WHEREAS, accounting for the environment and natural resources of the region are necessary in planning and policy formulation, i.e. for climate change mitigation and adaptation, for monitoring of programs, projects, and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and for provision of data support to other cross-cutting environmental issues;
WHEREAS, the United Nations (UN) System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA) 2012 Central Framework, was selected as an international standard for environmental-economic accounting by the UN Statistical Commission at its 43rd Session in 2012;
WHEREAS, SEEA 2012 Central Framework is a multipurpose framework that describes the interaction between the economy and the environment, and the stocks and changes in stocks of environmental assets;
WHEREAS, the Regional Statistical Services Office CAR had taken initiative to institutionalize the SEEA 2012 Central Framework in the region through the Environment and Natural Resource Accounting (ENRA) Project;
WHEREAS, the ENRA Project have produced four accounts namely, Asset Accounts for Land: 1999-2018, Asset Accounts for Timber Resources: 1999-2018, Asset Accounts for Mineral Resources: 2004-2016, and Physical Asset and Flow Accounts for Water Resources: 2008-2018;
WHEREAS, this 2022, the ENRA Project is geared towards the compilation of Energy Flow Accounts and Solid Waste Accounts of the Cordillera Administrative Region;
WHEREAS, a task force shall be created to ensure data support from source agencies and facilitate the compilation of energy flow and solid waste accounts;
NOW, THEREFORE, on motion duly seconded, BE IT:
RESOLVED, AS IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that the Regional Statistics Committee (RSC) – CAR duly convened approves the creation of the Regional Task Force on Energy Flow and Solid Waste Accounts of the Cordillera Administrative Region and be composed of two subteams, namely: 1) Energy Flow Accounts Team and 2) Solid Waste Accounts Team; of which are composed of the following:
Chair : Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)
Co-chair : Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)
Energy Flow Accounts Team:
Team Leader : Department of Energy (DOE)
Members : National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP)
Benguet Electric Cooperative (BENECO)
National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) - CAR
Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) - Baguio City Economic Zone
Solid Waste Accounts Team:
Team Leader : Environmental Management Bureau (EMB)
Members : General Services Office (GSO) – City of Baguio
National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) - CAR
Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) - Baguio City Economic Zone
RESOLVED FURTHER, the task force may invite other agencies/institutions to sit as members of the task force depending on the needs and that PSA-RSSO CAR shall serve as the task force secretariat;
RESOLVED FURTHERMORE, that the task force shall undertake the following functions: (1) facilitate in the gathering and/or provision of data needed for the compilation of energy flow and solid waste accounts; (2) assist in preparing the accounts matrices for energy flow and solid waste of CAR following the SEEA 2012 Central Framework; (3) attend task force meetings and compilation workshops; and (4) provide inputs in the preparation of project reports and publications;
RESOLVED FINALLY, that copies of this Resolution be forwarded to concerned agencies for their information and/or appropriate action.
APPROVED this 12th day of July 2022 in Baguio City, Philippines.
Certified True and Correct:
ALDRIN FEDERICO R. BAHIT, JR.
RSC-CAR Head of Secretariat
(Chief Statistical Specialist, Statistical Operations and Coordination Division, PSA-CAR)
Attested:
VILLAFE P. ALIBUYOG
RSC-CAR Vice-Chair
(Regional Director, PSA-CAR)
Approved:
SUSAN A. SUMBELING
RSC-CAR Chairperson
(Regional Director, NEDA-CAR)
