Summary: Aims are to (1) analyse the issues related to
loss and recovery of identity and property
records + consequences (2) share experiences
of other countries on how to recover records,
re-establish registers, registry functions, and
legal assistance (3) draft country action plans
to recover the lost records and establish
systems that would allow safekeeping and
recovery after disasters.
28 March
8:30 - Welcome and Introductions - Facilitator, Plan Cambodia, Cambodia
Minister of Interior
9:00 - Overview of the meeting - Plan ARO
9:15 - Country reports on the issues and actions taken related to the loss
of records. 20 minutes per country (15 minutes presentation and 10
minutes Qs& As) - Indonesia, India, Thailand, Sri Lanka
10:45 - Coffee/Tea break
11:00 - Group work (3 groups): Identify critical issues to be addressed -
Facilitator
12:30 - Lunch
1:30 - Presentation of group outputs and discussion. 20 minutes per group
(10 minutes presentation and 10 minutes Qs &As) - Facilitator
2:30 - Sharing of experiences from other countries: 40 minutes per country
(30 minutes presentation and 10 minutes Qs & As) - Facilitator
Cambodia: National Mobile registration - Cambodia Minister of Interior
3:20 - Coffee Break
3:45 - Philippines: measures and system for records safe-keeping and
recovery, computerization of birth or civil registration data - Civil Registrar
General, Philippines
4:30 - Wrap up for day one - Facilitator
29 March
8:30 - Group work: approaches and strategies to address the critical
issues related to loss documents especially during disasters identified in
day one - Facilitator
10:00 - Coffee/Tea Break
10:15 - Presentation of outputs and discussions - Facilitator
11:00 - Summary of approaches and strategies and discussion of any legal
reform implications - Facilitator
11:30 - Prepare action plan by country to undertake short-term and long –
term solutions (Indonesia, India, Thailand, Sri Lanka) - Country participants
and Resource persons: Cambodia, Philippines UNICEF, ADB, Plan
12:00 - Lunch
1:00 - Continue country action planning - Facilitator
2:00 - Presentation of country action plans. 15 minutes per country: 10
minutes presentation and 5 minutes Qs&As - Facilitator
3:00 - Coffee / Tea
3:20 - Statements from UNICEF, ADB, Plan IH. 10 minutes each - Facilitator:
UNICEF, ADB, Plan IH
4:00 - Synthesis of the two –day meeting and closing - Facilitator and Plan
ARO