protection. However, the…
PNG eyes 500k birth registrations a year with UNICEF support
Birth registration in Papua New Guinea (PGN) is set to reach a new feat of at least 500,000 enrollments a…
Linking CRVS with legal identity systems offers major benefits: UNECA
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has urged African countries to capitalize on the emphasis this year’s Africa…
Digital ID schemes provide opportunities and risks for addressing digital divide
Is identity a fundamental human right? And can digital identity programs preserve its integrity while opening up new paths to…
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