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SDG 16.9

UN Sustainable Development Goal 16.9 calls for legal identity for all people worldwide, including birth registration, by 2030.

 

$400M mobilized to support digital public infrastructure development in 100 countries

Global stakeholders have made a pledge to raise funds to the tune of $400 million as well as provide leadership…

 

NEC infant fingerprinting system approaches move from vaccination delivery to legal ID

ID Day was held this past Saturday, September 16, in recognition of United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 16’s target 9;…

 

Foundational identity: Empowering every citizen’s rights to health, education, and democracy

By Sébastien Gueremy, VP Identification & Verification Solutions at Thales In a world that increasingly emphasizes the importance of human…

 

Events in dozens of countries to mark 2023 ID Day

Experts and major actors in the identity space have been reiterating the importance of legal and digital identity in the…

 

G20 recommends digital public infrastructure policy to drive financial inclusion

The group of the 19 most advanced economies in the world, the European Union, and mostly recently the African Union,…

 

UNDP and India team up for digital public infrastructure guidance to spur SDG catch-up

The Sustainable Development Goals set by the United Nations remain a long way from being realized, more than half-way to…

 

Cameroon begins campaign to issue 500k birth certificates to undocumented children

The pilot phase of a project is underway to issue 500,000 birth certificates to children who do not yet have…

 

Ghana to begin issuing digital IDs to newborns from August

The issuance of digital ID numbers, known as Ghana Card numbers, to newborns in Ghana is set to begin next…

 

New page opens for birth registration in Ghana as instruction manual validated

A guiding document which outlines a number of novelties in Ghana’s birth and death registration system was recently validated by…

 

Birth registration efforts advance with funding support announcements for Cameroon, Tanzania

Reports of funding support for the implementation of different civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) and birth registration projects have…

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