SIREC Digital Civil Registry
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Guinea-Bissau's paper civil registry — birth registration stuck near 46 percent — went digital, launched at Bissau's own 1st Civil Registry Office in January 2025.
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The strongest source is press reporting; no primary evaluation was located. It grades who did the looking — not how well the project went. All four grades →Part of 1001 Smart Cities — 1,167 documented projects · 🏙️ Bissau city profile · 🪪 Digital government guide · 🏛️ Governance projects
Guinea-Bissau launched its Integrated System of Citizen Registers and Statistics (SIREC) at Bissau's 1st Civil Registry Office in January 2025, replacing paper birth and identity books with digital registration. UNICEF and UNDP backed the rollout, aiming to lift a birth-registration rate stuck near 46 percent.
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1001 Smart Cities (2026). “SIREC Digital Civil Registry” — Bissau, Guinea-Bissau. The Smart City Atlas. https://1001smartcities.org/projects/bissau-biometric-registry/ (last verified 2026-08-02). Data: CC BY 4.0.
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