Regional conferences

Several regional conferences are being organised in the lead up to the 4th OECD World Forum. These events are jointly convened with National Statistical Offices and leading national and regional actors, in collaboration with the OECD Development Centre and the PARIS21 Secretariat. These conferences aim to deepen on-going reflection on how to measure well-being and the progress of societies, enhance the relevance of measures and analysis for addressing key policy issues, and lead to concrete outputs, such as establishing frameworks for future work.

Summer 2012

>> 26 pm - 28 June

European Conference on Measuring Well-Being and Fostering the Progress of Societies, Paris, France. The Conference will focus on recent activities in the field of measuring progress and well-being, and aims to foster European debate on the wide range of issues related to this area. It represents the first milestone for the co-ordination activities undertaken as part of the European Framework for Measuring Progress e-Frame EU FP7 project. The conference will also serve as a platform for discussing how best to advance the implementation of the recommendations included in the Final Report of the European Statistical System (ESS) Sponsorship Group on Measuring Progress, Well-Being and Sustainable Development, adopted by the ESS Committee in November 2011.

Summer 2013

 >> 3-5 July 2013

This will be the third international conference of economists interested in welfare economics and public policy broadly defined. This conference will follow those organised in Oxford (July 2009) and Paris (July 2011). The 2013 OECD-Universities Joint Conference will be informed by the work done over the past decade by economists, statisticians and social analysts to develop broad measures of well-being, and touch on some of the well-being dimensions included in recent OECD reports on the subject. The conference will feature roundtables, plenary sessions and contributed research papers on the wide range of issues that matter to the economics of human well-being. It will include three major strands: policy and empirical economics; economic theory; and econometrics. The conference may also include sessions on other relevant social sciences. The conference is organised by the OECD, Oxford University and the Open University.

OECD World Fora on “Statistics, Knowledge and Policy”

The OECD World Fora on “Statistics, Knowledge and Policy” gather decision makers, policy actors, social leaders, statisticians and academics to discuss how best to measure and foster the progress of societies.

16-19 Oct. 2012

The main objectives of the 4th OECD World Forum on "Statistics, Knowledge and Policy" are to further the discussions on the different aspects that make for a good life today and in the future in different countries of the world and to promote the development and use of new measures of well-being for effective and accountable policy-making. Thus, an important expected outcome of the Forum is to contribute to the post-2015 development agenda.

27-30 Oct. 2009

3rd OECD World Forum on "Statistics, Knowledge and Policy" - Busan, Korea

27-30 June 2007

10-13 Nov. 2004

Past Events in 2011 and 2012

May 2011

>> 11-13

Latin American Conference on Measuring Well-Being and Fostering the Progress of Societies -Mexico City, Mexico (co-organised the National Institute of Statistics and Geography of Mexico, the Mexican Consultative Forum on Science and Technology and the OECD.

>> 24-25

OECD 50th Anniversary Forum - OECD Headquarters, Paris, France
During the OECD's 50th Anniversary Forum which had for theme "Better Policies for Better Lives", a session was dedicated to measuring progress.

July 2011

>> 6-8

Conference on New Directions in Welfare - OECD Headquarters, Paris, France (co-organised by The Open University, Oxford University, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and the OECD).

This event gathered researchers and academics working in welfare economics. It aimed to deepen the dialogue between policy-makers and the academic community, and to engage the latter in a discussion on policies to improve people's well-being.

October 2011

>> 12

Conference "Two years after the Stiglitz-Sen-Fitoussi report: What well-being and sustainability measures?" - OECD Headquarters, Paris, France (co-organised by France and the OECD).

This conference aimed to deepen on-going reflection on responses and policy implications, following the recommendations of the Stiglitz-Sen-Fitoussi Commission.

November 2011

Conference on Economic Insecurity Measurement, Causes and Policy Implications -OECD Headquarters, Paris, France (co-organised by the International Association for Research in Income and Wealth (IARIW) and the OECD).

The objective of the conference was to deepen the understanding of economic insecurity from both a theoretical and empirical perspective.

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December 2011

>> 5-6

Asia Conference on Measuring Well-Being and Fostering the Progress of Societies - Tokyo, Japan (co-organised by the Economic and Social Research Institute of Japan and the OECD). For further information please visit: www.measuring-well-being.asia/en/

Spring 2012

>> 19-21 April

African Conference on Measuring Well-Being and Fostering the Progress of Societies, Rabat, Morocco.The African Conference on Measuring Well-Being and Fostering the Progress of Societies was one of a series of regional conferences which was conducted in preparation for the 4th OECD World Forum on Statistics, Knowledge and Policies, to be held in New Delhi in October 2012. The Conference was jointly organised by the OECD Development Centre and the Moroccan High Planning Commission (HCP) in collaboration with the OECD, the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA).