Section 2: Office Overview and Internal Practices Related to Training

1. Does your Office have a Learning and Development Plan (LDP)?*

 Yes
 No
2. If yes, what percentage of the LDP has been accomplished?  (ex. 50%, write 50)*

3. How many of your employees are assigned under your management/supervision?

4. How many of your employees received any training on statistics for at least one working day
in 2022?*

Your answer
5. Does your institution have an official promotion plan that suggests trainings for talented, high
performing employees?*
 Yes
 No
6. Are employees encouraged to do analytical works in seminars and conferences when
relevant?*
 Yes
 No
7. Are employees encouraged to publish scientific papers in seminars and conferences when
relevant?*
 Yes
 No
8. Are employees encouraged to present scientific papers at seminars and conferences when
relevant?*
 Yes
 No

9. How many employees were sponsored for training in national training institutions (e.g., Civil
Service Institute (CSI), Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP), Philippine Statistical
Research and Training Institute (PSRTI) in 2022?*

10. How many statistical employees were sponsored for short training courses of 1 to 5 days
abroad in 2022?*

11. Does your institution collaborate with international capacity building institutions/centers?*
 Yes
 No
12. If Yes, please specify the name of the international institutions/centers:

13. Has your institution been able to do collaborative training efforts with the Philippine
Statistical Research and Training Institute (PSRTI) and its predecessor the Statistical Research
and Training Center (SRTC) before?*
 Yes
 No

14. Were they able to use/apply the skills developed and the knowledge gained from the
training? If YES, select the top three choices given below. If NO, select "Not applicable".*
Promotion
 Work Productivity
 Academic advancement
 Other job opportunities
 Not applicable
Other:

15. What forms of performance feedback do you give to the employees who have applied their
learned skills after having attended training courses? (check all that apply)*
 I don't give feedback
 Verbal feedback
 Written feedback on output
 Internal Performance Monitoring forms (e.g., IPCR)
 Monitoring of Training Re-Entry plans
 Opportunity for sharing sessions
Other:

16. DATA PLANNING AND COLLECTION: Does your employees who are currently involve
in handling data possesses the following skills?  *

Yes Yes, but needs No, but desired No, not

improvement applicable
Develop long-
term plan of
statistical
activities (e.g.
office statistcal
development
program)
Identify relevant
indicators
 Assess
availability of
relevant
indicators and
statistics
Design data
collection plan
(e.g., survey,
administrative,
registry, etc.)
Identify
Sample/Populatio
n (e.g., target
identification)
Calculate weights
of samples
Determine survey
sampling method
(procedure for
how respondents
in the survey will
be selected, e.g.,
random sampling
stratified by
rural/urban)

17. DATA MANAGEMENT: Does your employees who are currently involve in handling data
possesses the following skills?  *

Yes Yes, but needs No, but desired No, not

improvement applicable
Integrate/Merge
datasets from
the SAME data
sources
Integrate
DIFFERENT
data sources to
produce
estimates
Validate
datasets
Develop data
storage/
warehouses
 Assess data
quality of
various data
sources (e.g.,
administrative
data, registry
data, survey
data)

18. DATA PROCESSING AND STATISTICS PRODUCTION:  Does your employees who are
currently involve in handling data possesses the following skills?*

Yes Yes, but needs No, but desired No, not

improvement applicable
Cost Benefit
Analysis
Risk Analysis
and
Management
Produce
descriptive
analysis of data
(e.g., generation
of summary
statistics such as
counts, mean,
median,
standard
deviation)
Visualize data
(e.g. bar charts,
graphs)
Analyse
microdata (data
on individuals,
households,
establishments
or units from
which data are
collected, e.g.
poverty data)
Estimate
missing values
(e.g. a
questionnaire
 item left
unanswered)
Apply geospatial
analysis (e.g.
statistical maps)
Perform
regression
techniques to
estimate and
predict values
Perform
Econometric
Modelling
(inclusive of
forecasting)
Perform
Categorical
Data Analysis
Conduct
experimental
designs for
evaluations

19. STATISTICAL REPORT DEVELOPMENT: Does your employees who are currently

involve in handling data possesses the following skills?*

Yes Yes, but needs No, but desired No, not

improvement applicable
Create data
dashboards
Write technical
reports using
data and
statistics
Create
infographics
Monitoring and
Evaluation
(M&E) of Plans
M&E of
Programs and
Projects
Programs and
Projects Impact
Evaluation
20. DATA DISSEMINATION: Does your employees who are currently involve in handling data
possesses the following skills?*

Yes Yes, but needs No, but desired No, not

improvement applicable
Prepare data for
online
accessibility to
public
Share data and
statistical
reports on social
media (e.g.,
posting in
Facebook)
Prepare data for
inter-agency
sharing
Draft press
releases
Draft policy
briefs and other
publications
Participate in
press
conferences
Data privacy
and security

