August 20, 2008
Ilocos Region Prepares for 19th National
Statistics Month
Preparations are
now underway in the various offices in the Ilocos Region for the celebration of
the 19th National Statistics Month (NSM) this October. This is in response to National Statistical Coordination
Board (NSCB) Memorandum Circular No. 001-08 dated June 23, 2008 enjoining the
departments, bureaus, offices, and instrumentalities of the national
government, government-owned and -controlled corporations, state universities
and colleges, local government units, and the private sector at the national
and subnational levels to actively participate in and support the celebration
of the 19th NSM in October 2008. The overall theme of this year’s celebration
is “Demand-Driven Statistics: Key to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise
(MSME) Development.”
The Regional
Statistical Coordination Committee (RSCC) Region 1, the designated over-all
coordinator of the NSM celebration at the subnational level, has requested the
various offices in the region to prepare their NSM calendars of activities. The
consolidated Region 1 NSM calendar will be submitted to the NSM Steering
Committee at the national level for integration in the national NSM calendar of
activities. The NSCB Regional Division 1 has been designated to provide
technical and administrative support to the RSCC for the NSM celebration. The
common regional activities of the region will be decided upon during the RSCC 2nd
regular meeting tentatively scheduled on September 9, 2008.
The
celebration in the region will be an exciting event as RSCC I will again be
selecting the Best NSM Activity from among the activities of the line agencies,
academic institutions, non-government organizations and the private sector
while the Best NSM Province will be selected from among the provinces of the
region. The region will likewise vie
for the Best NSM Region, having won the award in three years already - in 2003,
2004 and 2006. This was made possible through the support and cooperation of
the various offices, academic institutions and local government units who
implemented different activities from the regional down to the municipal
level.
The annual
celebration of the NSM is pursuant to Presidential Proclamation No. 647,
“Declaring the Month of October of Every Year as the NSM,” issued on September
20, 1990. The observance of this event
has two-fold objectives, viz: (a) to promote, enhance, and instill nationwide
awareness and appreciation of the importance and value of statistics to the
different sectors of society, and (b) to elicit the cooperation and support of
the general public in upgrading the quality and standards of statistics in the
country.
For further
details on the NSM celebration in Region 1, the NSCB Regional Division could be
contacted at the following telephone numbers:
(072) 888-21-60; (072) 700-30-35
or through the following email address:
nscbregion1@yahoo.com.