IRAQ: UNFPA Workshop on Civil Registration and Official Statistics in Iraq
Al-Takhteet Al-Youm reported on 23 June that UNFPA Iraq organized a workshop to discuss the outcomes of a consultancy mission on civil registration and vital statistics system arranged by UNFPA in May 2011. The workshop was attended by senior national experts and officials from relevant ministries in addition to a number of international experts in official statistics and demography. The experts highlighted number of urgent needs to upgrade the civil registration system in Iraq. These needs include computerization, capacity building, coordination mechanisms and training. Attendees decided to launch two waves of missions, each consisting of three to four experts, in July and September 2011 to assess Iraq’s national statistics system from legal, policy, structure and organizational dimensions. This assessment will fold into a full functional review for the national statistics system. Read in Arabic: Al-Takhteet Al-Youm