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SECTION 1. A well-coordinated statistical system at the local level that is: (1)
responsive to planning and monitoring requirements at the local level; and (2) capable of
producing statistics which can be integrated and harmonized with statistics being produced
at the national level, shall be established.
SEC. 2. Overall Coordination of Statistical Matters
(a) The National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) shall, by virtue of its mandate
under EO 121, remain as the central policy-making and coordinating body on all statistical
matters at the national and local levels. All statistical policies formulated by the NSCB
shall be implemented by all concerned agencies of the government, including the local
government units.
(b) In each Region, the Regional Statistical Coordination Committee
(RSCC), which has
been created by the NSCB, shall serve as the link between the NSCB and local government
units on statistical matters. Thus, all statistical activities of the LGUs shall be
planned and implemented in coordination with the RSCCs. The NSCB shall establish its
Regional Statistical Coordination Units in all regions to serve as the secretariat of the
RSCCs.
(c) To foster an efficient statistical coordination, the RSCCs are given authority to
act on statistical matters that concern only their region, province or city, municipality,
and barangay. Statistical matters that are of national concern and/or may affect the other
regions shall be elevated by the RSCC to the NSCB Central Office.
(d) The following statistical coordination mechanisms shall be implemented by the NSCB
at the local levels. In areas where there are RSCCs already in place, the NSCB may
delegate the implementation of these mechanisms to said committees. As such, all local
government units are enjoined to comply.
(1) Preparation and Review of Statistical Calendar. Starting CY 1993, the provinces and
cities shall submit to NSCB through the RSCCs for review and approval a Five-Year
Statistical Calendar indicating what statistical activities are to be conducted, the
objectives, data to be generated, and the expected time lag. The concerns of the
municipalities and barangays shall be coursed through their mother provinces and
municipalities, respectively. As one of the inputs in the preparation of the LGU
calendars, the NSCB in coordination with major data users and producers, shall determine
and provide the LGUs the types of subregional data which are and which could be made
available from national statistical activities. (2) Statistical Survey Review and
Clearance System. For every statistical survey to be conducted by the LGUs, the
responsible LGU shall submit, at least 90 days before the start of the scheduled field
operations, the survey design and forms/questionnaires to the NSCB through the
RSCCs.
The NSCB shall conduct the review of the technical aspects of the statistical survey.
As a notice of approval, a clearance number shall be issued. Said number shall be printed
by the LGU in the survey questionnaires. Clearance shall be renewed every two years and/or
everytime changes or revisions are to be made in the survey design or questionnaire.
(3) Review of Data Quality. The data generated by the LGUs shall be regularly reviewed
by the RSCC in terms of their accuracy, consistency and timeliness as basis for
recommending statistical improvements at the local level.
SEC. 3. Production of Local-Level Statistics
(a) The National Statistics Office
(NSO) shall remain as the general purpose statistics
producing agency. It shall provide, when feasible and when budget permits, the statistics
required for local-level planning at the lowest disaggregation.
(b) The generation of provincial, city, municipal, and barangay statistics, which are
by-products of administrative reporting systems inherent in administering the devolved
basic services, shall be continued by the Local Government Units (LGUs) consistent with
the manner, form and frequency being adopted by the concerned national line agencies.
(c) For the generation of other statistics with subnational
disaggregation, the NSCB
shall designate which of the statistics are to be generated by the national agencies or by
the local government or jointly by the national and local governments.
(d) If the specific data required by the LGUs could not be made available from existing
statistical activities of the national government, the generation of such statistics shall
be done by the LGUs in coordination with the RSCCs.
SEC. 4. Consolidation of Data Produced by LGUs
(a) To ensure accuracy, consistency, and comparability of statistics among the
LGUs,
statistical concepts, definitions, techniques, and methodologies shall be formulated by
the NSCB, thru the RSCCs, with due recognition of the conditions and needs at the local
levels.
