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3rd OECD World Forum, Tuesday 27 October 2009

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Day 1 - How is the World Progressing

Day 2 - New Measures, New Policies

Day 3 - How Can We Improve the Way in Which Evidence on Progress Promotes Changes?

Day 4 - Taking this Forward - The Next Steps

Day 1

How is the World Progressing?

1.1 Workshops on Measurement Issues and Meetings of Associated Networks Parallel Sessions

1.1a Key National Indicators in the System of External Audit in co-operation with International Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI)

Chair: Alexander A. Piskunov, Auditor, Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation	Abstract	Presentation	Paper
Bernice Steinhardt, Director, Strategic Issues Team, United States Government Accountability Office	Abstract	Presentation
Wojciech Misiag, Adviser to the President of the Supreme Chamber of Control, Poland
Gusztáv Báger, Senior Adviser to the President of the State Audit Office, Hungary	Abstract		Paper
Ulrike Mandl, Economist, Austrian Court of Audit	Abstract	Presentation	Paper

1.1b Measuring Progress; New Evidence, New Initiatives

Chair: Young-Sun Lee, President, Hallym University, Korea
Anat Itay, Project Leader, Israel's Progress Index, The Israeli Society for Sustainable Economics	Abstract	Presentation	Paper
Wai Kee Yuen, Economics and Well-being Project Co-ordinator, Hong Kong Shue Yan University	Abstract	Presentation	Paper
Aygen Aytac, Coordinator of the Turkey National Human Development Report on Youth	Abstract	Presentation
Prathurng Hongsranagon, Assistant Dean in Academic Affairs, College of Public Health Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand	Abstract	Presentation	Paper
Henning Hansen, IFEH project manager, Denmark	Abstract	Presentation

1.1c The Future of Human Development Measures in co-operation with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Chair: Frances Stewart, Professor, Development Economics, Oxford University, United Kingdom
Isidro Soloaga, Coordinator-LAC Regional Human Development Report, Professor, Mexico		Presentation
Milorad Kovacevic, Senior Statistician, Human Development Report Office of the UNDP, USA	Abstract	Presentation
Armin Sirco, The winner of 2009 Human Development Award for excellence in measurement innovation, Bosnia and Herzegovina		Presentation
Discussant: Johnson Kagya Owusu, Head of Analytical Studies/Ghana Info Section, Ghana Statistical Service

1.1d Fostering the Measurement of Societal Progress: the Role of ICT and Training

Chair: Savas Alpay, Director General, SESRIC, Turkey
Daniel Byk, Special Advisor, National Statistical Institute of Luxembourg, STATEC		Video
Babar Kamal, Manager, Public Finance and Trade, The United Nations Institute for Training and Research, UNITAR	Abstract	Presentation	Paper
Thierry Karsenti, Director, Interuniversity Research Centre on Education and the Teaching Profession, CRIFPE, Canada		Presentation	Paper
Cesare Furlanello, Senior Researcher, Bruno Kessler Foundation, Italy	Abstract	Presentation

1.1e Measuring Multidimensional Poverty and Prosperity

Chair: Paul-Henri Lapointe, Canadian Ambassador
Mohamed Doudich, Head, Observatory of Living Conditions, Direction of Statistics, Morocco		Presentation	Paper
Sabina Alkire, The Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), UK		Presentation	Paper
Jiehae Choi, Research and Program Analyst, Legatum Institute, UK	Abstract	Presentation	Paper
Discussant: Ola Awad, Acting President, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics

1.1f Measuring Time Use and Well-Being

Chair: Eduardo Pereira Nunes, President, Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, IBGE
Paul Jelfs, Assistant Statistician, Health and Social Analysis Branch, Australian Bureau of Statistics	Abstract	Presentation
Heli Jeskanen-Sundström, Director General, Statistics Finland	Abstract	Presentation	Paper
Michael Wolfson, Assistant Chief Statistician, Statistics Canada	Abstract	Presentation
Discussant: Andrew Sharpe, President, Centre for the Study of Living Standards, Canada

1.1g What do People Know about the Progress of their Societies?

Chair: Eric Martin, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the OECD
Richard T. Curtin, Director, Reuters/University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers, Institute of Social Research, USA	Abstract	Presentation	Paper
Enrico Giovannini, President, Italian National Statistics Institute, ISTAT, Italy
Marco Malgarini, Director, Survey Unit, Institute for Studies and Economic Analyses, ISAE, Italy		Presentation	Paper
Discussant: François Ndengwe, Founder and Chairman, African Advisory Board, France		Presentation

1.2 Opening Session

Opening Remarks: Insill Yi, Commissioner, Statistics Korea
Welcoming Address: Jeung-Hyun Yoon, Minister of Ministry of Strategy and Finance
Welcoming Address: Angel Gurría, Secretary-General, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, OECD			Speech

Keynote Speech: Danilo Türk, President of Slovenia			Speech

1.4 Charting Progress, Building Visions, Improving Life: In A Time of Crisis

Keynote address: Angel Gurría, Secretary-General, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, OECD
Bader Omar Al Dafa, Under-Secretary-General, UNO, Executive Secretary of ESCWA		Presentation	Paper
Sergey Stepashin, Chairman, Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation	Abstract	Presentation	Paper
Frances Stewart, Professor, Development Economics, Oxford University, United Kingdom		Presentation
Vikram Nehru, Head of poverty in East Asia region, World Bank	Abstract

1.5 Progress For People Through People

Chair: Choongsoo Kim, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Korea to the OECD
Jeni Klugman, Director, UNDP Human Development Report Office		Presentation
Fiona Stanley, Director, Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Australia		Presentation
Katsuji Imata, Deputy Secretary General of Programmes, CIVICUS, South Africa	Abstract	Presentation
Ahmed Lahlimi Alami, High Commissioner for Planning, Morocco	Abstract
Juan Díez-Nicolás, President of ASEP, Spain	Abstract	Presentation