Promoting Data and Data Dissemination Policies: The Philippine Experience

1. Promoting Data and Data Dissemination Policies: The Philippine Experience by Mr. Candido J. Astrologo, Jr. Director, National Statistical Information Center National Statistical Coordination Board Regional Workshop on Data Dissemination and Communication 20-22 June 2012, Manila, Philippines

2. Outline of Presentation The Philippine Statistical System (PSS)and the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) NSCB experience in promoting web products Data Dissemination Policiesin the PSS Challenges

3. Ia. The Philippine Statistical System • government-wide system of providing statistical information and services to the public • present system is defined in Executive Order No. 121 dated October 1, 1987 • a decentralized statistical system composed of: • a policy-making and coordinating body • a general-purpose statistics producing agency • a statistical research and training center • data producers • data users • data providers

4. Ia. The Philippine Statistical System Framework of Coordination in the Philippine Statistical System LegislativeOffice ExecutiveOffice Training, Education and ResearchInstitutions Policy-making/ Coordinating Agency Data Users Data Producers Data Suppliers/Respondents

5. Ia. 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

6. Ib. The National Statistical Coordination Board Executive Order 121 – January 30, 1987 Reorganizing the Philippine Statistical System and for Other Purposes • Created the NSCB as the highest policy-making and coordinating body on statistical matters in the country Goal To promote the independence, objectivity, integrity, responsiveness, and relevance of the Philippine Statistical System (PSS).

7. Ib. The National Statistical Coordination Board NSCB Executive Board NSCB Technical Staff

8. Ib. The National Statistical Coordination Board NSCB Executive Board • Composition • Chair: Secretary of Socio-Economic Planning • Co-Chair: Undersecretary of the Department of Budget and Management • Members: • Undersecretaries of other departments • NSCB • NSO • Statistical Research and Training Center • BangkoSentralngPilipinas • local government unit representative • private sector representative

9. Ib. The National Statistical Coordination Board • Functions • Promote and maintain an efficient statistical system in the government • Formulate policies on all matters relating to government statistical operations • Recommend executive and legislative measures to enhance the development and efficiency of the system, including the internal structure of statistical agencies • Establish appropriate mechanism for statistical coordination at the regional, provincial and city levels • Approve the Philippine Statistical Development Program (PSDP)

10. Ib. The National Statistical Coordination Board • Functions (cont) • Allocate statistical responsibilities among government agencies by designating the statistics to be collected by them, including their periodicity and content • Review budgetary proposals involving statistical operations and submit an integrated budget for the Philippine Statistical System (PSS) to the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) • Review and clear, prior to release, all funds for statistical operations • Develop, prescribe and maintain appropriate framework for the improvement of statistical coordination; and • Prescribe uniform standards and classification systems in government statistics.

11. Ib. The National Statistical Coordination Board NSCB Technical Staff • Provide technical and secretarial support to the NSCB; • Serve as the statistical clearing house and liaison for international statistical matters; and • Perform other functions as may be assigned by the NSCB Executive Board

12. Ib. The National Statistical Coordination Board Organizational Structure of the NSCB Technical Staff 5 staff 5 staff Total NSCB staff: 115

13. II. NSCB experience in promoting web products

14. II. NSCB Experience in promoting web products Website Web products “Non-statistical” Statistical Classification Systems Tables Concepts and Definitions OPAC Online Databases Statistical Analysis Resolutions Visualizations

15. II. NSCB Experience in promoting web products Web Analytics – Server Logs NSCB Website (2002-2011) (in millions) The number of page views has continuously increased at a faster rate than the number of visitors. Good or bad? Visitors are more engaged and they stayed around to view on more pages. CAGR = 21.7% CAGR = 9.9% Based on server log files; *excludes visits of bots

16. II. NSCB Experience in promoting web products Web Analytics – Server Logs Website sections with analysis are becoming more popular on our websites and being viewed by more users. *excludes visits of bots

17. II. NSCB Experience in promoting web products Goal : to get more visitors/page views to our website • 1. Search Engine Optimization (SEO) • What we have done • Registered our website in online directories (Google, Yahoo, Bing) • Reciprocal linking/cross-linking • Followed tips on search engine optimization (TITLE tag, META description) • What we have NOT done • SEO tools/software • Positioning tools/software

18. II. NSCB Experience in promoting web products Goal : to get more visitors/page views to our website Google.com Google page rank : 7/10

19. II. NSCB Experience in promoting web products Goal : to get more visitors/page views to our website • 2. Site promotion • Social Networks (December 2010) • Social network NSCBPhilippines @NSCBPhilippines • RSS feeds http://www.nscb.gov.ph/rss • AddThis social sharing widget • Traditional Strategies • E-newsletter (mailing list) • URLs in e-mail signatures • Posting of URLs in IEC materials • URLs in business cards, t-shirts, bookmarks, etc.

