Rabat – Morocco was elected vice-president of the 6th Conference of African Ministers Responsible for Civil Registration in Ethiopia on Monday.
The conference will be held until October 28 in Addis Ababa, and aims to explore progress achieved in developing civil registration and civil status statistics over the past decade, according to its official website.
It will also share innovative practices, strategies, and policy directives for the development of CRVS systems in Africa.
The head of service of the high commission of the civil status of the Ministry of Interior Mohamed Sabouni attended the conference and indicated to Morocco’s Press Agency (MAP) that the choice of the country for the vice-presidency reflects the country’s progress in terms of civil status.
Sabouni said that Morocco’s Ministry of Interior has launched a national program to modernize and digitize civil status records, seeking to improve the services provided to the citizens, as well as to set up a national database of civil status.
The program aims to strengthen the abilities of administrations and public institutions, and to encourage the creation of a national registry of civil status as a mechanism of planning and public policies, he added.
According to Sabouni, the program includes several projects, namely the digitization of birth certificates for the storage of more than 55 million birth records since 1915.
In January, the Minister Delegate to the Head of Government in charge of Digital Transition and Administration Reform Ghita Mezzour highlighted Morocco’s efforts towards the digitalization of public administration.
These efforts particularly concerned the expansion of the country’s internet network. Thanks to the 2018-2023 national strategy to connect rural areas, more than 7,000 targeted zones have benefited from the initiative.
