WHEREAS, the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB), the highest policy making and coordinating body on statistical matters in the country, is mandated to review budgetary proposals of agencies for statistical activities;

WHEREAS, such function is being undertaken in the region by the Regional Statistical Coordination Committee (RSCC), the policy making and coordinating body on statistical matters in the region;

WHEREAS, there is a need to formulate regional budget thrusts for CY 2004 consistent with the 1999-2004 PSDP for integration of regional priorities and concerns in the budgetary thrusts of the Philippine Statistical System;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, AS IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, to approve the following budget thrusts of the statistical system in Region V for CY 2004:

1. Promote the generation of provincial and municipal and barangay data from administrative data systems and its utilization at the local levels;

1. Assessment of administrative-based data systems and improvement in the data processing systems;

2. Improvement in the reporting systems and aggregation of data at the higher level of governance;

2. Promote the development of local indicators supportive of micro-economic development, poverty alleviation and gender and development;

1. Improvement in the generation of indicators for local level development planning;

2. Improvement in the generation of indicators to support project development for local economic activities;

3. Improvement in the generation of local indicators for the identification of poverty groups and the necessary interventions.

4. Improvement in the generation of indicators to support gender sensitive planning and project identification at the local level.

3. Strengthen the capacity of Local Government Units in generating, maintaining/updating indicators for local level planning, policy development and program/project monitoring.

1. Development of provincial/municipal databases supportive of local development planning and monitoring;

2. Local Government Unit capability building programs for enhancing local statistical manpower.

RESOLVED, FURTHER, to request NSCB to integrate the above thrusts in the over-all budgetary thrusts of the Philippine Statistical System.

RESOLVED, FINALLY, to enjoin all regional offices of national line agencies and Local Government Units to incorporate in their CY 2004 budget proposals the requirements to achieve the above thrusts, and for national agency regional offices to make the necessary representations with their Central Offices for the inclusion of their proposals in the over-all agency budget.

APPROVED, this 19th day of March, 2003 in Legazpi City.