Event:Conference on Measuring Progress
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| Event:Conference on Measuring Progress | |
|---|---|
| Date | 12/10/2011 |
| City | Paris |
| Country | France |
| Summary | Summary::Conference on Measuring Progress: Two years after the recommendations of the Stiglitz-Sen-Fitoussi Commission |
Conference "Two years after the Stiglitz-Sen-Fitoussi report: What well-being and sustainability measures?"
About
On 14 September 2009, the Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress presented its report to the French President, Nicolas Sarkozy, at a conference held at the Sorbonne in Paris. The Commission recommended broadening the scope of traditional measures for economic performance to include measures of quality of life, inequalities and well-being, as well as better taking into account sustainability and environmental conditions.
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has advocated the need to develop new measures of people’s well-being and societal progress for almost ten years and has recently launched its Better Life Initiative.
Two years after the Stiglitz-Sen-Fitoussi Commission’s recommendations, the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE), the French Ministry for the Economy, Finance and Industry and the OECD, organised a conference to take stock of current initiatives and reflections at national and international levels to measure progress and sustainability. The How's Life? report, produced by the Better Life Initiative was launched at the conference.
This conference held on 12 October 2011 at the OECD Headquarters, Paris, France (co-organised by France and the OECD), brought together statisticians and policy makers with the aim of deepening on-going reflection on responses, policy implications, next steps following the recommendations of the Stiglitz-Sen-Fitoussi Commission. It was opened by Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, Minister for Ecology, Sustainable Development, Transport and Housing, Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General and Nobel prize winner in economics, Joseph E. Stiglitz. The conference was closed by François Baroin, Minister for the Economy, Finance and Industry.
Video footage of the speakers at the conference can be viewed here.
See event page here for further information
For video of Joseph Stiglitz talking about the Report:
Please note that this conference is by invitation only.
