About Us
We are pleased to announce the Rebranding of the Civil Registration and Identity Management Department following the passing of the Civil Registration and Identity Management Act. Though we are leaving behind Civil Status as you see in the color of our Logo, we will not forget that the Blue Registration Books and the data inside them created the foundation of our Civil Registry. You may also notice in our logo the fingerprint starts with two pig tusks symbolising wealth and the uniqueness of identities. In addition, we have incorporated the Namele leaf as the traditional way to count and register the number of people on some of our islands.
The practice of Registration of vital events has been around before our independence but as we are taking CRIM to the future.
Our
Commitment
To accomplish Sustainable Development Goal 16.9, CRIM started the process of renewal of the legal, technical, and organizational conditions to establish a functional civil registration and identity management system in Vanuatu. In 2021, Parliament approved the Civil Registration and Identity Management (CRIM) Act (28/2021) and the Vanuatu National Identity (VNI) Act (27/2021). The legislative framework was further defined by the VNI Regulation (91/2022) and the CRIM Regulation (114/2022). This was done to increase the focus on issues related to Civil Registration and the establishment of data accuracy for all citizens and other residents in Vanuatu ensuring one record per identity.
Strategic Objectives
Civil registration, as part of the public administration, needs to establish a connection between the CRIM Department objectives, the Ministry of Internal Affair planning, and the national strategies of the Government of Vanuatu. For the medium term, the CRIM Department has three strategic objectives:
To improve service delivery
To optimize civil registration services
To improve data quality through increased use of digitized CRIM system
Data quality and interoperability are important objectives for civil registration. The quality of data is guaranteed through the implementation of an electronic CRIM system and digitization of data.
To establish an effective Civil Registration Organisation
Effective and professional operating organization procedures in place that guarantee pro-effective and effective management. Related to the two above-mentioned objectives, civil registration needs to place extra emphasis on the use of ICT and the coherent design and implementation of procedures and service delivery processes.
