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SINSO Newsletter October Issue 2017 Your monthly guide to the Solomon Islands National Statistics Office News, Information and Events • Issue 2 • October 2017 VRS Director Raphael Aipaina ‘‘VRS is coming to your door step” Read full report on page 2 Welcome message from the Government Statistician Douglas Kimi for the SINSO to embrace this lage Resource Survey 2017-2018 ily informed on-line through this new communication medium and phase one implementation/work- fact file on its active website. Feel to fully maximize its capacity to shops with accompanying photos free to read the bulletins inside disseminate statistical news, sto- carried out in Western, Honiara, this issue. For public interest, the ries and information to meet the and Malaita Provinces. This na- issue is downloadable on our web- needs of its readers. This is our tional survey project, the Village site: www.statistics.gov.sb/. The 2nd edition thus we are grateful Resource Survey 2017-2018 (VRS) newsletter comes out at the end of that you are taking your time to is a prerequisite of the conduct of every month. We hope to continue read it. As the central statistical the National Census count in 2019. bringing in interesting articles, agency of government, the SINSO And also in this issue we bring to news and facts via this medium through this newsletter will ensure you some general news updates. now and into the future. Please n behalf of the Solomon Is- that information is disseminated Now that the internet is increas- feel free to also forward this issue Olands National Statistics Office widely to inform the public of the ingly becoming a channel for dis- to your colleagues and friends and (SINSO), I take this opportunity to activities and developments that seminating news and information, also feel free to get in touch with welcome you to our second issue are happening within the SINSO. SINSO is very glad that through our media team for further infor- of our new monthly E-newsletter. In this issue, we have updates on this network (monthly newsletter), mation. This is a wonderful opportunity the Solomon Islands (National) Vil- its readers can be better and eas- What’s inside this issue • VRS phase 1 implementation, pg 2-3. • SI records 57.5M trade surplus in March, pg 4. • NSO provincial staff boosted, pg 5. • CPI falls by 0.6 % in Sept pg, 6. • Dialogue to improve visitor arrivals data input, pg 7. • Kimi explains NSO role, pg 8. •NSO in pictures, pg 9. •Temotu enumerators end training, pg 10. General Inquiries Telephone :( 677)27835/ 23951 Fax :( 677)23775 email: [email protected] Postal contact National Statistics Office Ministry of Finance & Treasury P.O. Box G6 Honiara Solomon Islands Solomon Islands National Statistics Office (SINSO) Monthly Newsletter Issue 2 October 2017 Page 2 NEWSFLASH NEWS Village Resource Survey rolls he Solomon Islands National He said since the survey is the ba- Meanwhile, Mr Aipaina said that port and cooperation is decisive in TStatistics Office (SINSO) within sis for the national census count in while this is a nationwide survey this regard. the Ministry of Finance & Treasury 2019, there’s no exception for any including the Honiara city, it is not Government Statistician, Douglas is rolling out the first phase of the village and household to escape it. always an easy task as the diverse Kimi said this VRS project will be a 2017-2018 Village Resource Survey “VRS is coming to your nature of the islands has to be taken benchmark for the official/gazetted (VRS). into account, as well as the logistical village names in the country. The first phase will cover the whole door step thus your vil- support arrangements necessary for He said once the survey (VRS) is of Renbel and Temotu Provinces, lage and household will the survey such as transportation to conducted and successfully accom- ward one and two in the Shortland outer islands. plished it will provide avenues to Islands in the Western Province and be enumerated and reg- The Director then called on every look at pathways to gazette village ward 31, 32 and 33 in the Malaita istered.” single citizen of the Solomon Is- names. Outer Island (MOI) of Malaita Phase two which is set for Choiseul, lands to cooperate and support the The Solomon Islands Government Province. Central Island and Makira Province NSO and the officers (field enumer- (SIG) through the Ministry of Fi- This will run for a period of two (s) will kick-off in December 2017 ators) who are deployed into the nance & Treasury funded the VRS months. while phase three is scheduled to field to provide them with the cor- 2017/18 project. VRS Director Raphael Aipaina said commence on February next year rect information. The NSO is also calling on develop- this is a nationwide survey thus eve- (2018) for Western, Malaita, Gua- He said this is a very important sur- ment partners and donors to sup- ry