1. NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD 1 Mechanisms Towards a Well-Coordinated Statistical System in Support of MDG Indicators: The Philippine Setting Lina V. Castro Director, Social Statistics Office National Statistical Coordination Board Presented during the 2007 International Conference on the MDG Statistics 1- 3 October 2007 Manila, Philippines

2. NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD 2 I. Introduction II. The Philippine Statistical System III.Mechanisms Statistical Coordination Programs Statistical Framework Dissemination IV.Future Directions Outline of Presentation

3. NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD 3 UN Millennium Summit – Sept 2000 Philippine MDG Progress Report 2003 and 2005 Introduction

4. NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD 4 decentralized statistical system government-wide system of providing statistical information and services to the public composed of a policy-making body, data producers, users, research and training institutions, and data providers The Philippine Statistical System

5. NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD 5 The Philippine Statistical System National Statistical Coordination Board National Statistics Office Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics Statistical Research and Training Center Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Bureau of Agricultural Statistics produces general-purpose statistics Produces establishment - based labor and employment statistics produces agricultur al statistics produces money and banking statistics conducts short- term courses in statistics and researches to enhance methodologies, concepts, etc. Policy-making and coordinating body Major Statistical Agencies

6. NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD 6 The Philippine Statistical System Framework of Statistical Coordination

7. NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD 7 Mechanisms Statistical Coordination NEDA Social Development Committee Multi-sectoral Committee on International Human Development Commitments (MC- IHDC) SDC Resolution No. 1 Series of 2003 Expanding the Functions and Composition of the MC-IHDC which identified the NSCB and NSO as key agencies in relation to MDG indicators/ statistics

8. NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD 8 Mechanisms Statistical Coordination NSCB Resolution No. 10, Series of 2004 Adoption of and enjoining data support to the Millennium Development Goals indicators” Designates the NSCB as the official repository of data on the Philippine MDG indicators Inter-agency Committees discuss and resolve MDG-related issues evaluate studies on MDG indicators Recommend measures for the improvement of MDG data

9. NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD 9 Mechanisms Statistical Coordination Regional Statistical Coordination Committees Discuss and resolve statistical issues and concerns at the subnational level Localization of MDGs NSCB MDG Team Tasked to compile, update, assess and analyze MDG indicators Address issues/concerns relative to the availability of MDG data

10. NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD 10 Mechanisms Programs Philippine Statistical Development Program Includes sectoral medium-term statistical development programs related to MDG indicators Identifies surveys and admin-based data systems that will produce MDG data Identifies data problems and corresponding solutions Latest: 2005-2010

11. NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD 11 Mechanisms Programs System of Designated Statistics Established through Executive Order No. 352 Major reference/basis for the official sources, methodology, periodicity of MDG data series Assures non-duplication and consistency

12. NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD 12 Mechanisms Dissemination NSCB Website MDG data availability assessment MDG data MDG metadata FAQs MDG-related articles Links to major MDG websites

13. NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD 13 Mechanisms

14. NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD 14 Mechanisms Dissemination MDG Watch Summary of Philippines’ progress based on the MDG indicators Shows actual rate and required rates of progress Shows probability of attaining the targets

15. NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD 15 Mechanisms

16. NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD 16 Mechanisms Dissemination Fora MDG Indicators Consultative Meeting June 2004 provided the basis for the formulation of an MDGs country action plan and MDGs Statistical Development Program, 2005-2010 MDG Indicators: Establishing the MDG Data System and Network October 2004 presented the infrastructure and mechanisms for the compilation and reporting of MDG statistics

17. NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD 17 Mechanisms Dissemination Fora Users-Producers’ Forum on Philippine MDGs January 2006 Advocacy on the use/significance of MDG indicators in monitoring the country's progress in attaining the goals and targets of the MDGs.

18. NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD 18 Future Directions Improve the monitoring of the MDGs generation of sex, age-disaggregated statistics Formulate and improve the estimation methodology Study the possibility of formulating an index that would track the whole MDGs/goals and not only by indicators Improve the coverage, timeliness and dissemination of MDG data

19. NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD 19 Future Directions Study on the possibility of setting measurable targets on indicators with no identified targets Identify and compile appropriate alternative/proxy indicators in lieu of unavailable data series Strengthen agencies/data sources’ commitments on MDG indicators: timeliness, coverage, sustainability