Meeting of the Regional Statistical Coordination Committee at NEDA 7

 



The Regional Statistical Coordination Committee 7 chair and NEDA 7 regional director Marlene Rodriguez recently called for a meeting on September 28. NEDA 7 ARD Efren  Carreon presided over the RSCC 7 meeting on behalf of the RSCC Chair.

The meeting was attended by representatives of various government agencies such as the DTI 7, NEDA 7, NSO 7, BAS 7, BSP 7, DOLE 7, DOT 7, DILG 7, DOST 7, USC-CHED ZRC, PPDO  Cebu, CPDC Cebu City, and PSR.

The agenda called for the presentation of a draft resolution creating the technical working group for the Regional Development Research Agenda (RDRA), discussion of the Regional Statistical Compendium and setting up of a common Database; proposed statistical literacy survey, training strategy for regional stakeholders and proposed activities during the National Statistics Month.

It was recommended that the RSCC endorse the draft CV-RDRA to the RDC Sectoral Committees and to form an RDRA TWG to plan out the details of implementing the arrangements for knowledge sharing and networking for the RDRA. The TWG would be composed of the RSCC PSRs, DOST, DOH, CV-CIRRD, USC-CHED, ZRC, DILG, LGU representatives.

ARD Carreon said that this is the first attempt to consolidate a research agenda on a regional basis, based on development and policy research gaps noted from the MTDP and the RDP. He said that the advantage of having an RDRA is that it facilitates certification that a research to be funded falls within the region’s priorities.  Normally, research funding agencies ask for this certification.

Vittoria de Veyra of NEDA 7 then presented the draft Central Visayas Statistical Compendium that would start off the work of the proposed TWG on the Statistical Compendium. The draft is basically contained regional data gathered from publication of the NSCB and NSO. The data has been categorized by sector.

Ammie Generale of DILG 7 presented the Community based Monitoring System (CBMS), giving some background information on how it came to be and why, as well as the methodology and instruments developed.

Ms. De Veyra also showed the body the NSCB prescribed form for filling up with each agency’s planned activities in celebration of the National Statistics Month in October.

The TWG-RDRA members were later asked to share their existing procedures for selection of quality research for dissemination/ advocacy for utilization.  The TWG-RDRA members were expected to report to the RSCC on possible new arrangements/ procedures that RDCC or the RDC could facilitate between research generators and potential research users to promote research dissemination and utilization.

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