The Digital Convergence Initiative of USP2030 has sought the endorsement by USP2030 members and partners of certain technical standards for linking various national databases to management information systems for social protection (SP-MIS). USP2030 has endorsed the linking of civil registration and vital statistics databases (CRVS) with SP-MIS. USP2030 has also endorsed linking integrated beneficiary registries (IBR), which consolidates data on the benefits received by programme beneficiaries across several programmes, with SP-MIS. USP2030 endorsement was also sought for linking social registries to SP-MIS.
The Global Coalition for Social Protection Floors (GCSPF) does not endorse these standards, as they fail to meet numerous criteria, including – but not limited to – respect for human rights, universality of social protection, and failure to strengthen national systems of civil registration and vital statistics.
On the basis of available evidence, the GCSPF furthermore holds that governments and multilateral agencies should reconsider their position on the creation, promotion and use of social registries for delivering social protection benefits.
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