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National Statistician

Jil Matheson. National Statistician. www.ons.gov.uk/well-being. Measures of Progress: UK Perspective. Measuring National Well-being. Sustainable Development Indicators. Plethora of national and international examples of measuring progress to learn from.

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National Statistician

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  1. Jil Matheson National Statistician www.ons.gov.uk/well-being

  2. Measures of Progress: UK Perspective • Measuring National Well-being. • Sustainable Development Indicators. • Plethora of national and international examples of measuring progress to learn from. • Align approaches in a consistent conceptual framework. • Can we join up?

  3. Measures of National Well-being (1)

  4. Measures of National Well-being (2)

  5. Proposed Sustainable Development Headline Indicators

  6. Measures of Progress: Further Developments • Environmental Accounts • Interaction between the economy and environment. • EU regulations. • Experimental Ecosystems Accounts • Published a roadmap of development to 2020. • Development of Ecosystem accounts such as soil, fisheries, forests, etc (ONS & DEFRA). • Challenging experimental area. • Challenges in attempting to value natural capital.

  7. Lessons Learnt from UK Experience • Consultation and Engagement. • Multi-dimensional concept - dashboard of indicators rather than single index. • 3 Pillars - Economy, Social and Environmental. • Subjective and objective measures needed. • Current/future well-being should be reflected (capital stocks and flows are important). • Distributions as well as averages.

  8. UK Response to Rio+20 • Align developments in measuring well-being, progress, SDGs and MDGs agendas • Join up initiatives (UN/OECD/EU Commission/ILO/National Statistics Institutes). • Draw on a consistent conceptual framework.

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