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	The Foro Consultivo Cientifico y Tecnológico has published "Measuring the progress of societies. Reflections from Mexico", a book concerning the theme of progress, which set of new indicators ought to be used in order to measure the progress of societies and also aims to promote a general and desirable reflection in Mexico
	BellagioSTAMP - SusTainability Assessment and Measurement Principles. A new set of guiding principles used to measure and assess progress towards sustainability. They were written by a group of international experts meeting in Bellagio, Italy, organized by IISD and the OECD's Measuring the Progress of Societies initiative.
	Gurría calls for 'new generation' of statistics to reinforce public confidence in government    OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría has warned that unless a new generation of statistics is developed to measure social progress and well-being, people may lose confidence in institutions and in the capacity of governments to address their problems.
	Newsletter Issue 6 - September 2009   In this issue: Ecological Footprint Accounting; Measuring the Progress of Communities; Switzerland moves on!; The Global Social Change Research Project; Superme Audit Institutions application of progress measurement Key National Indicators; Liveability audit in regional Queensland, Australia. Highlights: 3rd OECD World Forum, Busan, Korea - 27-30 October 2009. Global Project on "Measuring the Progress of Societies".
	In remarks prepared for the workshop on the findings of the Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress set up by French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Mr Gurría noted that the OECD is well placed to lead international cooperation on harmonising concepts and methodologies  Read more. Speech given by the OECD Secretary-General (in French) OECD statistics on measuring economic performance and social progress More newsroom articles

• Report of French President Sarkozy's  Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress, was released in Paris on the 14th of September. The report is online at www.stiglitz-sen-fitoussi.fr  

  President Sarkozy's speech (video in French)  

• The Communication “GDP and beyond Measuring progress in a changing world” was presented and discussed with key stakeholders at an event on 8 September 2009, the video of the webcast will be available soon. Speakers included: Stavros Dimas (European Commission); Elisabet Falemo (Swedish EU Presidency); Aart de Geus (OECD); Pedro Diaz Muñoz (Eurostat); and Enrico Giovannini (Italian Statistical Institute). http://www.beyond-gdp.eu/EUroadmap.html#event

• OECD Secretary-General congratulates Enrico Giovannini on designation to head Italian statistics institute 

  Hailing the designation of  Enrico Giovannini, OECD’s Chief Statistician since January 2001, as President of the Italian national statistics institute (Istituto nazionale di statistica - ISTAT), OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría said this marks recognition of his prominent role in the field of international statistics and his contribution to strengthening the OECD’s position in this area. 

• Read the Institute of Development Studies new policy briefings on AFTER 2015: PROMOTING PRO-POOR POLICY AFTER THE MDGs - with briefings on 3d Human Wellbeing (that discusses the work of the Global Project); Gender Equality and Low Carbon Growth. The ‘After 2015’ debate is about questioning the value of an MDG-type, target-based approach to international development, about progress so far on poverty reduction, about looking to an uncertain future and exploring what kind of system we will need after the MDG deadline has passed.

• A draft paper from the Global Project that sets out a "Taxonomy" or Framework to measure the progress of societies has been sent for peer review to our network. Read more. 
  

• The Board of the Global Project on "Measuring the Progress of Societies" held its second official meeting in New York in February 2009, where the Board approved the nominations of the co-chairs Mr.Pedro Conceicao (UNDP) and Mr. Enrico Giovannini (OECD). Please read more about the governance and structure of the Global Project
  

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