UN and Sri Lanka Advance Digital Civil Registration with OneRegistry Initiative
The United Nations, in partnership with the Government of Sri Lanka, is advancing the OneRegistry reform initiative, a program aimed at modernizing the country’s civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) system. This initiative, which reached a significant milestone in 2026 with Cabinet approval, seeks to transform fragmented, paper-based processes for recording births, marriages, deaths, and legal identities into a modern, interconnected, digital system. The decision to approve OneRegistry followed an 18-month, government-led process involving numerous drafts and consultations. The program is a joint effort, financed by the UN Sri Lanka SDG Fund and implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the World Health Organization (WHO) under the leadership of the Resident Coordinator’s Office. This reform is also integrated into Sri Lanka's broader National Digital Economy Blueprint, recognizing interoperable civil registration as a key component of the country's Digital Public Infrast...