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The Global Project on Measuring the Progress of Societies - is hosted by the OECD and run in collaboration with other international and regional partners - it seeks to become the world wide reference point for those who wish to measure, or assess, the progress of their societies.
Read more about - What we are doing
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Support request
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The PARADISO project aims at identifying strategic research directions on network and service ICT infrastructures in the hypothesis of a disruptive paradigm concerning global societal developments.
They have submitted to the European Commission (EC) an application to hold a “PARADISO networking session” (on the theme ‘Beyond GDP: what role for ICT?’) in the framework of the ICT event conference and exhibition that the EC is organising on Nov. 25-27 in Lyon, France. Before a final selection is made at the end of August, it is now open to public ranking and comments online: kindly add your comments online so that this networking session is definitely selected and can therefore usefully support PARADISO activities since it will provide a key opportunity to present the PARADISO vision among the European ICT community.
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What's New
Newsletter on Measuring the Progress of Societies – July 2008, is now available online at: Newsletter Issue 2 - July 2008
In this issue: Gross National Realisation Measurement, Hong Kong, China. What makes a successful set of progress indicators? International Youth-Adult Research Partnership to Study Indicators of Youth Well-being. The International Society for Child Indicators. A Naturalistic Approach to the Narrative of Progress.
Highlights: Presentations and Video from the Conference “Turning Statistics into Knowledge”. Training Course on Measuring the Progress of Societies, September in Italy.
Events Announcements
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ROSSTAT in collaboration with OECD will hold 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 and concept note.
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The European Commission's Joint Research Centre and the OECD will organize a two-day training course on composite indicators in Bratislava on October 20 and 21, 2008. The course, which is free, will train statisticians and researchers on composite indicator development and assessment. More Details
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The Centre for Bhutan Studies (CBS) is pleased to announce the 4th International Conference on Gross National Happiness from November 7 to 9, 2008 in Bhutan. More details Bhutan conference 2008 - PDF
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Working Together for an Informed Australian Society The Australian Bureau of Statistics will host the inaugural NatStats Conference 08 from 19 - 21 November 2008 in Melbourne.
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Measuring Progress initiatives are happening around the world, here are some examples:
Canadian Index of Wellbeing
Central Statistics Office of Ireland
Community Indicators Victoria Australia
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The Istanbul Declaration
At the end of the Istanbul World Forum, the OECD, the European Commission, the Organisation of the Islamic Conference, the United Nations, the UN Development Programme and the World Bank affirmed in a declaration their commitment to measuring and fostering the progress of societies in all dimensions, with the ultimate goal of improving policy making, democracy and citizens’ wellbeing.
Read it in: English - French - Spanish - Arabic - Korean - Russian - Italian
Read more about organisations and people who signed the Istanbul declaration .
Read the 20 page brochure of the Highlights of the Second OECD World Forum
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Contact us: progress@oecd.org This site: www.oecd.org/progress
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Quotes
“When we look at the human condition, it is not for us to laugh, or cry, or lament, or curse, or pretend that it is different. It is for us to understand. That is our sacred duty as human beings.”
Baruch de Spinoza, Dutch philosopher, Political Treatise 1677.
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