Civil Registration System

Bolivia

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Bolivia Civil Registration System Coordination and Technology

Coordination and 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

The civil registration agency must submit statistical information collected during registration to the national statistics authority in order for the agency to compile and publish vital statistics. The law should therefore require and enable the regular and timely sharing of data needed for statistical purposes between the civil registration and statistics agency or agencies.
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UNGOLF para 482

Bolivia Legal Analysis

Analysis of the legal instruments available to the reviewer did not identify any provisions relevant to this question. 

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Computerization

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

The use of computers, tablets and other electronic devices should be permitted for the collection of data for vital events, and it should be permitted for these data to be transmitted between government agencies and officials with the use of mobile technology or the Internet. Some older laws block the use of technology by requiring manual forms or processes,. Laws should enable technology. However, laws be technology neutral and not specify the method and mode of collection, transmission and storage of data in any civil registration system, as this may prevent system upgrades overtime.
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UNGOLF para 566

Bolivia Legal Analysis

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.

The Supreme Decree No. 24247 of March 7, 1999, Articles 78 - 82 crreate sthe conditions to digitalize and centralize its civil registration system through the Servicio de Registro Cívico (SERECI). The SERECI 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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Supreme Decree No. 24247 of March 7, 1999 Articles 78-82

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 statistics, national identity system, medicolegal death investigation, and others?

No

Recommended Practice based on International Guidelines

To achieve coordination, cooperation, and 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.
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UNGOLF para 89

Bolivia Legal Analysis

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.
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