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Training Course on Measuring the Progress of Societies
"Statistics, Knowledge and Policy: Understanding Societal Change"
Agenda July 14th - 17th 2009
Meeting Hours : 14 July: 11:00 - 18:00 / 15 - 16 July : 9:00 - 18:00 / 17 July: 9:00 - 14:00
Tuesday July 14th (h 11:00 - 18:00) : General Introduction
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Welcome
Filomena Maggino (ISQOLS), JRC, Daniel Byk (STATEC-Luxembourg), Jon Hall (OECD Global Project)
Overview of the Course
Barbara Iasiello (OECD Global Project)
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Presentation
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Opening Session
Understanding Societal Change
Jon Hall (OECD Global Project)
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Presentation
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Does Money Buy Happiness?
Stefano Bartolini, University of Siena
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Measuring the Progress of Societies
Measuring Beyond GDP: What to Measure, How to Measure, Getting the Measures Used
Jon Hall and Daniel Byk
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Introduction to the Main Group Exercise
You have been appointed by the Prime Minister of your country to be part of a group of experts charged with analyzing whether the country is making progress in one of three areas:
Group 1: Progress –Reducing Poverty
Group 2: Progress – Protecting the Environment
Group 3: Progress – Increasing Knowledge and Learning.
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Wednesday Julu 15th (h 9:00 - 18:00) : How to measure Progress
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The main approaches to measuring progress and measuring well-being
Barbara Iasiello & Jon Hall (OECD Global Project)
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The State of the Art in Indicator Research I
Filomena Maggino
Methodological issues in developing indicators (the logic and the process):
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From concept to measurement (hierarchical design, models of measurement)
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Managing complexity (aggregation of indicators, systems of indicators)
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Objective and subjective indicators
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Group Work- Defining dimension
The groups will identify the various aspects or dimensions of progress that should be assessed in order to measure progress for their topic.
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Groups report back with presentations
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Composite Indicators for Measuring Progress
Stefano Tarantola, Joint Research Centre (JRC)
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Groups report back with presentations
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Subjective Well-being
Andrew Clark, PSE - Paris-Jourdan Sciences Économiques
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The State of the Art in Indicator Research II
Filomena Maggino
Managing Indicators of Wellbeing (from statistics to indicators):
Group Work- From dimensions to data: selecting the indicators
The groups will select the appropriate indicators (and the data) based on the dimensions selected.
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Tuesday July 16th (h 09:00 - 18:00) : Putting it into practise
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Group report back with presentation on the previous day’s exercise
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Validity of Subjective and Objective Measures of Wellbeing
Bruno Zumbo, University of British Columbia, Canada
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The importance of good communication and feedback on one minute video recording
Daniel Byk
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Communication: basic principles and new ICT Tools
Daniel Byk
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Press Conference Simulation
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Using Composite Indicators to Communicate: The State of the Art
Massimiliano Mascherini, Joint Research Centre (JRC) |
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Preparation of Final Group Presentation
Presenting the data to different audiences in a compelling way
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Friday July 17th (h 09:00 - 14:00) : Taking this forward
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Measuring Progress in Practice: the Australian Experience
Jon Hall
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Presentation
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What makes a set of indicators successful?
Barbara Iasiello
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Groups work on their final presentations
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Final Presentations to a Panel
Report back by the groups on their project – Briefing to a group of experts
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How will you take this forward when you go home?
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Agenda (PDF version)
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