WHEREAS,  the Philippine Statistical System aims to rationalize and promote efficiency and effectiveness in the delivery of statistical services, promote the development of statistical system capable of providing timely, accurate and useful data for government and the public, through the establishment of the statistical infrastructure necessary to facilitate statistical needs of local development planning;

WHEREAS, the PSA Board Resolution No. 05 series of 2015established the Regional Statistics Comittees (RSCs) to provide direction and guidance on statistical matters and institute coordinative mechanisms at the regional and local levels;

WHEREAS , there is a need to establish the Provincial/City Statistics Commitees (P/CSCs) for a well-coordinated statistical system at the sub-regional/provincial and city levels as coordinator in improving the statistical system that is responsive to development planning and monitoring;

WHEREAS, the P/CSCs will replicate the functions of the Regional Statistics Committee at the provincial/city levels and shall serve as clearing house for all statistics generated in the province and cities;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AS IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that Provincial/City Statistics Committees be established in CAR with the following compostion and functions:

Section1. Composition

Chairperson: Provincial/City Planning and Development Coordinator

Vice Chair: PSA Provincial Statistics Officer

Members:

1. Provincial/City Agriculturist

2. Provincial/City Budget Officer

3. Provincial/Environment and Natural Resources Officer - DENR

4. Provincial/City Environment and Natural Resource Officer - LGU

5. Provincial/City Director - DILG

6. Provincial/City Health Officer

7.Division Superintendent of Schools - DepEd

8. District Engineer - DPWH

9. Provincial/ City Engineer

10. Provincial/City Public Employment Serices Officer - DOLE

11. Provincial City Social Welfare and Development Officer

12. Provincial/City Tourism Officer

13. Provincial/City Diretor/Development Managment Officer - NCIP

14. Provincial/City Director - DTI

15. Private Sector Representative

16. SUC Representative

17. City Environment and Parks Managment Officer

Secretariat: PSA Provincial Statistics Office Staff

The P/CSC may modify its composition to provide flexibility in its operation. Depending on the problem areas and issues to be resolved, other agencies may be invited to attend P/CSC meetings as Resource Persons.

Section 2. Powers and Functions

1. Oversee the implementation of policy decisions made by the RSC-CAR and adoption of prescribed statistical standard methodologies and classifications system in the provinces/cities;

2.  Formulate statistical policies designed to resolve local statistical issues and recommended  workable schemes towards the improvement of provincial/city level statistics;

3. Institute measures to strengthen the statistical capability of the local statistical system including the personnel thereof;

4. Elevate to the RSC-CAR, statistical matters which cannot be resolved at the provincial/city levels;

5. Create inter-agency/office statistical owrking groups, as the need arises, which would attend to technical issues and problems and supervice the activities of these working groups;

6. Meet at least once a quarter at such date, time and place it may decide; and

7. Submit periodic reports to the RSC-CAR through its Secretariat, the PSA-CAR.

RESOLVED FURTHER, that this Resolution be forwarded to the different Provincial/City Development Councils, through the Provincial governors/City Mayors, for concurence; 

RESOLVED FINALLY, that members of the Regional Statistics Committee with provincial/City offices shal encourage their province/city counterparts to support and actively participate in the organization and operation of the P/CSCs.

APPROVED,  this 27th day of February 2017 at Baguio City.

Certified True and Correct:                            

(SGD.)  ALDRIN FEDERICO R. BAHIT JR.
RSC-CAR Secretariat Head        
(OIC, SOCD-Chief, PSA-CAR)       

Attested:

(SGD.) VILLAFE P. ALIBUYOG
                                     RSC-CAR Vice-Chair
                          (Regional Director, PSA-CAR)

   Approved:                                                      

(SGD.)  MILAGROS A. RIMANDO, CESO II
RSC-CAR Chairperson             
(Regional Director, NEDA-CAR)