Meeting participants at the Third meeting of the Regional Steering Group for CRVS in Asia and the Pacific 18-20 October, 2017
MEMBERS
ARMENIA
Ms Ani Mkhitaryan, Head of the Civil Status Acts Registration Agency, Ministry of Justice,
Yerevan
BANGLADESH
Mr Anir Chowdhury, Policy Adviser, Access to Information (a2i) Programme, Dhaka
BHUTAN
Mr Pandup Tshering, Director General of Medical Service, Ministry of Health, Thimphu
CAMBODIA
Ms Lina Hang, Director General, National Institute of Statistics, Phnom Penh
Mr Chinda Phan, Deputy Director Department of Social Statistics, National Institute of Statistics, Phnom Penh
FIJI
H.E. Ms. Rosy Sofia Akbar, Minister, Ministry for Health & Medical Services, Suva
Mr Iliesa Ravuci, National Health Information Officer, Ministry of Health & Medical Services,
Suva
INDIA
Mr Anil Sant, Additional Registrar General, Registrar General, Ministry of Home Affairs, New
Delhi
INDONESIA
Mr Maliki, Director of Population Planning and Social Protection, Ministry of National
Development Planning, Jakarta
Mr Hariyadi, Junior Planner, National Development Planning Agency, Directorate of Population Planning and Social Protection, Jakarta
KAZAKHSTAN
Ms Gulmira Karaulova, Head of Social and Demographic Statistics Department, Committee on
Statistics of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Astana
MALAYSIA
Ms Nazaria Binti Baharudin, Deputy Chief Statistician, Department of Statistics Malaysia,
Putrajaya
MONGOLIA
MsBadamsetsegBatjargal, Director of Administration Department, General Authority for
Intellectual Property and State Registration, Ulaanbaatar
MYANMAR
MsMyintMyintHtay, Staff Officer, Central Statistical Organization, Nay Pyi Taw
Ms San San Nu, Assistant Director, Central Statistical Organization, Nay Pyi Taw
PHILIPPINES
Ms Editha Orcilla, Assistant National Statistician, Philippine Statistics Authority, Manila
SOLOMON ISLANDS
Mr Roderick Kipili Kidoe, Registrar, Civil Registration/Solomon Islands Government, Ministry of Home Affairs, Honiara
THAILAND
MrVichianChidchanognarth, Director Bureau of Registration Administration, Bureau of
Registration Administration, Pathumthani, Thailand
Mr Boonchai Kijsanayotin MD., PhD., Health Informatics Expert, Thai Health Information
Standards Development Centre, Health System Research Institute, Ministry of Public Health,
Nonthaburi, Thailand
Ms Benjakarn Leelakittisin, Thai Health Information Standards Development Center (THIS),
Nonthaburi, Thailand
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Ms Olga Joos, Technical Advisor/Project Coordinator, CDC Foundation, Georgia
UZBEKISTAN
Mr Oybek Rustamov, Deputy Head of the Department on Demography and Labor Statistics,, State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Statistics, Tashkent
UNITED NATIONS SECRETARIAT
UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR ASIA AND THE
PACIFIC
MrHongjoo Hahm, Deputy Executive Secretary for Programmes, Bangkok
MrPredragSavic, Associate Social Affairs Officer, Bangkok
UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR AFRICA
Mr Kassahun Asres Admassu, Statistician, Addis Ababa
UNITED NATIONS BODIES
UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN’S FUND
Ms Kendra Gregson, Regional Adviser, Child Protection, UNICEF, Kathmandu
Mr Stephen Blight, Regional Adviser, Child Protection, UNICEF, Bangkok
Mr Remy Mwamba, Statistics and Monitoring Specialist, UNICEF, New Jersey
Ms Lori Thorell, Regional ICT Specialist for HIV and System Strengthening, UNICEF, Bangkok
Ms Kristen Wenz, Child Protection Specialist (Birth Registration) Child Protection, Programme Division, UNICEF,
UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES
Ms Sophie Jambazishvili-Yucer, Regional Protection Officer (Statelessness), Almaty
Ms Johanna Roldan, Associate Protection Officer (Statelessness), Bangkok
Ms Nadia Husam Al-Jasem, Monitoring Assistant, Statelessness, UNHCR, Bangkok
Ms Bongkot Napaumporn, Protection Associate, Bangkok
MrChatchaiAerprasertwong, Data Management Assistant, Statelessness, UNHCR, Bangkok
UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND
Mr Christophe Lefranc, Technical Adviser, Population and Development (Data and Census),
UNFPA, Bangkok
UNITED NATIONS STATISTICS DIVISION
Mr Srdjan Mrkic, Chief, Demographic Statistics Section, New York
SPECIALIZED AGENCIES
WORLD BANK
Ms Vyjayanti Desai, Program Manager, Identification for Development, Washington DC
Mr Samuel Mills, Senior Health Specialist, Washington DC
Mr Jonathan Daniel Marskell, Operations Officer (Identification for Development),Washington DC
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
Mr Jun Gao, Coordinator, Health Intelligent and Innovation, WHO, Manila
Dr Azza Mohamed Badr, Technical Officer- Vital Statistics and Country Support, WHO, Cairo
Mr Rakesh Mani Rastogi, Technical officer, WHO, New Delhi
INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION
THE PACIFIC COMMUNITY
Ms Karen Carter, CRVS Specialist, Statistics for Development
Division, SPC, Noumea
OTHER ENTITIES
AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
Dr Chalapati Rao, Associate Professor, Canberra
BLOOMBERG DATA FOR HEALTH INITIATIVE
Mr Martin Bratschi, Deputy Director, Technical Implementation, Singapore
Ms Carla Abouzahr, Senior Technical Adviser, Geneva
PLAN INTERNATIONAL
Mr Edward Duffus-Butler, Head of Birth Registration and Innovation,
MrRasha Sekulovic, Regional Head of Child Protection, Bangkok
Ms Annina Wersun, Digital Birth Registration Manager,
Ms Sophie Shugg, Senior Child Rights & Protection Advisor, Victoria
Mr Zahid Hussain Jalbani, Project Manager, Islamabad
STATISTICS NORWAY
Ms Vibeke Oestreich Nielsen, Senior Adviser, Oslo
THE BALI PROCESS ON PEOPLE SMUGGLING, TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS AND
RELATED TRANSNATIONAL CRIME
Ms Fleur Gervais, Project Manager, Regional Support Office, Bangkok
MrKyrilSukklin, Research Officer, Bangkok
WORLD VISION
MrAbid Gulzar, Regional Advocacy and Justice for Children Director, Phnom Penh
SECRETARIAT
Mr Yanhong Zhang OIC, Statistics Division (SD)
Ms Rikke Munk Hansen Chief of Economic and Environment Statistics Section
Mr Arman Bidarbakht Nia Statistician, Population and Social Statistics Section (PSS), SD
Ms Tanja Sejersen Statistician, PSS, SD
Mr Matthew Perkins Statistician
Mr Hong Pum Chung Associate Statistician, PSS, SD
ESCAP REGIONAL INSTITUTIONS
STATISTICAL INSTITUTE FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
MrMakato Shimizu Deputy Director, SIAP, Chiba, Japan
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