WHEREAS, the 2005-2010 Philippines Statistical Development Program (PSDP) was approved on September 19, 2006 through Proclamation No. 1140 to serve as a framework for the member-agencies of the Philippine Statistical System (PSS) in formulating their statistical programs and projects;

WHEREAS, the 2005-2010 PSDP envisions to provide excellent service and high quality statistical information for better use in policy analysis and decision-making to meet the changing needs of the stakeholders, data users and the international community for better development outcomes;

WHEREAS, the government is currently formulating guidelines for the review of agencies' CY 2010-2012 budgetary proposals for statistical operations;

WHEREAS, the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB), the Philippines' policy-making and coordinating body on statistical matters, reviews agencies' budgetary proposals for statistical operations;

WHEREAS, the above function is being implemented in CAR by the Regional Statistical Coordination Committee (RSCC) as the policy making and coordinating body on statistical matters in the region;

WHEREAS, to ensure integration of CAR's statistical concerns into the CY 2009 budgetary thrusts of the PSS, there is a need to identify the region's priority statistical budgetary items consistent with the 2005-2010 Philippine Statistical Development Program (PSDP);

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT

RESOLVED AS IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that the Regional Statistical Coordination Committee adopt the following priority thrusts of the CAR Statistical System:

• Strengthening of sectoral statistical frameworks at the subnational level;
• Development of innovative approaches to generate statistics at the provincial, city and municipal levels as collaborative efforts between the national and local governments (e.g. cost-sharing, integrated data collection efforts among different agencies/sectors);
• Promotion of intra-departmental statistical coordination, including that between central office and the local offices; and
• Use of researches and best practices from institutions and individuals in the local fronts.

RESOLVED FINALLY, to enjoin all regional offices and LGUs to incorporate the necessary requirements to achieve the above thrusts in their CY 2010-2012 budget proposals, and the regional offices to make representations with their Central offices for the inclusion of their proposals in the over-all agency budget.

APPROVED, this 31st day of March 2009 at Baguio City , Philippines.

CERTIFIED TRUE AND CORRECT:

BENJAMIN Y. NAVARRO
Regional Unit Head, NSCB RU-CAR
Secretary, RSCC-CAR

ATTESTED:

JUAN B. NGALOB
Regional Director, NEDA-CAR
Chairman, RSCC-CAR