Section 6Sec./Art. 6

Institutional Arrangement for the Implementation of PENCAS. - To ensure the effective implementation of PENCAS, the following bodies shall be tapped:

(a) The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) Board shall oversees the implementation of PENCAS.

(b) The PSA Board shall direct the relevant interagency committees created under Section 10 of Republic Act No. 10625 to assist the PSA in addressing agency and sectoral concerns that may arise in the development of natural capital accounts, particularly on the (1) techniques and methodologies in generating environment and natural resources statistics; (2) areas of duplication, discrepancies, and gaps; and (3) workable schemes for the improvement of data systems of accounts including production, dissemination and archiving of data and information.

The Interagency Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Statistics (IACENRS) shall provide support in ensuring that data requirements for NCA are being generated by all concerned agencies. It shall adopt, implement, and update an NCA Roadmap that will (1) guide short-term, medium-term, and long-term activities areas for budget support and monitoring and evaluation of NCA implementation in the country.

(c) A Technical Working Group (TWG) on NCA shall be established under the IACENRS. The TWG shall consist of the PSA as lead accounts compiler, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) as main data producer, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), and the Department of Agriculture (DA). The PSA shal serve as chair and shall provide secretariat support to the TWG. The TWG shall perform the following roles and responsibilities:

(1) Provide immediate support to achieve the priority activities across all components of the NCA Roadmap such as ensuring the inclusion of proposals, through program convergence budgeting to avoid duplication of funding for similar program, activity, or project for PENCAS, by the implementing agencies for budgetary or financial and technical support and collaborating with development partners for project preparation and implementation;

(2) Serve as a forum for discussion and resolution of issues and concerns in the compilation, processing, and dissemination of natural capital and ecosystem statistics and accounts and other related indicators in terms of accuracy, completeness, timeliness, and relevance;

(3) Review and recommend enhancements on the concepts, techniques, and methodologies used in the collection, processing, and reporting of natural capital and ecosystem statistics and accounts to ensure conformity with the prescribed statistical standards and classification system;

(4) Identify and recommend statistical measures, strategies, and policies for the improvement of natural capital and ecosystem statistics and accounts to IACENRS;

(5) Recommend improvements in the methodology of compiling natural capital and ecosystem statistics and accounts, and formulate measures to ensure that the data requirements of the same are being generated and addressed by all concerned agencies;

(6) Prioritize outputs that will address the more urgent statistical requirements in the Philippine Statistical Development Program, including those required to monitor and measure the accomplishment of relevant chapters of the Philippine Development Plan and its Results Matrices, and the Philippine's obligations in multilateral environmental agreements; and

(7) Update the PSA Board and the IACERNS on developments in natural capital and ecosystem statistics and accounts.