PRESENTATION
Created by the law n° 2020-009 of 10 September 2020 on biometric identification of natural persons in Togo, as amended by the law n°2022-010 of 10 September 2020, ANID is the competent national authority in the field of biometrics.
Under the authority of the Presidency of the Republic, ANID is under the technical supervision of the Ministry responsible for the digital economy and the Ministry responsible for security.
NAWI maintains the Central National Biometric Identification Database and the Social Register of Individuals and Households.
ANID missions
In accordance with current legislation, ANID is responsible for the registration and authentication of individuals. It is responsible for organizing the processing, management, protection and security of data relating to the identification of individuals.
Strengthening the legal and institutional framework
- Specify by regulatory means the demographic and biometric information required for registration, as well as the processes for collecting and verifying this information;
- to specify, by means of regulations, the conditions and procedures for the designation and revocation of registration bodies;
- Implement data management processes, security protocols and other technological protection measures under existing legislation;
- Provide a response to requests for authentication from requesting entities in accordance with the law;
- disable or delete demographic and biometric data in the cases provided for by the regulations;
- Develop procedures for registration agencies and other service providers;
Implementation of the fID system that is reliable and inclusive
- Collect demographic and biometric data from any natural person assigned a unique identification number (UAN);
- Generate and assign NIUs to individuals;
- maintain and manage the central database;
- Maintain and update data on individuals in the central database;
- specify how NIUs are used to provide or use various types of grants, benefits, services and other purposes for which NIUs may be used;
- Raising awareness on the registration of individuals;
- Collaborate with other institutions to achieve its purpose;
- Conduct audits of the central database;
Implementation of the social register of persons and households
- Collect socio-economic data on individuals and households;
- ensure the storage, processing and security of the data collected;
- Collaborate with the relevant authorities for the purposes of transmission, verification and updating of data contained in the Social Register of Persons and Households (RSPM) and in the administrations’ databases;
- Extract, at the request of the authorities responsible for an aid programme, a list of potential beneficiaries meeting a set of pre-defined criteria;
- ensure the interconnection between the RSPM and the various databases of existing or future administrations;
- Ensure continuous updating of the data collected.