FOR DISCUSSION / APPROVAL

• Budgetary Thrusts and Guidelines of the PSS for CY 2009 (NSCB)
• Framework for Counting Overseas Filipinos (IACLIPS)
• Need to enhance information sharing among government agencies (BSP)
• Need for reliable and accessible data on the financial position of the private sector (BSP)
• 2007 Revised Philippine Standard Classification of Education (TCSSC)
• Definition and classification of health and wellness tourism (IACTrS)
• Reconstitution of IACs/TCs/TFs (NSCB)
• Concepts and Definitions for Statistical Purposes for ICT Statistics
• Producer Price Index (PPI) on Manufacturing (re-based from 1994 to 2000 and market basket updated) (NSCB)

FOR INFORMATION

• Major Accomplishments and Future Directions of TCs/IACs/TFs (NSCB)
• SDDS Monitoring Report (NSCB)
• City/Municipal Population Projections (TCPHS)

FOR DISCUSSION / APPROVAL

• CY 2009 budget for statistical activities (NSCB)
• Methodology for estimating annual employment and unemployment statistics (IACLIPS)
• Provincial HDI estimation methodology (NSCB)
• Consumer Price Index (CPI) for Bottom 30% Income Households (TCPS)
• Need to correct data on undervaluation of imports (BSP)
• Development of a real estate property index for the Philippines (BSP)
• Official concepts and definitions: 
  • Population statistics (batch 2) (TCPHS)
  • Nutrition statistics (batch 2) (IACHNS)
• Creation of the Inter-agency Committee on Energy Statistics (NSCB)

FOR INFORMATION

• Methodology on the compilation of realized investments and initial estimates
• Generation of Statistics on informal sector/informal employment (IACLIPS)
• Updates on estimates of Mineral Accounts (IACENRS)
• Results of the 2005 Benchmark Survey on IT-Enabled Services (BSP)
• Inventory of available environment statistics in government (IACENRS)
• Updates on estimates of the Philippine Tourism Satellite Accounts (PTSA), 2000 - 2006, supply side (IACTS)
• Report of the SCR/PSS
• 2010 Census of Population and Housing

FOR DISCUSSION / APPROVAL

• Modifications on the conduct of selected designated statistical activities:  schedule of release (NSCB)
• Improvement in the system of generating education statistics (IACES)
• Institutionalization of the conduct of Survey of IT-enabled Services

FOR INFORMATION

• Methodology on the compilation of the Philippine Research and Development Satellite Accounts (PRDSA) and initial estimates (IACSTS)
• Updates on estimates of the Philippine Tourism Satellite Accounts, 2000 - 2006, demand side (IACTS)
• Status Report on the 19th NSM (NSCB)
• Results of the 2006 Survey of IT-enabled Services (BSP)
• Updates on the Development of the Methodology on Estimating the Contribution of the ICT Sector of the Economy

FOR DISCUSSION / APPROVAL

• Policy Agenda for CY 2009 (NSCB)
• Modifications on the conduct of selected designated statistical activities:  identified key indicators (NSCB)
• Harmonized system for health statistics (IACHNS)
• Methodology on generating mortality estimates (TCPHS)
• Methodology for the revision of 2006 import figures
• Informal Sector Employment:  methodology and estimates (IACLIPS)
• Operational definition and methodology on the compilation of wholesale and retail trade index (IACTrS)
• Use of geometric mean in the compilation of the CPI (TCPS)

FOR INFORMATION

• Updates on estimates of Total Factor Productivity (TFP)
• Status Report on the Philippine Labor Index (PLI) Review (BLES)
• Consumer Finance Survey (BSP)
• Adoption of Philippine Standard Industrial Classification (TCSSC)

FOR DISCUSSION / APPROVAL

• Consistency of data on SMEs (DTI)
• On quantifying women’s contribution to GDP as home workers (LCP)

FOR INFORMATION

• Presentation of the 2006 BLES Integrated Survey (BITS) (DOLE)