HERA

Civil Registration & Vital Statistics Solution

It is important to realize that having an identity unlocks a wide range of services. However, around 1 billion people live and die unregistered. For this reason, we developed WCC HERA, making it fast and easy to register vital events such as birth, death, and marriage. HERA offers dashboards & data analytics that enable governments to optimize planning, processes, and also decision-making.

CRVS – a vital stepping stone towards legal identity

The first thing to remember is that Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) systems have a critical relationship to legal identity, economic development, and public health. The importance of CRVS is moreover attested by the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 16.9.

“By 2030, provide legal identity for all, including free birth registration.”

Civil Registration is specifically the universal, continuous, permanent, and compulsory recording of vital events. These include births, death, partnerships, as well as separations. Furthermore, by successfully registering this information, governments and international agencies gain vital statistics on population dynamics, health, and inequities. And as a result, use these insights to improve economic growth and the well-being of citizens.

Birth registration is if course an essential step towards the creation of an effective CRVS system. Birth registration should therefore be easy, fast, and universal. However, at present, the worldwide availability of CRVS systems is severely limited:

• The births of a quarter of children under the age of 5 have never been officially recorded.
• About one-fifth of the world’s population lives and also dies without a legal identity.
• Worldwide, two-thirds of deaths are never registered.

CRVS – a vital stepping stone towards legal identity

The first thing to remember is that Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) systems have a critical relationship to legal identity, economic development, and public health. The importance of CRVS is moreover attested by the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 16.9.

“By 2030, provide legal identity for all, including free birth registration.”

Civil Registration is specifically the universal, continuous, permanent, and compulsory recording of vital events. These include births, death, partnerships, as well as separations.

Birth registration is if course an essential step towards the creation of an effective CRVS system. Birth registration should therefore be easy, fast, and universal. However, at present, the worldwide availability of CRVS systems is severely limited:

• The births of a quarter of children under the age of 5 have never been officially recorded.
• About one-fifth of the world’s population lives and also dies without a legal identity.
• Worldwide, two-thirds of deaths are never registered.

HERA – a unique, scalable solution

Until now, there has not been a single effective software solution for birth registration. However, governments urgently require a CRVS solution that is flexible and cost-effective. Equally important, it should be easy to implement and maintain. To this end. WCC proudly offers HERA. In brief, an innovative, flexible, ready-to-use CRVS solution that makes birth registration effortless.

HERA makes the civil registration of vital life events secure, fast, and effortless…

Reasons to choose HERA

HERA makes the civil registration of vital life events secure, fast, and effortless…

• Much lower cost than tailor-made solution
  Tailor-made or open source solutions may initially seem to be an option. However, implementation will almost certainly be time-consuming. Moreover, custom software will be expensive to maintain. Over time, you will need to make changes to keep the system secure as vulnerabilities are detected. Making changes will then entail hiring developers, or you will need to keep a team on the payroll. Open source solutions can also be a problem. In this case, you’ll be reliant on patches from the open-source community. And you will still need local technical staff to assist with upgrades.
• Easy to implement and operate
  Our HERA solution can be deployed quickly, using one of our cloud instances. On-premise installation is also possible and requires days rather than weeks.
• Best-practice configuration
  HERA respects international best practices, and is also in line with international standards as defined by the United Nations. Simply because WCC has many years of experience with multi-cultural identity management. And our outstanding ease-of-configuration means that you can quickly introduce your own country-specific requirements.
• Best-practice integration and open APIs
  ERA seamlessly integrates with other systems like Population Registries, Biometric Systems, or Functional Registers (such as voter rolls, national ID systems, residency systems). In addition, it supports the OSIA (Open Standards Identity API) Initiative for civil identity systems as recommended by the Secure Identity Alliance.
• Access to new releases and 24/7 support
  HERA is supported and maintained by WCC, and as such, a product roadmap is available describing the new features in future releases. What’s more, WCC’s support department is open 24 hours per day, seven days per week to support its customers.
• Available in your language right now
  Please reach out to WCC should you wish to have access to a pilot system for your country in your language.

HERA – birth registration

To begin with, the first module we have made available is HERA Birth Registration. For citizens, birth registration is the first step in securing legal identity and nationality. In addition, it gives them access to fundamental human rights such as education, healthcare, and social protection. A birth certificate likewise provides the documentary evidence needed for such life events as graduating, voting, inheriting, and obtaining a passport.

HERA actively involves health workers as well as parents, easing them through the birth registration process.

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• HERA is the world’s first CRVS solution that is fully compliant with UN SDG 16.9 (“United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 16.9”).
• HERA establishes a framework for legal identity. Generic functional ID systems (e.g., voter or taxpayer registration) on the other hand fail to resolve legal identity issues.
• Registrars using HERA dashboards, heatmaps, as well as data analytics gain insights for optimizing processes and improved decision-making.
• Governments using HERA also gain insights for better infrastructure planning decisions.
• HERA supports a range of devices, including low-tech options. It is therefore is easy to implement and use anywhere, from modern well-equipped hospitals to remote rural situations.

Registration must be effortless & accessible, so HERA is easy to use anywhere on a range of devices

• Feature phone | smartphone | tablet | laptop | desktop
• No internet connection? No problem!
• Interactive notifications
• Storage of proof
• Issuance of UIN and copy of birth certificate
• Other vital events (death, marriage, divorce) can be registered similarly

HERA is delivered ready to use, pre-configured to meet international best practices and country-specific requirements