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The Regional
Statistical System (RSS) consists of statistical organizations at all
administrative levels in the region, the personnel therein, and the
statistical development program. It also includes a policy making and
coordinating body, a statistical research and training center, a
single general-purpose statistical agency, and all the bureaus,
offices, agencies and instrumentalities of the regional and local
governments and all government-owned or controlled corporations and
their subsidiaries, that are engaged in statistical activities either
as their primary functions or as part of their administrative or
regulatory functions.
It
shows therefore that data-gathering production activities in the
government are undertaken by different agencies. In order to harmonize
and integrate the statistical data produced by these agencies, as well
as to enhance the efficiency of the overall statistical system,
planning, coordination and policy formulation are needed. These
functions are important in priority setting such that the limited
government resources are allotted to the more important activities
relative to the demands of data users.
The RSS is an important part of the
national statistical system. Its development is crucial to the overall
development of the Philippine Statistical System (PSS) which needs to
be more responsive to government and to the general statistical needs
of the country. Following the structure of the PSS, the RSS has
likewise been decentralized, with statistical operations and
activities undertaken by all government offices/unit at that level.
There are
four major elements that
comprise the development of the RSS toward meeting the users’ demand
for data:
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statistical planning and
coordination
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data production and
dissemination
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human resource development
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research and development.
It is along these strategic
concerns that the assessment of the statistical system and development
programs is based. |
