African ministers to discuss innovative ways to close identity gap in fifth CRVS conference

Abstract

All is set for the Fifth Conference of African Ministers responsible for Civil Registration (COM5) which takes place in Lusaka, Zambia. The conference aims to provide strategic and policy guidance on pathways towards holistic, innovative and integrated civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) and digital identity management systems to help close the identity gap in Africa where more than 500 million people have no legal identity. The conference will include discussions on new and emerging initiatives: The United Nations Legal Identity Agenda and the digital identity initiative in Africa, both of which rely on a functioning and efficient CRVS system.