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The ANDI Project: Measuring the future we want

The ANDI Project: Measuring the future we want. Mike Salvaris Professor ANDI @Deakin Centre Deakin University, Melbourne salvaris@optusnet.com.au Social Determinants of Health Forum, Canberra 14 th July 2014. The Victorian bushfires 2009: a $4 billion boost to ‘ progress ’ ?.

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The ANDI Project: Measuring the future we want

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  1. The ANDI Project:Measuring the future we want Mike Salvaris Professor ANDI @Deakin Centre Deakin University, Melbourne salvaris@optusnet.com.au Social Determinants of Health Forum, Canberra 14th July 2014

  2. The Victorian bushfires 2009: a $4 billion boost to ‘progress’?

  3. Black Saturday, 7 February 2009 The costs: • 173 people died • 7500 people homeless • 2030 houses destroyed • 78 towns damaged, 11 totally destroyed • 1 million animals died The overall verdict (on the ‘GDP index of progress’) a $4 billion boost to Victoria’s progress from: • emergency worker overtime • health and funeral costs • legal costs • new homes and cars • rebuilding townships

  4. A technical critique of GDP: Life = Shopping?

  5. What are the democratic issues in developing new progress measures for society and for communities?

  6. There is a growing global movement to redefine progress

  7. A multi-level global movement Local community initiatives: US: Community Indicators Consortium UK-Young Foundation France: FAIR, PEKEA Italy: Sbilanciamoci Latin America: Como Vamos, Porto Alegre Community Budget Australia: Tasmania Together, Community Indicators Victoria, CI Queensland New Zealand, Major Cities Indicators Project National initiatives: Canada (‘Canadian Index of Wellbeing’) Australia (‘Measures of Australia’s Progress’) Bhutan (‘Gross National Happiness’), France, Sarkozy (‘Stiglitz-Sen Commission on Measuring Progress’) US (‘Key National Indicators Act 2010’), Ireland, South Africa, Finland, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand etc. International initiatives: OECD Global Project ‘Measuring the Progress of Societies’; EU: Council of Europe ‘Beyond GDP’; International Association of Supreme Auditors; WEF Global Council “Benchmarking the progress of societies”;

  8. ANDI: key features • Civil society collaborative initiative • Long term (5-10 year development phase) • Reporting (annual ‘GNWB’Index, indices of key domains) • Extensive community consultation, engagement and ownership • Close relationship with ABS • External partners: Canadian Index of Wellbeing, OECD • Strong collaborative research base (Deakin, ACOLA, 10+ universities) • Network and resource base, clearing house role • Education and communications emphasis, state of art website • Funding: majority non-government funding, ‘Funder alliance’

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