Conference of African Ministers Responsible for Civil Registration

First Conference of African Ministers Responsible for Civil Registration
13-14 August 2010, UN Conference Centre, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Time	Activity		Responsible
Friday 13 August 2010
8:30 – 9:00	Registration
	Session I: Opening Session
9:00-9:30	Introduction and Children’s Song
9:30 – 10:40	Opening Statements: Welcoming remarks by Mrs. Jennifer Kargbo Deputy Executive Secretary, UNECA Opening remarks: Professor Mthuli Ncube, Vice President and Chief Economist of the African Development Bank Opening Statement: His Excellency Mr. Teshome Toga, Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
10:40-10:45	Election of the Bureau
10:45 – 11:15	Coffee Break and Opening of Exhibition
11:15 – 11:30	Keynote Address by Dr. Paul Cheung, Director of the UN Statistics Division (UNSD)
11:30 – 12:00	Making the Case for Improved Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems in Africa
	Ms. Dorothy Rozga, Deputy Regional Director, UNICEF Liaison Office to the AU/ UNECA and ESARO Mr. Chrysantus Ache, UNHCR Representative to the AU and UNECA
12:00 – 12:10	Adoption of the Agenda and Programme of Work
12:10 – 12:45	Session II: Background on Revitalization of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems in Africa		ECA
12:45 – 14:00	Lunch Break
	Session III: Reforming and Improving Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems in Africa
14:00 – 14:15	The Need for Improved Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems in Africa		AUC
14:15 – 14:30	Legal, Administrative and Statistical Purposes and Functions of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems		UNSD
14:30 – 14:45	Management and Operations of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in the African Context		ECA
14:45 – 15:00	Generation and Use of Health and Demographic Statistics and Information		UNSD
15:00 – 15:45	General Discussions
15:45 – 16:15	Coffee Break
16:15 – 16:45	Challenges and Opportunities for Improving Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems in Africa		AfDB
16:45 – 17:00	Implementing Improvements in Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems		HMN
17:00 – 17:15	Resource Requirements and Administration of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems in Africa		AfDB
17:15 – 17:30	International Experience on Law Drafting Techniques and its Application to Civil Registration Laws		Boston University
17:30 – 18:00	General Discussions
18:30 – 20:30		Reception by the Host Government

Saturday 14 August 2010
	Session IV: Country Case Presentations by Selected Countries
9:00 – 10:30	Cameroon Egypt Ethiopia Guinea Conakry Sierra Leone Sudan Tanzania Uganda	Countries
10:30 – 11:00	Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:30	General Discussions
	Session V: Proposed Medium-term Regional Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Plan
11:30 – 12:00	Presentation of the Medium-term Regional Plan	ECA
12:00 – 12:30	General Discussions
	Session VI: Presentation of Draft Conclusions and Recommendations
12:30 – 13:30	Discussion of Conclusions and Recommendations from Expert Meeting	Experts
13:30 – 14:30	Lunch Break
	Session VII: Discussion and Resolution of the Ministerial Meeting
16:00 – 17:30	Resolutions and recommendations of the ministerial meeting
17:30 – 18:00	Any other Business
18:00 – 18:30	Closing of the Conference
	Closing remarks by UNECA Wrap-up and closing remarks by the Chair of the Conference