20. II. NSCB Experience in promoting web products Goal : to get more visitors/page views to our website 184 friends 229 followers; 139 tweets 6,012 subscribers Sexy Statistics: “It is Valentine’s! if you are a 30-39 year-old Juliet and your heart greatly desires a 30-39 year-old Romeo, your best chance is to go find him in Region IV-B”

21. III. Data Dissemination Policiesin the Philippine Statistical System

22. III. Data dissemination policies in the PSS Government Statistics Accessibility Program NSCB Resolution No. 10-1997 • Vision • To make statistical information and services in the Philippines easily accessible by users nationwide and worldwide. • Ultimate Goals • to widen knowledge and facilitate faster and sounder decision-making by making statistical information and services more accessible; • to maximize the benefits from the investments made in data collection.

23. III. Data dissemination policies in the PSS Government Statistics Accessibility Program NSCB Resolution No. 10-1997 • Salient Features • Dissemination of statistics as part of an agency’s public information program • Disseminate data once they are available in all forms and channels; simultaneously at both national and local level • Adoption of a uniform pricing policy

24. III. Data dissemination policies in the PSS The Interagency Committee (IAC) on Statistical Information Management and Dissemination • One of the 21 IACs/TCs under the NSCB • Composition • NSCB – Chair, NSO – Co-Chair • Members: BAS, BLES, BSP, SRTC, FNRI, NCC, • NEDA, PIA, PMS, PCCI, TUCP • Functions • Discuss and resolve issues • Formulate principles, policies and guidelines; review current policies and mechanisms • Recommend possible consolidation/ enhancements/ improvements; • Identify and recommend continuing capacity building programs (producers and users)

25. III. Data dissemination policies in the PSS • Policies on Pricing • General pricing policy of the Philippine Statistical System (Res. 11-1999) • Cost recovery measures • The same price regardless of location • Prices should be made known to the public • Guidelines on the implementation of the pricing policy (Res 5-2000) • How to price a statistical product or service • Pricing scheme (discounts, bulk ordering, subscription)

26. III. Data dissemination policies in the PSS • Policies on Pricing • Approving and adopting the framework on the provision of statistical products and services of the PSS (Res. 1-2006) • It answers the question: • “What are the statistical products/services which are for free or for a fee for a particular client?” • Click for the matrix

27. III. Data dissemination policies in the PSS • Policies on Dissemination • Enjoining agencies in the PSS to archive and document microdata using international standards (Res. No. 10-2010) • Documentation of surveys and censuses • IHSN microdata management toolkit • Data Documentation Initiative • As of May 2012: • NSO – 61 surveys/censuses • BLES – 6 surveys • BAS – 25 surveys • With support from the Accelerated Data Program: • FNRI, BSP and more surveys/censuses in 2012

28. III. Data dissemination policies in the PSS • Policies on Dissemination • Approving and adopting the general policy on the production, release and dissemination of microdata in the PSS (Res. No. 5-2011) • Adoption of anonymization principles and practices • Production of codebook/data dictionary • Shall be made known and accessible to the public • Shall be made available within 6-12 months after the release of final data from surveys

29. III. Data dissemination policies in the PSS • Policies on Dissemination • Approving and adopting the general policy on the dissemination of statistics on the Internet (16-2011) • Background • 15 out of 18 Departments have no Statistics page; statistics are found on Reports, Performance, Database pages • 4 out of 18 Departments has no statistics at all on their website • Enjoins all government offices to create a section on Statistics on their website • Statistical page/section shall contain the following: • Dynamic statistical databases; time series data • Data archive • Metadata • Advanced release calendar

30. III. Data dissemination policies in the PSS Terms of Use • Any part of this publication should not be reproduced, recopied, lend or repackaged for other parties for any commercial purposes without written permission from the NSCB. • Any part of this publication may only be reproduced for internal use of the recipient/customer company. • Should any portion of the data in this publication are to be included in a report/article, the title of the publication and the NSCB should be cited as the source of the data • Any information derived from the processing of data contained in this publication will not be the responsibility of NSCB. • Printed publication • Website • CD-ROM products

31. III. Challenges in Data Promotion and Dissemination Policies

32. III. Challenges in Data Promotion and Dissemination Policies Which way to go?

33. III. Challenges in Data Promotion and Dissemination Policies Which way to go?

34. III. Challenges in Data Promotion and Dissemination Policies • What are needed? • Commitment of data producers • Continuous capacity building program • A statistics champion in the legislature • International guidelines/support Main Considerations • Human/Manpower • Financial/budget • Capacity/Expertise Resources

35. III. Challenges in Data Promotion and Dissemination Policies Invest in statistics!  Invest in statisticians!  Invest in statistical offices!  Dr. Romulo A. Virola Secretary General, NSCB

36. Mabuhay and Thank you! URL: http://www.nscb.gov.ph e-mail: info@nscb.gov.ph