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Table D.10 – Peru Case Study

PERU – Registro Nacional de Identificacion y Estado Civil (RENIEC)
INTRODUCTION/BACKGROUND: The Registro Nacional de Identificacion y Estado Civil (RENIEC) was first established in 1993, but
renewed its mission to provide documentation to the citizens of Peru in 2001 following the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
1 In 2007, an IDB survey concluded that Peruvians have more faith in the RENIEC and the national civil registry than in the Catholic
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Church, and by 2012, 89 percent of the population was registered in the national database. The physical credential distributed
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by RENIEC, the Documento Nacional de Identidad (DNI) or Documento Nacional de Identidad Electronico (DNIe), is linked to many
function uses, but primarily as a means of identification (KYC).
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BASIC NATIONAL IDENTITY PROGRAM INFORMATION
Institution(s) Managing the Program: Registro Nacional de Identificacion y Estado Civil (RENIEC) 6

Funding Source: The government partially funds RENIEC. Remaining funding is self-generated reve-
nue from fees associated with the national identity documents and renewals. 7
Budget for Program Operation: Not specified

Target Population: All citizens 8
Target Age: Citizens are registered at birth. Renewal occurs every eight years, and a new
Documento Nacional de Identidad (DNI) or Documento Nacional de Identidad Elec-
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tronico (DNIe) is issued at age 18.
Year Introduced: RENIEC was established in 1993, and a new national plan for the restitution of
identities was created in 2001. 10

Program Currently Active: Yes 11
Are Changes to the Program Planned or Not specified
Anticipated:
NATIONAL IDENTITY PROGRAM METHODOLOGY

Mandatory Enrollment: Yes 12 Method of Enrollment / Itinerant registration is done
Initial Capture: manually. There is no evi-
dence for other methods of
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enrollment.
Physical Creden- Yes – Documento Nacional de Electronic Component Yes – The DNIe has a
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tial Involved in Identidad (DNI) or Documento Involved in Physical cryptographic chip, two dig-
Authentication: Nacional de Identidad Electronico Credential: ital certificates, and a digital
(DNIe) 15 signature. 16
Personal Informa- Name, gender, and a unique iden- Photo of Individual on Not specified
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tion Involved in tification number 18 Physical Credential:
Authentication:
Biometric Infor- Fingerprints 19
mation Involved in
Authentication:
PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION

Level of Coverage: 89% in 2012 20

Challenges with enrollment or use of the Yes – undocumented and/or poor citizens have difficulty affording the prerequisite
program by the poor: birth certificate, the registration fee, or the associated fess such as travel costs to
registration center. 21

% of the enrolled who are poor: Not specified

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