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Regional Statistical Coordination Committee

Powers and Functions

• Oversee the implementation in the regions of policy decisions made by the NSCB and the adoption of prescribed statistical standard methodologies and classification systems;

• Institute measures to strengthen the statistical capability in the region by resolving problems and issues peculiar to the area within the context of national statistical policies and by setting priority on the statistical activities thereby ensuring the timely production of useful and reliable data for regional/local development planning and decision-making;

• Elevate statistical matters not specific to the region and its provinces to the NSCB Executive Board through the Regional Development Council;

• Create inter-agency statistical task forces that could attend to technical issues and problems and to supervise the activities of these task forces;

• Meet at least once a quarter at such date, time and place it may decide; and

• Submit periodic reports to the NSCB and to the RDCs/RPDB/CEB of statistical development activities in the region.

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