Conference of African Ministers Responsible for Civil Registration

Preparatory Meeting of Experts for the First Conference of African Ministers Responsible for Civil Registration
10-12 August 2010, UN Conference Centre, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Time	Activity	Responsible
Tuesday 10 August 2010
8:30 – 9:00	Registration
	*Session I: Opening Session*
9:00 – 9:25	Opening Statements: Welcoming Remarks: Mr. Abdoulie Janneh, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa Opening Remarks: African Union Commission Opening Remarks: African Development Bank Opening Statement: H.E. Mr. Ahmed Shide, State Minister of Finance and Economic Development of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
9:25-9:30	Election of the Bureau
9:30 – 10:00	Coffee Break
10:00 – 10:30	Adoption of the Agenda and Programme of Work
10:30 – 11:00	Objectives of the Meeting	ECA
	Session II: Why Improving Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems in Africa?
11:00 – 11:30	Importance and Services of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems	UNSD
11:30 – 12:00	Technical, Administrative and Operational Aspects of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems	UNSD
12:00 – 12:15	International Standards and Guidelines and their Importance to Improving Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems in Africa	UNSD
12:15 – 13:00	General Discussions
13:00 – 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 – 14:30	Challenges and Opportunities for the Improvement of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems in Africa	AfDB
14:30 – 15:00	Implementing Improvements in Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems	HMN
15:00 – 15:45	General Discussions
15:45 – 16:00	Gender Perspective of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems in Africa	ACGS
16:00 – 16:30	Coffee Break
16:30 – 16:45	Accelerating Birth Registration in Africa	UNICEF
16:45 – 17:00	The Inclusion of Displaced Populations in Civil Registration and Vital Statistics	UNHCR
17:00 – 17:15	International Experience on Law Drafting Techniques and its Application to Civil Registration Laws	Boston University
17:15 – 18:00	General Discussion
Wednesday 11 August 2010
	Session III - Regional Initiatives and Strategies
8:45 – 9:00	The Tanzania Regional Workshop Outcomes and Progress on the Implementation of the Recommendations	ECA
9:00 – 9:30	The Proposed Medium-Term Regional Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Plan	ECA
9:30 – 10:00	General Discussion
10:00 – 10:30	Partnership Building and Resource Requirements and Mobilization	AfDB
10:30 – 10:45	Organization and Expectations from the Ministerial Conference	AUC
10:45 – 11:15	Coffee Break
11:15 – 12:00	General Discussion
	Session IV – Technical, Operational and Policy Issues
12:00 – 12:30	Issues to be Addressed in Improving Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems in Africa	ECA
12:30 – 13:00	General Discussion
13:00 – 14:00	Lunch Break
	*Session V: Breakaway Sessions in TWO PARALLEL Groups on Technical, Operational and Policy Issues*
14:00 – 16:30	Breakaway on Technical, Operational and Policy Issues Anglophone experts \| Francophone experts [ Rapport ]
16:30 – 17:00	Coffee Break
17:00 – 18:00	Report back to Plenary
Thursday 12 August 2010
	*Session VI – Meeting with Country Experts*
8:45 – 9:30	Presentation of draft Conclusions and Recommendations to Country Experts	Experts
9:30 – 10:30	General Discussion
10:30 – 11:00	Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:45	General Discussions and Endorsing the Final Draft Conclusions and Recommendations of the Expert Meetings
12:45 – 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 – 14:15	Any other Business
14:15 – 15:00	Closing of the Meeting
	Closing remarks by UNSD Closing remarks by AfDB Closing remarks by AUC Closing remarks by UNECA
15:00 – 17:30	Country Experts Briefing their Respective Ministers
18:30 – 20:30	Cocktail