Statistical Training and Capacity Development:

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Statistical Training and Capacity Development
The Philippine Experience
Presented by Jessamyn O. Encarnacion OIC-Director
, Social Statistics Office
International Forum on Monitoring National
Development Issues and Challenges 27-29
September 2011Beijing, Peoples Republic of China
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Outline of Presentation

• The Philippine Statistical System
• The Philippine Environment in Statistical
  Research and Capacity Development
• Concluding Remarks and Ways Forward

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I. The Philippine Statistical System

• The Philippine Statistical System is a
  decentralized statistical system
• Many government agencies generate statistics
• National Statistics Office
• Bureau of Agricultural Statistics
• Bureau of Labor Employment Statistics
• Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
• DENR, DOT, DepED, CHED, DOH, DOST, etc.
• Need for a coordinating agency the National
  Statistical Coordination Board

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I. The Philippine Statistical System
The Philippine Statistical System Framework of
Coordination in thePhilippine Statistical System
LegislativeOffice
ExecutiveOffice
Training, Education and ResearchInstitutions
Policy-making/ Coordinating Agency
Data Producers
Data Users

• local
• international

Data Suppliers/Respondents
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I. The Philippine Statistical System
The Philippine Statistical SystemMajor
Statistical Agencies
produces general-purpose statistics
Produces establishment- based labor and
employment statistics
produces agricultural statistics
conducts short-term courses in statistics and
researches to enhance methodologies, concepts,
etc.
Policy-making and coordinating body
produces money and banking statistics
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I. The Philippine Statistical System
Statistical Research and Training Center

• Research and Training Arm of the Philippine
  Statistical System (PSS)
• Its mission is to improve quality of statistical
  information through conduct of objective and
  responsive statistical research and training
  activities of highest standards
• Six professional staff in the Training Division
  (TD) the unit responsible for
  development/updating and implementation of
  non-degree trainings of the agency
• Nine staff for Research and Information
  Technology Division (RITD)

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II. The Philippine Environment in Statistical
Research and Capacity Development

• Statistical Manpower of the Philippine
  Statistical System
• Information obtained through the Performance
  Measurement Scheme implemented by the NSCB
• Efforts of the NSCB on Statistical Research and
  Capacity Development
• Statistical Training Program of the SRTC
• Philippine Statistical Development Program
  2011-2017

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II. The Philippine Environment in Statistical
Research and Capacity Development

• Statistical Manpower of the Philippine
  Statistical System
• NSCB Executive Board approved the
  implementation of the Performance Measurement
  Scheme (PMS) on May 15, 2000 (NSCB Resolution
  No.1 Series of 2000 )
• PMS was conducted by the NSCB in 2001, 2003,
  2006, and 2009
• Covering national statistical agencies and
  statistical unit of other selected data
  producers

• Respondents
• All six major statistical agencies
• Fifteen (15) other government agencies producing
  designated statistics
• Two other interested agencies which are not
  producing designated statistics yet- but
  volunteered to be part of the scheme (e.g., DTI
  and DSWD)

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II. The Philippine Environment in Statistical
Research and Capacity Development

• Statistical Manpower of the Philippine
  Statistical System
• Part of the objectives of the PMS
• Assess the progress of the agencies in developing
  their capabilities to deliver outputs that meet
  user demands amidst existing resource
  constraints and
• Determine the capabilities of agencies in
  responding to the needs of their clients and
  other stakeholders

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II. The Philippine Environment in Statistical
Research and Capacity Development

1. Statistical Manpower of the Philippine
   Statistical System

We do not have sufficient statisticians!
Statisticians are necessary for us to be able to
compete against the knowledge-based economies of
the Third Millennium!
Statistical Manpower Number of Employees per
100,000 population
Indicator Statistical Agencies Statistical Agencies Other Data Producers Other Data Producers
Indicator 2003 2006 2003 2006
Total Authorized Positions 5,289 4,419 316 287
Total Filled Positions 4,535 4,197 306 252
Growth Rate (7.5) (7.5) (17.6) (17.6)
of Filled Positions 85.7 95 95.8 84.6
per 100,000 population 6.5 5.1 0.4 0.3
Source Performance Measurement Scheme, NSCB
Source Performance Measurement Scheme, NSCB
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II. The Philippine Environment in Statistical
Research and Capacity Development

