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Measuring Progress, Wellbeing and Sustainable Development: the Role of Eurostat

Measuring Progress, Wellbeing and Sustainable Development: the Role of Eurostat. Inna Šteinbuka Director, Social and Information Society Statistics Eurostat. Source: Eurostat, EU-SILC and Eurofound, EQLS 2007 Note: For readability, some country's labels have been slightly repositioned.

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Measuring Progress, Wellbeing and Sustainable Development: the Role of Eurostat

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  1. Measuring Progress, Wellbeing and Sustainable Development: the Role of Eurostat Inna Šteinbuka Director, Social and Information Society Statistics Eurostat Projet "PIBien-être"- 1er atelier de travail

  2. Source: Eurostat, EU-SILC and Eurofound, EQLS 2007 Note: For readability, some country's labels have been slightly repositioned Projet "PIBien-être"- 1er atelier de travail

  3. Recent international initiatives • Renewed EU Sustainable Development strategy in 2006 • OECD global project on measuring societies(Istanbul declaration in June 2007) • Beyond GDP conference in Nov 2007 (« GDP and Beyond » communication in Sept 2009) • Commission on the measurement of economic performance and social progress(« Stiglitz-Sen-Fitoussi » report in Sept 2009) • Europe 2020 strategy (First half 2010) Projet "PIBien-être"- 1er atelier de travail

  4. Sustainable Development is an Overarching Objective of the European Union Stiglitz recommendations GDP/beyond EU 2020 Projet "PIBien-être"- 1er atelier de travail

  5. GDP and beyond – key actions • Complementing GDP with environmental and social indicators • Near real-time information for decision-making (more timely indicators) • More accurate reporting on distribution and inequalities • Developing a European Sustainable Development Scoreboard • Extending National Accounts to environmental and social issues Projet "PIBien-être"- 1er atelier de travail

  6. The EU 2020 strategy - what is it about? • Successor of the current Lisbon strategy • ‘where the European Union should be in 2020’? • An economy based on smart, sustainable (green) and inclusive growth smart = economy based on knowledge and innovation sustainable = promoting a resource efficient, green and competitive economy inclusive = fostering high employment & social cohesion Projet "PIBien-être"- 1er atelier de travail

  7. The EU 2020 strategy: key initiatives • The Commission is proposing 7 flagship initiatives:1. Innovation Union2. Youth on the move3. A digital agenda for Europe4. Resource efficient Europe5. An industrial policy for the globalisation era6. An agenda for new skills and jobs7. European platform against poverty • EU strategy sets measurable targets to be achieved by the EU by 2020. The EU targets should be translated into national targets and trajectories Projet "PIBien-être"- 1er atelier de travail

  8. The EU 2020 strategy - common targets for 2020 • 75% of the population aged 20-64 should be employed • 3% of EU’s GDP should be invested in R&D • The ‘20/20/20’ climate / energy targets should be met • The share of early school leavers should be under 10% and at least 40% of the younger generation should have a tertiary degree • 20 millionless people should be at risk of poverty Projet "PIBien-être"- 1er atelier de travail

  9. Source: Eurostat, EU-SILC Note: For readability, some country's labels have been slightly repositioned Projet "PIBien-être"- 1er atelier de travail

  10. Low work intensity households • Currently discussed at the Council to consider vulnerable groups composed of persons • At risk of poverty • 17 % of the EU population • Materially deprived • 17 % of the EU population • Being in a household with low work intensity: • 9 % of the EU population • NB: there are large overlaps between the three dimensions • Overall, it concerns 120 millions Europeans Projet "PIBien-être"- 1er atelier de travail

  11. Eurostat-INSEE Project on Measuring Progress, Wellbeing and Sustainable Development Focus: building strategic consensus on measuring sustainability among producers of statistics Scope: 1. Households perspective and distributional aspects of income, consumption and wealth 2. Environmental sustainability • Multidimensional measures of quality of life The first plenary meeting of members: 19 May High Level Statistical Conference (DGINS) on 30/09/10 Projet "PIBien-être"- 1er atelier de travail

  12. Households Perspective and Distributional Aspects of Income, Consumption and wealth • Promoting already existing information on NA • Using the household survey to provide macro-economic information on the distribution of income, consumption and wealth • Fostering the compilation of the balance sheets accounts of households • Broaden income measures to non market domestioc activities Projet "PIBien-être"- 1er atelier de travail

  13. Environmental Sustainability • Complementing NA with integrated environmental economic accounts • Revising sustainable development scoreboard with focus on the indicators of environment sustainability • Linking NA and energy accounts Projet "PIBien-être"- 1er atelier de travail

  14. Multidimensional Measures of quality of life - I Multidimensional definition of quality of life • Material living standards (income, consumption and wealth) • health, • education, • personal activities (paid work, unpaid domestic work, commuting, leisure, housing), • political voice and governance, • social connections, • environmental conditions, • personal insecurity, • economic insecurity. Projet "PIBien-être"- 1er atelier de travail

  15. Multidimensional Measures of Quality of Life - II • Establishing objective indicators of quality of life on the basis oh household surveys and relevant administrative sources • Assessing quality of life inequalities • Aggregating the different inequality dimensions • Measuring subjective well-being Projet "PIBien-être"- 1er atelier de travail

  16. Index of satisfied life expectancy (overall satisfaction with life and life expectancy, 2006, EU countries) Projet "PIBien-être"- 1er atelier de travail

  17. Thank you for attention Projet "PIBien-être"- 1er atelier de travail -17-

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