Past Events

The Australian Bureau of Statistics in association with the Global Project hosted a Community Indicators Summit: Measuring the Progress of Australian Communities in Brisbane, Australia on July 22 - 23 2009.

International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies (ISQOLS) was pleased to announce the IX Conference of the International Society of Quality of Life Studies that was held from 19-23 July 2009 and there was also a workshop on  Measuring subjective well-being: an opportunity for National Statistical Offices? on the 23-24 July 2009, in Florence (Italy).

The Information Technologies and Communication Commission of the Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences (SATW) and the Fondation du Devenir in collaboration with Avenir suisse and the review La Chair et le Souffle, and the Global Project on Measuring the Progress of Societies are been pleased to announce the Round Table on "Progress and quality of life, Switzerland in 2029"  June 4-5, 2009 in Münchenwiler (Switzerland). More details.

The Institute for Studies and Economic Analyses (ISAE)  and the OECD hosted a Conference on Monitoring Italy 2009:  Measuring the Progress of Italian Society. on June 3rd and 4th, 2009 at the ISAE premises in Rome. Italy decided to launch a roundtable on progress.  Read more (PDF)

“Measuring and Fostering the Progress of Societies: Key Issues for the Asia and Pacific regions” , was held in Kyoto on March 23-24, 2009.  The OECD in collaboration with the University of Kyoto and the Nissan Leadership Program for Innovative Engineers (LPIE) have developed a training course on “Statistics, Knowledge and Policy: Understanding Societal Change”. The training was run directly after the conference on the 25-27 March

Evidence-based policy: International experiences

On the 9th March 2009, the OECD and the National Research Council of the National Academies of the United States jointly hosted a conference in Paris (France) on the topic of “Evidence-based policy: International experiences”  which provided an opportunity to learn about international efforts to promote evidence-based policy. For more details see the agenda.

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ICT for a global sustainable future” high-level conference - Brussels - Jan. 22-23, 2009    ICT can efficiently contribute to the achievement of the revised economic, social and environmental objectives which this future envisages. The event officially took place under the aegis of the European Commission and took advantage of the support of many leading organisations.                                     

The Social Cohesion Development Division of the Council of Europe in partnership with the OECD and the Autonomous Province of Trento (Italy) will hold a seminar on Involving citizens/ communities in measuring and fostering well-being and progress: towards new concepts and tools on the 27 and 28 November 2008 at the Palais de l’Europe, Strasbourg. For more details see the agenda and the registration form.

Building together local indicators for societal progress conference was held in  Rennes, France on  30th -31st of October 2008. A joint OECD, Conseil General d’Ille et Vilaine, PEKEA, Région Bretagne and Council of Europe conference analysing new methods for the construction of local indicators through a participative process. For more details see the agenda and the accommodation information.

The European Commission's Joint Research Centre and the OECD organised a two-day training course on composite indicators on October 20 and 21, 2008, in Bratislava.  The course, which was free, trained statisticians and researchers on composite indicator development and assessment. More Details

Women's Forum - 16-18 October 2008, Deauville

The 4th edition of the Women’s Forum Global Meeting will be held in Deauville, France.  Sessions will focus on the crucial theme: “Progress to share, future to dare“ and explore in innovative ways the many facets and implications of progress

Russian Federal Service of State Statistics (ROSSTAT) in collaboration with OECD  held a  conference in Moscow on 29-30 September 2008; “Measuring and Fostering the Progress of Societies: A New Approach for Russia and Neighbouring Countries”. For more details see agenda, concept note and Russia and CIS webpage

Monitoring the Quality of life in Latin America: the urban dimension a conference was held in Paris, France on the 26th of September 2008. This joint OECD and Inter-American Development Bank  (IADB) seminar analysing the resuls of a research project assessing efforts to improve the quality of life in Latin America's rapidly growing cities.

Training course on Statistics, Knowledge and Policy: Understanding Societal Change - 16 -19 September 2008, Siena, Italy      This Training course focused on the importance of statistics for democracy and democratic decision-making; measures of progress that go “beyond GDP”; tools to transform statistics into knowledge; evidence, civic engagement and policy making; the role of National Statistical Offices in the 21st Century.

Workshop on "The role of Offical Statistics Suporting Evidence-based Decision Making".  Meeting 10 June 2008 - Paris  UNICEF, OECD, UNECE adn UNDP.

International Seminar on Innovative Approaches to turning Statistics into Knowledge, Stockholm, 26-27 May, 2008

This Seminar jointly organised by Statistics Sweden and the OECD aims to contribute to the development of tools to help people transform statistics into knowledge and decisions. Held in the context of the OECD Global Project on “Measuring the Progress of Societies”, it should contribute to one of the goals quoted in the Istanbul Declaration: "produce a broader, shared, public understanding of changing conditions, while highlighting areas of significant change or inadequate knowledge".