21. DATA USE: Does your employees who are currently involve in handling data possesses the
following skills?*

Yes Yes, but needs No, but desired No, not

improvement applicable
Conduct (data)
user needs
assessments
(e.g., asking
users for inputs
on what
data/reports
they need)
Conduct
 stakeholders’
consultation or
workshops
Delivering
training for data
users
Track data use
and re-use (e.g.,
first utilization
of data for
intended
purpose, re-use
of data for other
insights)

22. Please indicate the other statistical training your staff may need [Open question].*
Your answer

Section 3: Funds infrastructure - Domestic and External Funding

1. Is there a dedicated budget specifically for statistical trainings within the overall budget of
your institution?*
 Yes
 No
If Yes, provide an estimated share of the overall budget for statistical trainings that is allocated
by your institution. If your answer is No, write N/A:*

If No, in case there is no dedicated budget, are funds available for statistical trainings on an ad-
hoc basis?*
 Yes
 No

2. Is there a dedicated budget specifically for statistical activities within the overall budget of
your institution?*
 Yes
 No
If Yes, provide an estimated share of the overall budget for statistical activities that is allocated
by your institution. If your answer is No, write N/A:*
 If No, in case there is no dedicated budget, are funds available for statistical activities on an ad-
hoc basis?*
 Yes
 No

3. Are there criteria being considered that would allow the inclusion of statistical trainings and
statistical activities in the budgeting process? If YES, select the top three choices given below. If
NO, select "Not applicable".*
 To comply to laws/regulations
 To generate data for policies
 To address requests from advocacy groups like CSOs and NGOs
 To establish collaboration with research and academic institutions
 To accommodate instructions from higher officials
 Not applicable
Other:

4. Did your agency/institution receive technical, financial, or other input from international
development providers (donors) for producing statistics?*
 Yes (please check those provided below)
 No
Type/s of input received:*
 Technical (e.g., develop methods)
 Trainings
 Consultation and dissemination
 Financial

Other:

SECTION 4 Advocacy, Political Support, and Stakeholder's Interest

1. Are there any efforts made by your institution to promote the use of statistics?
*
 Yes
 No

2. Is the development of statistics in your agency supported by legislators? This can be reflected by
the trend in the breakdown of the statistics budget provided by government vs international aid, as a
share of statistical related activities in the Philippine Statistical Development Program or as an annual
working plan with a secured budget.

 Yes
 No
3. Do you think that statistics users (for example, media or civil society organizations) see that
statistics is given priority in policy making? This may be reflected in civil society campaigns,
advocacy initiatives aiming at eliminating violence against marginalized groups, civil society
coordination mechanisms or movements.
*
 Yes
 No

4. Over the past year, have the non-governmental users of statistics (e.g. NGOs, media) approached
your organization for an intervention relating to policies on programs and projects using statistics?
*
 Yes
 No

Section 5: Statistical Production Processes and Quality Assurance

1. Are there any experts consulted/involved in the production of statistics in your agency?
*

Yes No
Other National Government
Agencies
Congress
NGOs, CSOs
International organisations
Universities, research centres
Private sector

Are there any other experts not listed above?

Yes No
Others, please specify below

Yes No

If you checked "Others", please specify:

____________________________________________

2. Have international standards and guidelines for statistics (definitions and classifications, data
collection methods, question modules, estimation techniques, etc.) been used for your data production
processes? Select all that apply
*
 Handbook on Governance Statistics
 UN Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics
 Statistical Standards for National Government Agencies
 Strategic Development of Subnational Statistics
 None
 Other: _____________________________________________________

3. If there was no assessment of statistics in the past, are there any plans for such an
assessment?
*
  Yes
 No

If Yes, indicate in what year you plan to do so:

_______________________________________________________

1. What are your institution’s priority indicators?

*
 SDGs
 PDP/Matrix of indicators
 Indicators in the Local Development Plan
 Sectoral (e.g. farmers, IPs, PWDs,)
 Other: ____________________________________

If your answer is "Sectoral", please specify:

_______________________________________________

2. Has your institution undertaken any actions aimed at improving statistics in the past 3
years ? Select all that apply
*
 Setting priorities and targets in the agency development plan
 Systematically coordinating and aligning actions and resources with the defined goals, and
ensuring that employees of the agency/organisation are working toward common goals
 Undertaking multipronged interventions or programs
 None.
 Other: _______________________________________________

3. Does your institution plan to undertake actions aimed at improving statistics in the future?
Select all that apply
*
 Setting priorities and targets in the agency development plan
 Systematically coordinating and aligning actions and resources with the defined goals, and
ensuring that the agency/organisation’s employees are working toward common goals
 Undertaking multipronged interventions or programs
 There is no such action planned
 Other: _______________________________________________


This is the end of the questionnaire. Thank you for answering!

If you have any questions or concerns, you may message the

focal persons Ms. Jomel Jhele T. Sadsad and Mr. Christopher E. Mojica
at jhele.sadsad@psrti.gov.ph and christopher.mojica@psrti.gov.ph