Abstract
The World Bank Group (WBG), in partnership with the Global Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) Group, the Korea Ministry of Economy and Finance, and the WBG Open Learning Campus, launched the first comprehensive CRVS eLearning course in May 2017. The development of this course demonstrates the commitment and collaboration of development partners and governments working closely together in building the capacity of national institutions to improve CRVS systems in low- and middle-income countries. As of December 2018, over 2300 learners from 137 countries have enrolled in the course. This paper discusses how the course has been developed, disseminated, and evaluated thus far. It also presents the challenges faced and how the course has improved based on feedback from course participants.
Highlights
The World Bank Group (WBG), in partnership with the Global Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) Group, the Korea Ministry of Economy and Finance, and the WBG Open Learning Campus, launched the first comprehensive CRVS eLearning course in May 2017
Developing the CRVS eLearning course One of the constraints identified in the Global Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) Scaling Up Investment Plan 2015–2024 [1] is limited technical capacity within national institutions in low- and middleincome countries for improving CRVS systems
The WBG worked closely with international technical experts from various institutions to develop draft modules of the course
Summary
A large number of people from several countries are taking this course and improving their ability to translate what they learn into stronger CRVS systems in their. As these participants have commented after taking the course, this course has enabled them to build their own capacities to apply the course principals in their own work and to further train others in the knowledge and skills gained. There have been challenges in the course, refinements are continually being made to the course to strengthen both content and delivery especially taking course participants’ feedback into account. Those who developed the course continue to make efforts to improve its content and delivery as well as increase its availability, in order to contribute to strengthening the capacity of CRVS systems globally. The course content is continuously updated, and the organizers of the course seek and welcome more CRVS experts to serve as instructors of the course to virtually facilitate fruitful dialogues and knowledge sharing among the course learners and practitioners
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