WHEREAS, the region needs direction and guidance in its statistical activities in order to address regional/local issues as well as national government concerns;
WHEREAS, by virtue of Article I of NSCB Resolution No. 1, Series of 1992, the Regional Statistical Coordination Committee was created to provide direction and guidance to regional/local statistical development activities;
WHEREAS, by virtue of Article III of said NSCB resolution, the RSCC shall, among others, be responsible for instituting measures to strengthen the statistical capability in the regions by resolving problems and issues peculiar to the area within the context of national statistical policies and setting priority on the statistical activities thereby ensuring the timely production of useful and reliable data for regional/local development planning and decision-making;
WHEREAS, the necessary direction and guidance is translated into the 2005 RSCC-CAR Policy Agenda hereto attached and which forms part of this resolution;
WHEREAS, the corresponding measures for this direction and guidance are integral in said 2005 RSCC-CAR Policy Agenda;
NOW THEREFORE, on motion duly seconded, BE IT RESOLVED, as it is hereby resolved that the Committee approve and adopt the RSCC-CAR 2005 Policy Agenda;
RESOLVED FURTHER that copies of this resolution be forwarded to the concerned agencies for their information and appropriate action.
UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED, this 21st day of April 2005 in Baguio City, Philippines.
Attested:
BENJAMIN Y. NAVARRO
Regional Division Head, NSCB RD-CAR
Secretary, RSCC-CAR
Approved:
JUAN B. NGALOB
Regional Director, NEDA-CAR
Chairman, RSCC-CAR
Republic of the Philippines
REGIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION COMMITTEE
Cordillera Administrative Region
Baguio City
POLICY AGENDA FOR CY 2005
FIRST SEMESTER
- Monitoring of the implementation of RSCC-CAR Resolutions, series of 2004
- Dissemination of an Advance Release Calendar of Statistical Outputs/Data in CAR
- Creation of the Regional Technical Committee on Survey Design (RTCSD)
- Resolution of Statistical Issues
- Tourism Statistics
- Disaster Statistics
- Drafting of the Philippine Statistical Development Program (PSDP)/Regional Statistical Development Program (RSDP)
- Budgetary Thrusts of the CAR Statistical System, CY 2005
- Issuance of Resolutions
SECOND SEMESTER
- Monitoring of statistical activities of RSCC member agencies as well as other statistical agencies including the Local Government Units (LGUs)
- Adoption of the Regional Statistical Development Program (RSDP)
- Issuance of Resolutions