EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 352 July 1, 1996
DESIGNATION OF STATISTICAL ACTIVITIES THAT WILL GENERATE CRITICAL DATA FOR DECISION-MAKING OF THE GOVERNMENT AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR
WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 121, which was issued in January 1987, created the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) as the policy-making and coordinating body of the decentralized Philippine Statistical System;
WHEREAS, the NSCB, now an agency attached to the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), has established a system of designated statistics in accordance with its mandate, that enables the identification and generation of the most critical and essential statistics required for social and economic planning/analysis based on approved criteria;
WHEREAS, the generation of said data requires the conduct of nationwide census and surveys and the maintenance/processing of administrative based records on a regular basis to allow for monitoring time series analysis and forecasting by policy-makers;
WHEREAS, the quality of these designated statistics needs to be continuously improved to address the needs of data users;
WHEREAS, the system of designated statistics is a dynamic process that allows for...
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Designation of statistical activities that will generate critical data for decision-making of the government and the private sector
Executive Order No. 352
Summary of Executive Order No. 352
Designation of Statistical Activities that will Generate Critical Data for Decision-Making
- Section 1: The activities and statistics designated by the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) in the Annex shall be adopted by the government to generate critical and essential data for administrators, planners, and policymakers in the government and private sectors.
- Section 2: Implementing agencies shall provide the Office of the President, through the NSCB, the results of the designated censuses, surveys, and administrative-based reports regularly and ensure public dissemination within the designated timeframe.
- Section 3: Implementing agencies shall be responsible for carrying out improvements in the design for generating designated statistics according to their respective mandates.
- Section 4: Any modification, addition, or deletion from the list shall be approved by the NSCB through a Board Resolution, and the NSCB is authorized to issue implementing guidelines consistent with this Executive Order. The NSCB shall also monitor the implementation to attain the objectives.
- Section 5: The NSCB shall regularly conduct adequate consultation with data users and producers to update the list of designated statistics to be responsive to emerging needs.
- Section 6: The necessary amounts to carry out the provisions shall be provided for in the General Appropriations Act (GAA) in the year following its approval and thereafter. However, immediate requirements shall be taken from any available appropriations in the CY 1996 GAA, subject to budgetary rules and regulations.
- Section 7: This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.
The Annex lists the designated activities/statistics, implementing agencies, frequency of conduct, geographic disaggregation, and schedule of data dissemination for economic and social sectors, including censuses/surveys, administrative data systems, derived data systems, and statistical indicators.
Designation of Statistical Activities that will Generate Critical Data for Decision-Making
- Section 1: The activities and statistics designated by the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) in the Annex shall be adopted by the government to generate critical and essential data for administrators, planners, and policymakers in the government and private sectors.
- Section 2: Implementing agencies shall provide the Office of the President, through the NSCB, the results of the designated censuses, surveys, and administrative-based reports regularly and ensure public dissemination within the designated timeframe.
- Section 3: Implementing agencies shall be responsible for carrying out improvements in the design for generating designated statistics according to their respective mandates.
- Section 4: Any modification, addition, or deletion from the list shall be approved by the NSCB through a Board Resolution, and the NSCB is authorized to issue implementing guidelines consistent with this Executive Order. The NSCB shall also monitor the implementation to attain the objectives.
- Section 5: The NSCB shall regularly conduct adequate consultation with data users and producers to update the list of designated statistics to be responsive to emerging needs.
- Section 6: The necessary amounts to carry out the provisions shall be provided for in the General Appropriations Act (GAA) in the year following its approval and thereafter. However, immediate requirements shall be taken from any available appropriations in the CY 1996 GAA, subject to budgetary rules and regulations.
- Section 7: This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.
The Annex lists the designated activities/statistics, implementing agencies, frequency of conduct, geographic disaggregation, and schedule of data dissemination for economic and social sectors, including censuses/surveys, administrative data systems, derived data systems, and statistical indicators.