RSCC I Resolution No. 01, s.2006

APPROVING THE POLICY AGENDA OF RSCC REGION I FOR CY 2006

WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 121 mandated the NSCB to establish appropriate mechanisms for statistical coordination at the regional, provincial and city levels to address statistical concerns obtaining in these areas;

 WHEREAS, the NSCB created Regional Statistical Coordination Committees (RSCCs) in the regions  through  Resolution No. 1, s.  1992 to provide direction and guidance to regional/local statistical development activities;

            WHEREAS,  one of the major functions of the RSCC is to institute measures to strengthen the statistical capability in the regions by resolving problems and issues peculiar to the area,  and by setting priority on the statistical activities;

            WHEREAS, as the highest policy making and coordinating body on statistical matters in the region, the RSCC is also responsible in approving  statistical development activities at the regional and local levels, and in monitoring the status of their implementation;

            WHEREAS,  there is a need to come up with a one-year policy agenda that will guide the RSCC in the discharge of its functions to ensure that all statistical concerns are completely covered and  properly addressed;

            NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, AS IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, to approve the policy agenda of RSCC I for CY 2006 as hereto attached;

            RESOLVED, FURTHER, that the policy agenda shall be subjected to periodic evaluation as the RSCC moves on to the year.

APPROVED, this 17th day of April, 2006 in San Fernando City, La Union.