1. Statistical Manpower of the Philippine
   Statistical System

We need more well-trained statisticians!
Statistical Manpower Percentage of Employees
Achievement/Training Statistical Agencies Statistical Agencies Other Data Producers Other Data Producers
Achievement/Training 2003 2006 2003 2006
Advanced Degree 11.0 12.7 23.9 24.6
Statistics Degree 4.6 6.0 8.5 13.9
Without statistics degree but w/ stat training 33.2 35.7 54.6 63.1
IT Degree 3.2 2.2 4.6 3.2
Without IT Degree but w/ IT training 32.7 37.7 61.8 65.9
Source Performance Measurement Scheme, NSCB
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II. The Philippine Environment in Statistical
Research and Capacity Development

1. Statistical Manpower of the Philippine
   Statistical System

Statisticians need to be trained more!
Statistical Manpower Local and Foreign Trainings
INDICATOR Statistical Agencies Statistical Agencies Other Data Producers Other Data Producers
INDICATOR 2003 2006 2003 2006
Trainings 15.2 9.3 19.9 33.7
Local 94.8 93.1 96.7 95.3
Foreign 5.2 6.9 3.3 4.7
Source Performance Measurement Scheme, NSCB
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II. The Philippine Environment in Statistical
Research and Capacity Development

1. Statistical Manpower of the Philippine
   Statistical System

We are not investing enough in Statistics! How
can we benefit from the Full Power of Statistics?
Budget of Statistical Offices (NSCB, NSO, SRTC,
BAS, BLES)
2005 2006
Total Statistical Budget (000) 987,064 2,405,745
GAA (000) 308,833,127 734,084,485
GDP (at current prices) (million) 5,437,905 6,032,624

of GAA 0.32 0.33
of GDP 0.02 0.04
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II. The Philippine Environment in Statistical
Research and Capacity Development

• Efforts of the NSCB on Statistical Research and
  Capacity Development
• 2.1 Conduct of statistical researches and
  development studies
• Overall revision/rebasing of the Philippine
  System of National Accounts
• Satellite accounts (e.g., tourism, environment,
  health, education, volunteerism)
• GDP/GNP by sex Adjusted GDP/GNP by sex
  (accounting for unpaid house work)
• Small area estimation of poverty
• Towards measures of well-being pilot study on
  the Philippine Happiness Index
• Identification of the middle-income class
• among others.

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II. The Philippine Environment in Statistical
Research and Capacity Development

• Efforts of the NSCB on Statistical Research and
  Capacity Development
• 2.2 Trainings and Scholarships
• Local and foreign
• Short- and long-term
• 2.3 Participation in international
  conferences/forums/workshops, etc.
• Sharing of country experiences, best practices
• Learnings/knowledge on latest innovations,
  methodologies on statistics

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II. The Philippine Environment in Statistical
Research and Capacity Development

• Efforts of the NSCB on Statistical Research and
  Capacity Development
• 2.4 Conduct of Forums
• Consultative Forums
• Users-Producers Forums
• Dissemination Forums
• Round Table Discussions (among academicians,
  non-government organizations, etc.)
• 2.5 Partnership with the Media
• Knowledge Sharing Sessions among Journalists
• Statistical Appreciation Seminars
• 2.6 Monitoring the Actual Policy Uses of
  Statistics

Guiding principle Statistical capacity
building of BOTH producers and USERS
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II. The Philippine Environment in Statistical
Research and Capacity Development
3. Statistical Training Program of the SRTC

• Design and conduct of non-formal statistical
  training programs intended to improve capability
  of government statistical personnel in handling
  statistical work
• Of two kinds regular and specialized/customized
  training courses
• Regular courses are on data collection and
  processing, database management, data analysis
  and statistical modeling, statistical report
  writing, and statistical presentation/disseminatio
  n
• Specialized/customized courses cover any topics
  on statistics requested by local and
  international clients (usually implemented in
  partnership with UN agencies and/or other
  international institutions)

