(d) To provide targeted assistance to countries on mortality and cause-of-death statistics, in collaboration with WHO, the Bloomberg Philanthropies Data for Health Initiative and other partners; (e) To provide special support to post-conflict countries and those emerging from difficult situations; (f) To strengthen the Africa Programme secretariat so as to provide timely and relevant support to countries to improve their civil registration and vital statistics systems. VII. Strategic outcomes and enablers The three major strategic outcomes and a set of enablers were identified through consultations with stakeholders to face the challenges relating to improvement in civil registration and vital statistics in Africa and achieve the mission and vision. A. Strategic outcomes The outcomes should be achieved during the African civil registration and vital statistics decade spanning from 2017 to 2026 (long term). This strategic plan will cover the first half of the decade, that is, a period of five years, from 2017 to 2021 (medium term). At the end of the five years, a rigorous assessment of the implementation process will take place and the strategic outcomes revisited. This section presents the three strategic outcomes and their goal statements. Strategic outcome 1: Legal rights and privileges to individuals Goal statement. By 2021, all countries will have in place comprehensive civil registration laws aligned with international standards and the civil registration systems and services are effective, efficient, friendly and accessible to all in at least 40 African countries. Strategic outcome 2: Trusted statistics Goal statement. By 2021, the vital statistics system in at least 40 countries is efficient and innovative, underpinned by sound statistical methodologies. Strategic outcome 3: Improved governance in public administration services Goal statement. By 2021, other organs of State of at least 30 countries are benefitting from civil registration information and vital statistics, given that it informs planning, monitoring and decision-making. B. Strategic enablers A set of enablers of the achievement of the strategic outcomes were also identified, in line with the learning and growth perspective of the balanced scorecard approach. These enablers are information capital, human resources and organizational resources. Investment in these enablers is critical to achieving the three strategic outcomes. Goal statement. By 2021, a capable programme office is leading the Africa Programme, and stakeholders are collaborating and integrating their efforts towards a common goal by 15