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STS579 Nazaria Baharudin et al.

Civil registration and identity for all, a pathway
to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s):

Malaysia’s perspective
Nazaria Baharudin, Mohamad Shukor Mat Lazim, Suzira Daud
Department of Statistics Malaysia

Abstract
Malaysia has adopted the resolutions proposed in the Ministerial Conference
in a Ministerial Declaration to ‘Get Everyone in The Picture’ and Regional
Action Framework (RAF) for the Decade in 2014. In 2015, Malaysia stated
its commitment together with 193 countries to implement the 2030 Agenda
during the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). SDGs are a universal
call for action to end poverty, promote inclusiveness and well-being of the
people, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and
prosperity with the objective of leaving no one behind. A well-functioning Civil
Registration and Vital Statistics system (CRVS) plays an importance role,
directly and indirectly in monitoring and achieving SDG Goals, Targets and
Indicators. In the context of Malaysia, the fundamental principles behind CRVS
are in line with the SDGs, including the objective to support good governance
and to promote inclusion in the country. This aspiration is integrated in the
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11 Malaysia Plan and the 2030 Agenda of SDGs has been aligned with the
strategies and initiatives of the mid-term review of the 11 Malaysia Plan.
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Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) is the focal point for the
compilation and coordination of CRVS and SDGs Indicators for Malaysia. Thus,
the aims of this study is to highlight the role of DOSM in realizing the vision
of the Decade in terms of improvement in CRVS systems, issues and challenges
in coordination and compilation of vital statistics towards monitoring the
SDGs.
Recent monitoring and assessment exercises on CRVS and SDGs indicators for
Malaysia revealed that 70 indicators relate to each other. There are about 56
per cent of the indicators are available, 23 per cent of indicators are partially
available, 15 per cent are partially available & need further development, 9 per
cent are not available and two per cent are not relevant. Active engagements
with related agencies will be undertaken continuously at national, regional as
well as state level in order to provide evidence-based statistics for SDGs
monitoring.
Thus, the continuous improvements in vital statistics and strengthening the
development of SDGs indicators require major investments in financing,
capacity building, capacity gaps, data limitation and coordination to ensure
better decision making and better target in SDGs measurement and
achievement.

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