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II. The Philippine Environment in Statistical
Research and Capacity Development
3. Statistical Training Program of the SRTC

• Strategies
• Linkages with premier academic institutions in
  statistics, major statistical agencies, other
  government agencies, and international agencies
  with offices in the country
• Building-up of training affiliates in the regions
  through partnership with Higher Educational
  Institutions (HEIs) such as colleges and
  universities in the regions
• Partnerships with agencies of the UN such as
  UNFPA, UNICEF, UNDP, SIAP with aid-giving
  institutions like WB, ADB, JICA

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II. The Philippine Environment in Statistical
Research and Capacity Development
4. Philippine Statistical Development Program
2011-2017

• Advocacy for statistical development is  very
  strong in the agenda of PARIS 21.
• At the country level, it pushes for the
  formulation of a statistical development plan
  generically called the National Strategies for
  the Development of Statistics or NSDS.
• The Philippine version is called the Philippine
  Statistical Development  Program (PSDP), now on
  its eighth episode (since 1976) and prepared as
  an interagency collaboration within the PSS under
  the stewardship  of  the NSCB.
• Two of its chapters
• Statistical Capacity Building
• Research and Development

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II. The Philippine Environment in Statistical
Research and Capacity Development
4. Philippine Statistical Development Program
2011-2017

• 4.1 Chapter on Statistical Capacity Building
• Proposed Statistical Programs
• Formulation and implementation of integrated
  training agenda for the PSS taking into
  consideration the statistical capacity programs
  of the sector specific agencies and
  development/updating of training curricula and
  materials
• Strengthening partnership with the academe in the
  delivery of training programs and in
  establishment of state-of-the-art training
  facilities  
• Conduct of the following
• Data Appreciation Seminars on Statistics
• seminars/internal press conferences on statistics
• capacity building for the analysis and
  utilization of collected information

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II. The Philippine Environment in Statistical
Research and Capacity Development
4. Philippine Statistical Development Program
2011-2017

• 4.1 Chapter on Statistical Capacity Building
• Proposed Statistical Programs
• Development and implementation of training
  program for middle management personnel in the
  PSS
• Building a pool of competent resource persons for
  the statistical trainings at the national and
  local levels

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II. The Philippine Environment in Statistical
Research and Capacity Development
4. Philippine Statistical Development Program
2011-2017

• 4.2 Chapter on Research and Development
• Proposed Statistical Programs
• Research needs assessment
• Updating of research agenda, which should be
  aligned with the goals/thrusts of the PSS
• Establish mechanism to guarantee conduct of RD
  that will address issues and emerging needs of
  PSS
• RD Coordination
• Monitoring of the conduct of statistical
  researches based on Research Agenda
• Partnership with the academe
• Conduct of various fora to disseminate research
  outputs
• Online public access catalog
• Archiving of statistical researches
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II. The Philippine Environment in Statistical
Research and Capacity Development
4. Philippine Statistical Development Program
2011-2017

• 4.2 Chapter on Research and Development
• Proposed Statistical Programs
• Establishment of research fund
• Establishment of data/ research warehousing and
  archiving for the PSS
• RD "Internship Program
• Establish tie-ups with foreign institutions on
  researches
• Conduct of collaborative researches with
  institutions abroad
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III. Concluding Remarks and Ways Forward

• Capacity Building
• Need for continuous building of capability of
  both data producers and data users, at the
  national and subnational levels
• Need to address inadequacy of resources for
  statistical capacity building programs
• Need to address fast employee turnovers

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III. Concluding Remarks and Ways Forward

• Financing of statistical development
• Inadequate government appropriations for
  statistical activities, particularly for
  periodic activities
• Inadequate financial resources to undertake
  developmental activities or address emerging
  concerns
• Need for private sector to invest on statistics
  as well
• Statistical agencies must learn to tap
  technical and financial assistance through
  foreign grants and address institutionalization
  issues

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