single village will be enumerated dalcanal and Honiara. vey given the national census is just port the 2019 Census in terms of and listed. over a year away thus collective sup- funding and technical assistance. Facts about Solomon Islands olomon Islands is a wide island nation (consist- Sing of six big double chains of islands stretch- ing 1,500 kilometres between the westernmost and easternmost islands). It lies east of Papua New Guin- ea and has many islands: Choiseul, the Shortland Islands; the New Georgia Islands; Santa Isabel; the Russell Islands; Ngella (the Florida Islands); Malaita; Guadalcanal; Sikaiana; Maramasike; Ulawa; Uki; Ma- kira (San Cristobal); Santa Ana; Rennell and Bellona; the Santa Cruz Islands and three remote, tiny outli- ers, Tikopia, Anuta and Fatutaka. The Santa Cruz Is- lands (of which Tikopia is part), are situated north of Vanuatu and are especially isolated at more than 200 kilometres from the other islands. Capital: Honiara. Solomons population: 599,419 (2016)-World Bank. More on the Village Resource Survey he village Resource Survey programs. The VRS 2017-2018 will responsibility is on the NSO to fulfil will only be possible with successful T(VRS) has a long history in the play the role of assisting the SIG in this mandate. The VRS 2017-2018 is completion of the VRS 2017-2018, Solomon Islands National Statistics providing quality data at the village important because of the following • The 2019 Population Census will Office (SINSO). level, which is essential, to see the factors. need one enumerator to canvass an Initiated in the 1980’s, it was then impact of development, and guide • It is an opportune time to collect a area in 2 weeks, hence census plan- conducted in 1995-1996, then in its development efforts and policy complete coverage of data ( census- ning needs the VRS 2017-2018 data 2007-2008, and the present VRS – makers in the future, to improve like fashion), covering all villages/ for proper mapping of enumera- 2017-2018 is the fourth one in the the livelihood and standard of living localities in the county, which is ex- tion areas, and the numbers of areas series. for all Solomon Islanders. One such pensive but essential at this point in in the country/province for equal VRS 2017-2018 is part and parcel subject of concern is the income time, work-load. of the 2019 national census count level of the rural areas. The SIG rec- • Small areas statistics will be col- Other major national projects that are preparation. ognizes the role that villages play in lected which is not possible in sam- also facilitated by SINSO via its Na- The VRS will collect information on development, because the norm of ple surveys, tional Statistics Development Strategy services to the village and will in- doing things as a community is cen- • Rural development plans can be 2015/16 to 2035 under the leadership clude mapping. tral to the Solomon Islands. More enhanced effectively, with provision of the Government Statistician include: • The National Agriculture Survey (on- The household listing exercise will than 80 per cent of the county’s of good data at the village level, going). collect information on the location population live in the rural areas, • The policy of the SIG can be as- • The Solomon Islands Demographic & of households by GPS and the num- doing economic activities in the ag- sessed and re-directed, Health Survey – Dissemination phase ber of people per household by gen- riculture, forestry, fishing industry • Data can be used for legal “village (ongoing activities). der. This is the basis for Census enu- and in an own- account fashion, planning”, such as setting up of legal • The Household Income and Expendi- meration areas (EA) demarcation. and current estimates of the number boundaries for villages with proper ture Survey – Extended for National The Solomon Islands Government of villages/ localities in the country development targets, CPI Project and GDP (ongoing activi- (SIG) in its development efforts is put at 7000. The SIG recognizes • Proper infrastructure/facil- ties). have used the village level (which the NSO as the executing body for ity blocks, business/industry setups • The National Statistics Development is the community level) as the tar- providing quality data under the and administration centres can be Strategy NSDS 2015/16 to 2035 (ongo- get unit for development. They have provisions of the statistics Act 1970, developed to align with population ing). • Proposed quarterly Labour Force targeted rural areas, through its (Amendments 2007, the Census Act pressure from settlements, Survey (LFS) (new/ongoing). Constituency Development Fund 1959), for development planning • Effective planning for the National • 2019 Population & Housing Census program (CDF) – this is apart from aspirations through its policy of a Population Census of Solomon Is- Preparation.
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