December /2014
Addis Ababa
Introduction
 The civil registration system has been included in Civil code of
1960 which contains more than 100 articles,
 These articles have not been enforced due to many reasons. The
code itself in Article 3361 (1)states that registration of civil status
shall not come into force until a day to be notified by Order
published it negarit Gazetta . However, the Order has not
published.
 In Article 3361(2) the coming into force of civil registration the
proof birth, marriage and death shall be made by producing the
act of notoriety. In such a way that issuing of birth, marriage
and death certificates as evidence has been in fragmented and
non standardized system in municipality of big towns.
 Since 1990’s there was great attention to develop civil
registration system in the country according to the UN principles
and recommendation.
Introduction…
 After the first ministerial conference the FDRE
government gave due attention for the enactment of
legal framework.
 Accordingly, Proclamation No 760/2012 - the
Registration of Vital Events and National Identity
Card was enacted.
The Registration of Vital Events …
proclamation No 760/2012
The purpose of this proclamation is to establish a system of
registration of vital events (birth, death, marriage, and
divorce) which plays a key role :
 in planning political, social and economic development,
 in providing different social and economic services to
citizens and
 in making the justice administration expedient end
effective and
 To create accessible, comprehensive and compulsory
registration system on the basis of which citizens can effect
proper timely registration of vital events.
The Registration of Vital Events….
 Article 4 of the proclamation also states that an appropriate
federal organ shall be established by the regulation of the
Council of Ministers to direct, coordinate and support the
registration of vital events at national level and to centrally
organize and keep records of vital events , while
 Article 5 urges an appropriate regional organ shall be
established or designated by each region to direct,
coordinate and support the registration of vital events at
regional level and to transfer records of vital events to the
appropriate federal organ.
 The regions shall cause the assignment of civil status for
each administrative offices (Article 6).
The Registration of Vital Events….
According to Article 6, 7 and 8:
 Ethiopian Embassies and Consulates (Vital events
With regard to Ethiopians residing out side),
 Ethiopian ship (birth and death occurs on board) and
 Ministry of National Defense (death of the members
of the defense) have been entrusted with responsibility
to register vital events occurred respectively.
The Proclamation also contains:
 Role of officers of civil status,
 Types of register of civil status,
 Copies and certificate of registration vital events,
 Preparation and distribution of Registers of civil
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status,
Safeguarding register s of civil status,
Procedures registration of vital events
Correction of records of register of civil status,
Period of registration
Regulation on the Establishment of the Vital
Events Registration Agency (No 278/2012)
According to the regulation the objectives of agency shall direct, coordinate and support the registration of
vital events at national level and centrally organize
and keep records of vital events .
Powers and Duties of the Agency
 Ensure the proper registration of vital events and the
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issuance of certificate of registration,
Provide assistance to regional organs,
Conduct awareness creation education and training,
Conduct survey on quality and coverage of vital events
registration,
Facilitate the application of vital events registration to be
supported by IT,
Undertake the coordination of activities necessary for
timely transmission of collected and,
Forward policy ideas on vital events registration.
The Agency…..
 The Vital Events Registration Agency is accountable for
Ministry of Justice,
A vital Even council composed of federal and regional
government offices:
 Initiate Policy ideas,
 Review the country's vital events registration action plans,
 Review the performance reports of the agency,
 Review national wide implementation,
A Board of Management:
 Oversee the activities of the Agency,
 Review the annual work plan,
 Approve guide lines to be issued by the agency,
 Deliberate and decide on issues related with
implementation,
 Coordinate relevant organs,
 In both cases the ministry of justice is the chairperson
and the director General of the Agency is the secretary.
Regional States
 Ethiopia has Nine Regional states and two city
administrations
 Except two regions and one city administration, all
regional states and city administrations have enacted
the regulation of Vital Events Registration.
 Period of registration
Organizational Structure of civil
registration
Expected Data Flow Chart
Progress at Federal Level
The Agency:
 has developed National strategy and costed Action
Plan for seven Years, (2013-2020)
 has designed Business Process Engineering,
 Is hiring and placing workers,
 Is capacitating the human Power,
 Is providing support to the regions,
 Is carrying out Preparation works
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Progress at Regional states
According to their respective Regulation:
 Many of them assigned the director general,
 Have established Council of Vital Events and Board of
management,
 Have arranged organization structure up to wereda
(District) level,
 Are carrying out the hiring and placement of workers,
 Have allocated or are allocating budget,
Future Engagements
 Continuous support to the regions, and coordinating the
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Federal registering institutions,
preparation to start registration,
Lobbying the concerned officials to give prior attention,
Continuous training and awareness creation works.
Capacity building training for civil status officers,
Developing directives and implementing
manuals/guidelines,
Thank You!