RSCC Southern Tagalog Region

Republika ng Pilipinas
REGIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION COMMITTEE
Southern Tagalog Region

CREATING THE TECHNICAL SUBCOMMITTEE ON SURVEY DESIGN

WHEREAS, NSCB Resolution No. 4-88 and NSCB Memorandum Circular No. 4-95 instituted the Statistical Survey Review and Clearance System (SSRCS) as a mechanism for evaluating the design and instruments of statistical surveys or censuses sponsored and/or to be conducted by government agencies, including government corporations at the national and/or subnational levels;

WHEREAS, the SSRCS was formulated to ensure conformity with standard definitions, concepts and classifications, and consequently, the reliability, comparability and accuracy of statistics generated out of surveys and censuses;

WHEREAS, Section 2.(d)(2) of Executive Order No. 135, "Providing for the establishment of a well-coordinated local level statistical system", issued in November 1993, states that the SSRCS, among other statistical coordination mechanisms, shall be implemented by the NSCB at the local levels and that in areas where there are RSCCs in place, may delegate the implementation of such mechanisms to said committees.

WHEREAS, Article III of NSCB Resolution No. 01-92 provides that the RSCC shall be responsible for the adoption of prescribed statistical standard methodologies and classification systems, and is empowered to create inter-agency task forces that could attend to technical issues and problems;

WHEREAS, the creation of a Technical Subcommittee on Survey Design (TSSD) is necessary to lay the foundation for and assist the NSCB and the RSCC in the implementation of the SSRCS in the region;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AS IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that the RSCC approve the creation of the TSSD in Southern Tagalog Region with the Chair and members as provided for in a corresponding Memorandum Circular to be issued later.

APPROVED, this 28^th of February 2001.

ATTESTED:

OSKAR D. BALBASTRO
Chair

Certified Correct:

PAMELA T. LAPITAN
Secretary