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Civil Registration System
Bolivia
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Bolivia
Civil Registration System
Coordination, Monitoring and Evaluation, Technology
Coordination, Monitoring and Evaluation, Technology
Data Sharing
Does the law require that the civil registration authority share data with the agency responsible for producing vital statistics, on a regular and timely basis?
No
Recommended Practice based on International Guidelines
Legislation on civil registration systems should provide a clear designation of the power and function of a civil registration system to provide reliable and timely information and data on vital events, to other government agencies, including the national statistics agency or agency responsbile for producing vital statistics.
Does the law block the use of technology, such as electronic collection, transmission and storage of data, within the civil registration system?
No
Recommended Practice based on International Guidelines
To accommodate emerging technology, legislation needs to be flexible with the method and mode of collection, transmission and storage of data in any civil registration system. For instance, the legislation should not specify the technology and media used in recording, storing, updating and transmitting the information in the civil registration system, or the technological format produced from the information recorded. While implementing regulations may specify procedures, the specific technology to be used should be determined internally by the agency or authority, to allow for changing technology over time.
No. Bolivian law does not prohibit the use of technology for the electronic collection, transmission, or storage of civil registration data, nor does it prescribe a specific technological format.
Although there are no explicit legal provisions authorizing online registration, Bolivia has digitalized and centralized its civil registration system through the Servicio de Registro Cívico (SERECI), which now operates a biometric system covering births, marriages, divorces, deaths, and nationality recognitions. The system aims to ensure the reliability, authenticity, and timeliness of registry data.
Bolivia has also introduced an electronic registration system for live births in hospitals, which automatically assigns a unique identification number used to obtain the official birth certificate and national ID. However, this process currently applies only to hospital births, not those in rural or home settings.
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Stakeholder coordination
Is there a national coordinating committee to address issues on the functioning of the civil registration system and its integration with other systems, such as the health sector, vital statisitcs, national identity system, medicolegal death investigation, and others?
No
Recommended Practice based on International Guidelines
To achieve interoperability amongst various government agencies that govern civil registration, vital statistics compilation and identity management, a stakeholder coordination mechanism should be established. This coordination mechanism can take the form of an inter-agency civil registration, vital statistics and identity management committee, with representatives from each of the stakeholder agencies. Alternatively, a stakeholder coordination mechanism can be a single government agency empowered to coordinate the activities of civil registration, vital statistics and identity management stakeholders and oblige stakeholders to collaborate with the coordinating entity.
No. Bolivia does not currently have a permanent national coordinating committee responsible for linking the civil registration system with other sectors such as health, vital statistics, national identity, or medicolegal death investigation. While there were initial efforts to create an inter-institutional committee between the Ministry of Health and the Civil Registry Service (SERECI), no official documentation or sustained activity was identified.
