NSCB Resolution No. 16
Series of 2009

APPROVING THE TERMS OF REFERENCE AND COMPOSITION
OF THE REGIONAL, PROVINCIAL, CITY, AND MUNICIPAL
CENSUS COORDINATING BOARDS IN THE CONDUCT
OF THE 2010 CENSUS OF POPULATION AND HOUSING

WHEREAS, Batas Pambansa Blg. 72 provides for the taking of an integrated census every 10 years beginning in 1980, in accordance with the plans to be prepared by the then National Census and Statistics Office (NCSO), now the National Statistics Office (NSO);

WHEREAS, pursuant to this legal mandate, the 2010 Census of Population and Housing (CPH) will be conducted in May 2010, with May 1 as reference date;

WHEREAS, the 2010 CPH is designed to take an inventory of the total population and housing units in the country and collect information about their characteristics;

WHEREAS, the assistance provided by other government agencies to the NSO was instrumental to the success of previous census undertakings;
           
WHEREAS, Section 5 of Batas Pambansa Blg. 72 provides that the “National Census Coordinating Board may call upon any ministry [department], bureau, office, agency, or instrumentality of the government for any assistance in the performance of their duties; ”

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AS IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED that the Board approve the terms of reference (TOR) and composition of the Regional, Provincial, City, and Municipal Census Coordinating Boards (Annex BR-16-20090706-01 );

BE IT RESOLVED FURTHER that the resources needed to successfully accomplish these TORs be on a cost-sharing basis as may be deemed appropriate by the parties concerned.

Approved this 6th day of July 2009 in Pasig City.

Attested by:

ROMULO A. VIROLA
Secretary General