Technical Seminar on Legal Framework for Civil Registration Vital Statistics and Identity Management 1719 July 2017 Anette Bayer Forsingdal and Tulimeke Munyika Country overview Gained independence in 1990 ID: 692466
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Namibia: Civil Registration and Vital Statistics System
Technical Seminar on Legal Framework for Civil Registration, Vital Statistics and Identity Management, 17-19 July 2017Anette Bayer Forsingdal and Tulimeke MunyikaSlide2
Country overview
Gained independence in 1990Total: 824 292 KM2Population Density: 2,5 person per square kilo metre Regions: 14Population Size: 2, 4 million ( census 2011) Urban Population: 45, 7 %Population growth: 2,4%Income category: Upper middle income
Gini co-efficient: 0.597 ( 2009/2010) Slide3
MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS & IMMIGRATION
Mandate:
Manage National Population RegisterFacilitate lawful migration Slide4
Structure of Civil Registration Dept.
Births
Deaths
ID
Births
Marriages and Deaths
ID production Slide5
e-NPRS Person Population Profile Data Architecture Model
Person Core
Profile No.
Surname,
First names
Birthdate
Place born
Country born
Etc.
Birth Part
Identity Part
Marriage Part
Marriage Officer Part
Death Part
Photo Part
Document Archive Part
Person’s Profile
Profile Person / Child
Profile Mother
Profile Spouse
Example Profile Linkages
Certificate Management Part
Risk Status Part
Profile No.: Connects all profile parts to the Person Core and secondary to each other.
Profile No.
Profile No.
Profile No.Slide6
CN
3
+ CR
4
+ ID
5
e-Population & ID Services
Notification, Identity, Births, Marriages/Divorces & Deaths
Civil Registration, Civil Identification and Vital Statistics Context Model for Namibia - FUTURE
Live birth
Death
Fetal death
Marriage
Divorce
Adoption
Public / Private Health Facilities
Birth or death notification form
Marriage officers
High Court
Ministry of Gender Equality and Child Welfare (database of adoptions)
Notification Entities
Certifications
Civil Registration and Population Register
1
Functions
Birth, Marriages/Divorces, Death, Registries and ID Documents
National Statistics Office (NSA)
Vital Statistics
Compilation
Processing
Validation
Dissemination
Civil Identification:
NID
/
eID
/ Biometric ID
1
Functions
Provisioning, De-provisioning, Identification, Verification, Reputation,
Authentication, Authorization and Auditing.
Public Sector
eGov
/ Registries / Databases
2
Healthcare, Education,
Social Assistance, Voters, Taxation, Veterans, Business Registers, Land Register and Crime Register
Key:
Legal (Foundational) registries
Administrative (Functional) registries
CN: Civil Notification Data
CR: Civil Registration Data
ID: Identity Data
Vital Events
Statistical Databases
Vital Statistics, Standardized Data, Other
Civil
Identification
Civil
Registration
Vital
Statistics
Health
Sector
Link between Civil Registration, Civil Identification and Vital Statistics
NID /
eID
Card
National Statistics
Application Entities
Birth
Death
Citizens / Permanent Residents / Non-Citizens
Birth, ID or death registration form
Citizenship
National Population Register & ID
1
Private Sector
Registries / Databases
2
Healthcare, Education,
Pension and Financial
Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration (MHAI)
Data and Process Integration Services
Customer Services
National Population Registration and ID Management System
Biometric and Images
eNIDM
Platform
National Identity Interoperability PlatformSlide7
AS-IS: Roles and Responsibilities
Ministry of Health and Social Services
NOTIFIES
Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration
REGISTERS
Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration
REGISTERS
Children’s Court
ISSUE ADOPTION ORDER
Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration
REGISTERS
Marriage Officer (pastor/magistrate)
SOLEMNISES & NOTIFIES
Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration
REGISTERS
High Court
NULLIFIES / DISSOLVES
Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration
REGISTERS
Ministry of Health and Social Services
NOTIFIES
(natural death)
Namibian Police
NOTIFIES
(unnatural death)
Magistrates Court
(inquests on cause of death, unnatural death)Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration REGISTERS Slide8
Current Civil Registration Laws
Namibian ConstitutionArticle 4: Criteria for Namibia citizenship by birth, descent, marriage, and naturalisation.Article 15: Children have ‘right from birth to a name’ and ‘the right to acquire a nationality’
Aliens Act, No. 1 of 1937Marriage Act, No. 25 of 1961Births, Marriages and Deaths Registration Act, No. 81 of 1963Namibian Citizenship Act, No. 14 of 1990Inquests Act, No. 6 of 1993
Dissolution of Marriages on Presumption of Death Act, No. 31 of 1993
Identification Act, No. 21 of 1996
Child Care and Protection Act, No. 3 of 2015Slide9
LEGISLATIVE OVERHAUL
National Population Register Bill
/
Civil Registration and Identification Bill
Aliens Act, 1937
Births, Marriages and Deaths Registration Act, 1963
Identification Act, 1996
TOTAL REPEAL of
MARRIAGE ACTSlide10
LEGISLATIVE OVERHAUL:
New ProvisionsNotification systems (e-birth, e-death, intention to marry)Registration of different categories of children (1) Citizens,
(2) Non-citizens, (3) Citizenship not determinedSpecific provisions for refugees, abandoned children, children conceived out of rape, children of undocumented parentsAllocation of unique ID numbers at registration of birth
Access to records by individuals and data-sharing with stakeholders, incl. vital statistics to Statistics Agency
Amendment of records
Re-creation of records
Rules related to names and surnamesSlide11
Other Major Improvement Initiatives vis-à-vis capturing and recording VS
e-birth notification launchede-death notification being designedBirth registration forms improvedAnnual Vital Statistics Reports initiated (based on NPRS data)
Interfacing NPRS (MHAI) with Vital Statistical Database (NSA)CVRS Coordination (2014 Assessment; 5 year Strategic Plan for CRVS, TWG established, MoUs with NSA % MoHSS)Slide12
e-birth notification
Ministry of Homer Affairs Ministry of Health Slide13
e-death notification
Homer Affairs Mortuary Health Slide14
Challenges in the Bill
Stakeholder coordination (agreeing on variables and processes)Privacy, Confidentiality & data sharing No government policy and therefore no data protection act)