Civil Registration: Jaap van der Straaten

With over a billion people unregistered and lacking proper identification globally, civil registration has an essential role to play in development. The benefits to be gained from a functioning civil registration system are substantive – however, the complexities of implementation must be overcome before they can be reaped.

Jaap van der Straaten, the Chief Executive at the Civil Registration Centre for Development (CRC4D) explains that there are six key elements to keep in mind in implementing an effective, integrated civil registration and identification system, summarised in his ‘six I’s strategy’.

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