Chad digitizes civil records to improve services
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In N'Djamena, Chad, the city government and the National Agency for Secure Titles (ANATS) signed an agreement and began a project to digitize civil records with support from the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF).
The agreement aims to make official documents easier to access, more secure, and more reliable.
ANATS director Youssouf Gorou Tchaby explained the modernization of civil records requires dedicated institutions, trained personnel, and suitable tools, and that ANATS will contribute to building a modern, reliable, and secure identification system. The OIF representative, Dr. Hans de Marie Heumgoup, stated the project aligns with the organization’s broader work in Chad, Central Africa, and fifteen Francophone countries regarding civil status and legal identity.
The OIF supports registering births immediately and seeks to create consistency between different efforts to guarantee everyone has legal identity and access to related rights and services. N'Djamena’s mayor, Senoussi Hassana Abdoulaye, noted the city’s civil registry previously faced challenges including a large volume of physical archives, risks of data loss, and difficulty for citizens accessing records. The project will digitize records, modernize processes, develop digital solutions, and train personnel.
The city also intends to renovate its town hall to improve the work environment and citizen services.
