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Charting Progress, Building Visions, Improving Life
27th to 30th of October 2009 Busan, KOREA
We were very pleased to announce that the 3rd OECD World Forum on “Statistics, Knowledge and Policy” was held in Busan , Korea on 27-30 October 2009. Read more: www.oecdworldforum2009.org
This OECD World Forum focused on Charting Progress, Building Visions, Improving Life and attracted high level participants with a mixture of politicians and policy makers, opinion leaders, Nobel laureates, statisticians, academics, journalists and representatives of civil society from many countries.
The 3rd OECD World Forum, organised by the OECD and the Government of Korea (Korean National Statistical Office), see all the Sponsors and Partners of the 3rd OECD World Forum, Korea 2009.
The Forum focused on three major questions: What does progress mean for our societies?; What are the new paradigms to measure progress?; and How can there be better policies within these new paradigms to foster the progress of our societies? The current economic crisis makes these questions even more important and the answers more urgent. To review the Agenda (PDF version) and the Background Documents
There were over 40 sessions on interesting topics such as ‘Measuring time use and Wellbeing’, ‘Measuring and addressing the Vulnerability of our Societies’, ‘Childhood Wellbeing’ and ‘Keeping Policy Makers Accountable’.
Some of the confirmed speakers include:
Bader Omar Al-Dafa, Under Secretary-General of the UN, Executive Secretary of UN-ESCWA
Fabrizio Barca, Director General, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Italy
Ohm Collins Chabane, Minister in The Presidency, South Africa
Juan Díez-Nicolás, President of ASEP, Spain
Amir Dossal, Executive Director of the UN Office for Partnerships
John Evans, General Secretary of Trade Union Advisory Council to the OECD (TUAC)
Jean-Paul Fitoussi, President of the Observatoire français des conjonctures économiques, Science Po
David Gruen, Executive Director, Macroeconomic Group, The Treasury, Australia
Angel Gurría, Secretary General of the OECD
Oh-Seok Hyun, President, Korea Development Institute, KDI
Katsuji Imata, Deputy Secretary General of CIVICUS
Jeni Klugman, Director of the UNDP Human Development Report Office
Tae-shin Kwon, Minister, Prime Minister's Office, Korea
Lord Richard Layard, London School of Economics
Yanghee Lee, Chair of the UN Commission on the Rights of the Child
Ahmed Lahlimi Alami, High Commissioner for Planning, Morocco
Denise Lievesley, President of the international Statistical Institute
Antonio Marzano, President, International Association of Economic and Social Councils and Similar Institutions (AICESIS) and President of National Economic and Labour Council (CNEL)
Geoff Mulgan, Director of the Young Foundation, UK
Mark Orkin, Director General, South African Management Development Institute, SAMDI
Pier Carlo Padoan, Deputy Secretary-General, OECD
Roger Ricafort, Director, Oxfam Hong Kong
Sergey Stephashin, Chairman of the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation
Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, Columbia University, New York
Danilo Türk, President of Slovenia
Anders Wijkman, Vice-President of the Club of Rome
Insill Yi, Commissioner, Statistics Korea
Soogil Young, President, National Strategy Institute (NSI), Korea
Please click here to view the speaker biographies, shown in the order that they appear in the agenda.
The 3rd World Forum was organised in the context of the OECD-hosted Global Project on “Measuring the Progress of Societies” (see www.oecd.org/progress), launched to implement the Istanbul Declaration, which affirmed the need to measure and foster the progress of societies, and was signed by the United Nations, the European Commission, the Organisation of the Islamic Conference, the OECD and the World Bank, among others at the end of the 2nd OECD World Forum.
The International Exhibition at the OECD 3rd World Forum focused on issues related to "Charting Progress, Building Visions, Improving Life".
The scope included new technologies for visualizing statistics, initiatives to measure and foster quality of life at local and national levels, eco-friendly green technology and with a particular focus on promoting green growth and social cohesion. Read more
Busan is Korea’s largest port and its second largest metropolis. Busan (which means ‘cauldron-shaped mountain’) is situated where the Nakdong and Suyeong rivers meet the south coast. These two rivers intersect Busan and its surrounding mountains forming narrow valleys to the coast which allow for magnificient views to the sea. Among its many other attractions Busan is also famous for natural hot springs and fresh seafood.
6 BILLION OTHERS
Yann Arthus-Bertrand launched the project “6 Billion Others”, in 2003, following “The Earth from above“. The concept is simple: go out and meet the 6 billion inhabitants of this planet, listen to their testimonies and share them with others. We are pleased to announce that “6 Billion Others” will be part of the 3rd OECD World Forum and will present a film focused on the question: ”What does progress mean for us?”. The participants in the World Forum will have the opportunity to be interviewed during the event and to offer their views on the same questions.
Read brochure of the Highlights of the 3th OECD World Forum:English version and Arabic version
For more information please visit the Forum Website: www.oecdworldforum2009.org
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Background Documents - 3rd OECD World Forum, Korea 2009
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Contact us: korea2009@oecd.org
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