Foreword | Acknowledgments | About Us

The National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) was created under Executive Order No. 121 issued on January 30, 1987 as the highest policy-making and coordinating agency on statistical matters in the Philippines.

The major goal of the NSCB is to promote the INDEPENDENCE, OBJECTIVITY, INTEGRITY, RESPONSIVENESS and RELEVANCE of the Philippine Statistical System (PSS).

Foremost among the objectives of the NSCB is to develop an orderly PSS capable of providing timely, accurate, relevant, and useful data for the government and the public for planning and decision-making.

Powers and Functions

The powers and functions of the NSCB as defined under Section 5 of Executive Order No. 121, which was issued on January 30, 1987, are as follows:

• Promote and maintain an efficient statistical system in the government;

• Formulate policies on all matters relating to government statistical operations;

• Recommend executive and legislative measures to enhance the development and efficiency of the system, including the internal structure of statistical agencies;

• Establish appropriate mechanism for statistical coordination at the regional, provincial and city levels;

• Approve the Philippine Statistical Development Program;

• Allocate statistical responsibilities among government agencies by designating the statistics to be collected by them, including their periodicity and content;

• Review budgetary proposals involving statistical operations and submit an integrated budget for the Philippine Statistical System (PSS) to the Department of Budget and Management (DBM);

• Review and clear, prior to release, all funds for statistical operations;

• Develop, prescribe and maintain appropriate framework for the improvement of statistical coordination; and

• Prescribe uniform standards and classification systems in government statistics.

The Executive Order further provides that the decisions of the NSCB on statistical matters shall be final and executory.

The Executive Board

At the helm of the NSCB is a policy-making board composed of the following:

• NEDA Director General or his/her designated representative, Chairman;
• Undersecretary of DBM, Vice-Chairman;
• Undersecretaries of other departments, Members;
• Deputy Governor of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, Member;
• Secretary General of NSCB, Member;
• Administrator of the National Statistics Office, Member;
• Executive Director of the Statistical Research and Training Center, Member;
• The Governor or Mayor nominated by the League of Governors and City Mayors,  Member; 
• A representative from the private sector, elected by the Executive Board, also sits as member for a period of three years.

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