(b) Local data, which can be produced by LGUs to arrive at regional or national figures
as may be determined by the NSCB, shall be consolidated by a national agency to be
designated by the NSCB and to be incorporated into an official Data Base after being
reviewed by the RSCCs. The designated national agency shall participate in the work of the
RSCC in reviewing the consistency of statistics at various geographic levels and ensure
that such data are included in its statistical compilations and publications in the manner
and disaggregation recommended by the NSCB.
(c) In the regions, the National Statistical Coordination Board shall designate the
agency/body that will maintain the one-stop-shop Data Base. All LGUs can have access to
said Data Base. The LGUs are also enjoined to establish their own data bases in support of
planning and programming activities at the local level.
SEC. 5. Provision of Technical Assistance
(a) The NSCB may, upon request of the LGUs
and in coordination with the other national line agencies, deputize statistical personnel
from its own personnel or of the other agencies to render technical assistance in the
statistical operations of the LGUs. The LGUs shall, however, shoulder the payment of
statistical service fee to the deputized personnel of the national agencies subject to the
existing government rules and regulations.
(b) On the other hand, the LGUs may also be requested to provide assistance to national
government agencies in gathering data of national concern. The national agencies shall
likewise provide additional emoluments to the LGUs personnel utilized for their
statistical activities, subject to existing rules and regulations of the national
government.
(c) In order to build up the statistical capability of the
LGUs, the NSCB, the
Statistical Research and Training Center (SRTC), and the Local Government Academy
(LGA)
shall prepare and implement a statistical manpower development program for the
LGUs.
SEC. 6. Guidelines on the Issuances of Certification of Population Sizes Pursuant to
Section 7, 386, 442, 450, 452, and 461 of the New Local Government Code
(a) The National Statistics Office shall issue certification on data that it has
collected and processed as well as on statistics that it has estimated.
(b) For census years, certification on population size will be based on actual
population census counts; while for the intercensal years, the certification will be made
on the basis of a set of demographic projections or estimations declared official by the
National Statistical Coordination Board.
(c) Certification of population census counts will be made as of the census reference
date, such as May 1, 1990, while those of intercensal population estimates will be made as
of middle of every year.
(d) Certification of population size based on projections may specify the range within
which the true count is deemed likely to fall. The range will correspond to the official
low and high population projections.
(e) The smallest geographic area for which a certification on population size may be
issued will be the barangay for census population counts, and the city or municipality for
intercensal estimates. If an LGU wants to conduct its own population census, during
off-census years, approval must be sought from the NSCB and the conduct must be under the
technical supervision of NSO from planning to data processing.
(f) Certifications of population size based on published census results shall be issued
by the Provincial Census Officers of by the Regional Census Officers. Certifications based
on projections or estimates, however, will be issued by the NSO Administrator or his
designated certifying officer.
SEC. 7. Transitory Provisions - The national agencies shall continue to administer the
gathering and processing of the necessary local statistics on the basic services devolved
to the LGUs, until the end of CY 1992, provided that, the personnel absorbed by the LGUs
from these agencies, shall be utilized by the national line agencies in the gathering of
raw data. Thereafter, the generation of these statistics shall be made by the LGUs in
accordance with Section 2 (b) of these guidelines.
SEC. 8. In order to achieve the smooth implementation of the foregoing provisions, the
NSCB together with the concerned national line agencies, shall conduct the necessary
orientation trainings/seminars for the LGUs. The costs of these trainings/seminars shall
come from the information campaign funds of the Local Government Academy.
SEC. 9. The National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) and the various Regional
Statistical Coordination Committee (RSCC) shall see to it that the foregoing provisions
are adequately and efficiently carried out.
SEC. 10. The NSCB shall be authorized to provide for any amendments to these
guidelines.
SEC. 11. If, for any reason, any part or provision of this Executive Order shall be
held unconstitutional or invalid, other parts or provisions hereof which are not affected
thereby shall continue to be in full force and effect.
SEC. 12. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 6th day of November in the year of Our Lord, nineteen
hundred and ninety three.
By the President:
(Original Signed)
TEOFISTO T. GUINGONA, JR.
Executive Secretary |
