Building a National Identification System

Supporting the Ministry of Justice in Scanning and Digitizing the Civil Registry Books in Guinea-Bissau

Introduction

Main Objectives

The main objective of this project is to enable the Government of Guinea-Bissau (GoGB) to ensure that its citizens have access to identity documentation, allowing them to fully exercise their citizenship rights in Guinea-Bissau. Through this initiative, UNDP seeks to support the Government of Guinea Bissau in creating a robust identity documentation system, promoting inclusive citizenship and fostering social development in the country.
- Contributing to the right to identity
- Support the Government of Guinea-Bissau to enable its citizens to have access to identity.
- Improve the registration system, ensuring the progressive integration of various identification systems;
- Create more transparent and reliable data systems for the state and for the identification of its citizens.

 

Impact

- Support for setting up and equipping a digitization center
- Organization and recovery of civil registry books
- Development of a complete software/system for digitizing the civil registry, covering births, deaths, marriages and annotations, which will serve as the main platform for the digitization initiative throughout the country.
Funded by UNDP, with co-financing from the Swiss Confederation
Main partner/beneficiary: Ministry of Justice and Human Rights

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