RSCC I Resolution No. 18, s.2006

ENJOINING THE PROVINCES OF PANGASINAN, LA UNION AND ILOCOS SUR
TO GENERATE DATA FROM THEIR BUSINESS LICENSING SYSTEM

WHEREAS, local level data with provincial, city/municipal and barangay disaggregation are needed by planners, decision makers and the private sector to support local level planning and decision making;

                WHEREAS,  data producers from the national government generate local level  data through surveys and censuses but these are limited due to financial constraints of the government;

                 WHEREAS,  Executive Order (EO) No. 135, providing for the establishment of a well-coordinated local level statistical system, mandated the Local Government Units (LGUs) to continue the generation of provincial, city, municipal and barangay statistics which are by-products of administrative reporting systems inherent in administering the devolved basic services and to generate their other specific data requirements which could not be made available from existing activities of the national government;

WHEREAS,  in response to the demand for local level data on number of business establishments and private investments,  the Regional Statistical Coordination Committee (RSCC), Region I, as the highest policy making and coordinating body on statistical matters in the region,   approved to pilot the generation of data with provincial, city/municipal and barangay disaggregation from the business licensing system in Ilocos Norte through RSCC Resolution No. 18, s. 2003;

 WHEREAS, the pilot activity was implemented by the Ilocos Norte Provincial Government  in the different municipalities of Ilocos Norte from 2004-2006 through the Provincial Planning and Development Office (PPDO);

WHEREAS, the pilot activity in Ilocos Norte showed encouraging results with the generation of data on number of business establishments and capital  investments with barangay and municipal level disaggregation from their business licensing system;

                WHEREAS,  data on business establishments and capital investments would be very useful to the LGUs, planners, entrepreneurs and investors in their formulation of local economic policies and strategies to maximize the potentials of specific industries for the improvement of the economic and social conditions of concerned areas;

WHEREAS, data on business establishments are also used as basis in the formulation of policies that will effect the equitable and just distribution distribution of economic gains among the industries, and in measuring the flow of investment as well as local economic growth in the area;

            NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, AS IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, to enjoin the Provinces  of La Union, Ilocos Sur and Pangasinan  to  generate data from their business licensing systems;

            RESOLVED, FURTHER, that the RSCC shall provide necessary technical assistance to LGUs in the conduct of the activity;

            RESOLVED, MOREOVER, to request the provinces to consider the recommendations of the RSCC on the conduct of the activity which were  included in the Ilocos Norte pilot test report  as  hereto attached. 

            APPROVED, this 8^th day of November 2006, San Fernando City, La Union.