Products and Services

StatWatch

The StatWatch is an info sheet presenting the major and most common social and economic indicators for the region used by government and business planners and decision makers as the general public. The StatWatch will be updated and released periodically or as soon as the latest data releases. This type of publication provides timely trends of developments.

Fact Sheet

The Fact Sheet showcases relevant data/indicators and brief analyses, statistical concepts, methodologies, standards and other statistical developments most of which are not commonly know or readily available to users in the region. The Fact Sheet is disseminated to government and business planners and researchers to promote their understanding and awareness of events, etc.

Eastern Visayas in Figures

Eastern Visayas in Figures gives the statistical profile of the physical, social and economic conditions in the region which enhances the business prospects/promotes possible investment areas and tourism in the region. It will be updated/published annually.

Press Releases

Brief articles/data features on the latest data/indicators, concepts, methodologies and developments are published in a column or Stat Corner in local dailies to reach a wider audience and the general public to make them more informed, thus contributing to people empowerment and mass information.

National Statistical Information Center (NSIC)

The NSIC will serve as one stop shop for data and statistical services in the region where data users can avail of these facilities under one roof.

Regional Web Pages and Services

The RD VIII Website will feature a profile of the physical, social and economic situation in Eastern Visayas, through historical and current data series, statistical analyses and updates on developments in the region's statistical community. The RD VIII Website will be appended to/linked with the NSCB main website to enable access to and sharing of information resources with other NSCB sites. The RD VIII Website services data requests and inquiries from Internet/World Wide Web users locally and around the globe. It is a useful channel for providing immediate access to data needed by investors, businessmen, etc.

Library Services and Technical Assistance

The RU VIII maintains a statistical library containing various statistical publications such as yearbooks, databook, and census and survey results of government agencies and local government units and textbooks, journals and other references and thus serve as a one-stop source of available regional and local statistics in the region. The RU VIII, likewise, provides technical assistance on statistical data management, data analysis and interpretation, concepts and applications. The library will save researchers' resources in going around the region for collecting data, while through the technical assistance, users will learn how to use available data and how to use them correctly.

Bookshoppe

This facility provides statistical publications for sale to the general public. It makes available to users, especially from the private and foreign sectors, publications of agencies. It is also one vehicle for recouping investments put by data producers in the collection and publication of data.

Statistics Inquiry and Frontline Services

This service is provided to all users of data providing them information on what data are available, when they are available and where they can be accessed. The frontline service is a direct type of service whereby clients visiting or calling the center are immediately provided with the information they need.

National Statistics Month

The celebration of the NSM is held to promote awareness and recognition of the importance of statistics in development. The NSCB, being the overall coordinator of the NSM, will spearhead the planning, conduct and monitoring of activities such as workshops, symposia, briefings/conferences on statistical issues, products and services exhibit, quiz contests and other similar events. It has become an avenue for establishing a more dynamic statistical community in the region with both public and private agencies working together in the celebration.

Technical Assistance to Government Agencies and Local Government Units

Technical assistance covers a wide range of services from advice on data collection techniques, data management, analysis and interpretation to review and sampling design, project proposals and socio-economic profiles.

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