USER-PRODUCER GROUP
FOR GENDER STATISTICS:
PHILIPPINES
Inter-regional Workshop on the
Production of Gender Statistics
6 August 2007, New Delhi, India
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OUTLINE
1. Date of Creation and Legal Basis
2. Composition
3. Operations
4. Functions
5. Major Accomplishments
6. Dialogue Strategies
7. Dialogue Challenges
Inter-regional Workshop on the
Production of Gender Statistics
6 August 2007, New Delhi, India
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User-Producer Group
• INTER-AGENCY COMMITTEE
ON GENDER STATISTICS
(IACGS) – national level
• Regional Statistical
Coordination Committee (RSCC)
– regional level
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Date of Creation and Legal Basis
IACGS
- created through NSCB Memo Order No. 3, series of
2002, “Creation of the Inter-agency Committee on
Gender Statistics” dated January 4, 2002
- the issuance of the Memo Circular was in response
to NSCB Resolution No. 5, s. 2001, “Approval and
Adoption of the Statistical Framework on Gender and
Development Indicators System,” directing the
creation of an IAC to serve as regular forum on
gender statistics to insure the continuing efforts in
the generation of gender statistics
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COMPOSITION
IACGS
Chair: National Statistical Coordination Board
(NSCB)
Co-Chair: National Commission on the Role of
Filipino
Women (NCRFW)
National Statistics Office (NSO)
Members:
Department of Education (DepEd)
Department of Health (DOH)
Department of the Interior and Local Government
(DILG)
Department of Environment and Natural
Resources (DENR)
Bureau of Agricultural Statistics (BAS)
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COMPOSITION
IACGS
Members (Cont.)
Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics (BLES)
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)
Commission on Higher Education (CHED)
National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA)
Philippine National Police (PNP)
Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA)
Statistical Research and Training Center (SRTC)
Technical Education and Skills Development Authority
(TESDA)
Women’s Studies Association of the Philippines (WSAP)
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OPERATIONS
IACGS
- The NSCB serves as Chair and technical staff of
Social Sectors B Division serves as the technical
secretariat
- IACGS creates subgroups or working groups to
assist the committee in the exercise of its
functions
- IACGS usually meets once a quarter while the
working groups meet more often and as necessary
- Working groups are composed of representatives
of statistical agencies, data users and nongovernment organizations
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FUNCTIONS
IACGS
1. Formulate measures that will improve the
system of collection and dissemination of
sex disaggregated data at the national and
local levels;
2. Formulate measures to ensure that the
data requirements of the Statistical
Framework on Gender and Development
Indicators System and the Statistical
Framework Related to the Protection of
Women and Children are being compiled
by all concerned agencies;
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FUNCTIONS
IACGS
3. Identify and recommend statistical
policies to the NSCB Executive Board for
the generation of data support on gender
issues; and
4. Monitor the over-all development of
gender statistics in the country.
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Major Accomplishments
IACGS
1. Report on gender statistics including findings on
assessment of existing gender statistics vis-à-vis
statistical requirements of the approved GAD
Framework , the Framework Related to VAWC, and the
Framework Plan for Women as well as a consolidated
action and advocacy plan on the generation and
utilization of gender statistics;
2. Philippine Statistical Development Program (PSDP),
2005-2010 Chapter on social needs, gender and
development
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Major Accomplishments
IACGS
3. Report and recommendations endorsed to the NSCB
Executive Board which became the basis for the
issuance of NSCB Resolution No. 12, series of 2005,
“Approving the Recommendations of the IACGS” for
implementation by concerned agencies to ensure
continuing efforts in the generation of gender statistics
and institutionalize the implementation of the GAD
Framework
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Date of Creation and Legal Basis
RSCC
- created through NSCB Resolution No. 1,
series of 1992 to serve as the highest policy
making and coordinating body on statistical
matters at the subnational level
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COMPOSITION
RSCC
Chairman:
National Economic and Development Authority
(NEDA)
Co-Chairman:
National Statistics Office (NSO)
Members:
Department of Budget and Management (DBM)
Bureau of Agricultural Statistics (BAS)
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COMPOSITION
RSCC
Members (Cont.):
National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB)
Department of Interior and Local Government
(DILG)
Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)
Provincial Planning and Development Coordinator
in the regional center
City/Municipal Planning and Development
Coordinator in the regional center
Two Representatives, Private Sector (to be
identified by the Committee’s government
representatives)
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OPERATIONS
RSCC
- The NEDA Regional Director serves as Chair and
staff of Regional Division serves as the technical
secretariat
- RSCC conducts regular meetings quarterly and
special meetings as needed
- RSCC is concerned with all sectoral statistics, not
only gender statistics
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FUNCTIONS
RSCC
1. Oversee the implementation in the regions of
policy decisions made by the NSCB and the
adoption of prescribed statistical standard
methodologies and classification systems;
2. Institute measures to strengthen the statistical
capability in the regions by resolving problems
and issues peculiar to the area within the context
of national statistical policies and setting priority
on the statistical activities thereby ensuring the
timely production of useful and reliable data for
regional/local development planning and decisionmaking;
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FUNCTIONS
RSCC
3. Elevate statistical matters not specific to the
region and its provinces to the NSCB Executive
Board through the RDC; and
4. Create inter-agency statistical task forces that
could attend to technical issues and problems and
to supervise the activities of these task forces.
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COMPOSITION
RSCC
Chairman:
National Economic and Development Authority
(NEDA)
Co-Chairman:
National Statistics Office (NSO)
Members:
Department of Budget and Management (DBM)
Bureau of Agricultural Statistics (BAS)
Inter-regional Workshop on the
Production of Gender Statistics
6 August 2007, New Delhi, India
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COMPOSITION
RSCC
Members (Cont.):
National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB)
Department of Interior and Local Government
(DILG)
Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)
Provincial Planning and Development Coordinator
in the regional center
City/Municipal Planning and Development
Coordinator in the regional center
Two Representatives, Private Sector (to be
identified by the Committee’s government
representatives)
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Major Accomplishments
RSCC
1. Approval of the Gender and Development Indicator
System for the region;
2. Issuance of resolutions on the generation,
dissemination and utilization of gender statistics
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DIALOGUE STRATEGIES
1. Face to face and regular interactions
- direct interactions enable faster and comprehensive
exchange of views and ideas that results to the
immediate resolution of problems/issues or the
formulation of recommendations to resolve such
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SUCCESSFUL DIALOGUE STRATEGIES
2. Designation of permanent representatives
to attend meetings and serve as focal person
on gender statistics
- continuity of discussions is ensured
- contributes to continuity/consistency of office
activities
- faster coordination
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DIALOGUE CHALLENGES
1. Varied priorities of members of group.
- affects commitment in attending meetings
- permanent representatives not always available to
attend meetings affecting continuity of discussions
2. Varied and increasing demands of data users
vis-à-vis the limited budget of data
producers/government
- prioritization of data needs is necessary to arrive at
a consensus during the dialogue
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Production of Gender Statistics
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Thank You Very Much!
Inter-regional Workshop on the
Production of Gender Statistics
6 August 2007, New Delhi, India
NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD