Philippine Governance Indicators Survey Tools National College of Public Administration and Governance University of the Philippines (UP-NCPAG)
Preliminary Stages 1. Inventory survey of data and indicator sources or institutions engaged in providing governance indicators in the Philippines 2. Preparation of a Users’ Guide of these indicator sources 3. Survey of which indicators are used and not used by national decision makers in their work
Consultation Workshops and Roundtable Discussions Stakeholders from: the executive and administrative branches of the government; the legislative branch; civil society; the academe; and other public and private organizations involved in using and developing indicators
Issues and Concerns From Roundtable Discussions
There are too many efforts by different agencies to come up with governance indicators and monitoring polls but there are few attempts of assessing these tools No measure of objectivity of existing governance indicators Different agencies came up with their own measurement/indicator/gauge of governance (i.e. rule of law, anti-corruption, transparency) No integrated/harmonized monitoring system between different government agencies
Issues and Concerns No institutionalized governance indicators What is governance indicators? Good Governance Indicators vs. Good Governance Outcomes Proliferation of indicators No agreement
Project Component 1: Users’ Guide Conducted a mapping exercise of governance indicators sources in the Philippines by producing a User’s Guide of Governance Indicators.
The preparation of the Guide is a joint effort between the National College of Public Administration and Governance (NCPAG) of the University of the Philippines, Diliman and the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) of the Republic of the Philippines with assistance from the UNDP Oslo Governance Center.
The Guide presents and assembles, whenever available and allowable, data on the institutions generating possible governance indicators information, their location and contact numbers, how they generate data, how the indicators they use are determined and measured, and the frequency by which these are released.
Format The Guide follows the format established by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the European Commission which released a similar publication in 2004 entitled “Governance Indicators: A Users’ Guide.”
Project Component 2: Survey of Governance Indicators Users Respondents 50-150 policy/decision makers
General Purpose To assess the extent to which governance indicators are being used To determine whether there are differences on how sources are applied at various levels of government
Lessons Learned Many indicators are available but public awareness is low There is a need to inform the public of possible sources of indicators identified by the survey
Next Steps Continue to build on the sources of indicators to be included in the Users Manual based on sources identified in the survey Assessing the existing capacities of national data collection agencies and statistical system
Next Steps (cont’d) Designing a program to strengthen national capacities especially in the area of data collection focusing on national and local policy makers. Development of a composite index of governance indicators that can be picked up from existing list