20101004 cor new indicators for sustainable...happiness & satisfaction possible wb drivers...

New indicators for sustainable developmentand a better quality of life

Policy issues for EU cities and regions

Open days 2010 – Committee of the RegionsBrussels, 5 October 2010

Vincent Tronet – Head of sectionKey indicators for European PoliciesIndicators for long-term developments

2Vincent Tronet, Eurostat

Recent international initiatives

Renewed EU Sustainable Development Strategy in 2006

OECD global project on measuring progress of societies(Istanbul declaration in June 2007)

Beyond GDP conference in Nov 2007(« GDP and Beyond » communication in Aug 2009)

Commission on the measurement ofeconomic performance and social progress(« Stiglitz-Sen-Fitoussi » report in Sept 2009)

Europe 2020 strategy (First half 2010)


Sustainable Development Indicators in therenewed EU SD strategyImplementation, monitoring and follow up

33. The Commission will submitevery two years (starting inSeptember 2007) a progressreport on implementation of theSDS in the EU and Member States

33. the Commission will … draw on acomprehensive set of sustainabledevelopment indicators (SDIs), taking intoaccount the Eurostat SD MonitoringReport, to be updated every two years

34. … the indicators are to bedeveloped at the appropriate level ofdetail to ensure proper assessment ofthe situation with regard to eachparticular challenge

35. The Commission, in cooperationwith Member States through theworking group on SDIs , will furtherdevelop and review indicators

45. At the latest by 2011, the European Council will decide when acomprehensive review of the EU SDS needs to be launched.


Eurostat – EU SDS monitoring report 2009

SDI theme Headline indicator Change

Socioeconomicdevelopment

GDP growth per capita

Climate change andenergy

Greenhouse gas emissions

Consumption of renewables

Sustainable transportEnergy consumption of transportand GDP

Sustainable consumptionand production

Resource productivity

Natural resourcesAbundance of common birds

Conservation of fish stocks

Public health Healthy life years (EU-25)

Social inclusion Risk of poverty (EU-25)

Demographic changes Employment rate of older workers

Global partnership Official development assistance

Good governance No headline indicator :


Level 1 Level 2 Level 3

GDP growth percapita

Economic development

InvestmentRegional disparities of GDP (from 2001)

Household saving

Competitiveness, innovation and eco-efficiency

Labour productivitygrowth (from 2003)

R&D expenditure

Energy intensity

Employment

Employment

Female Employment

Disparities in regional employment

Unemployment

1 - Socioeconomic development


Regional Disparities of GDP per inhabitant (NUTS3)

(%)

0.0

10.0

20.0

30.0

40.0

50.0

60.0

EU-27

MT

SE NL

DK ES

FI SI FR ATIT C

ZPT LT

UK BE EL

DE IE PL RO

SK

BG HU

EE LV

2001 2006


Disparities in regional employment (NUTS2)

EU-27 (%)

10

11

12

13

14

15

200720062005200420032002200120001999


Disparities in regional employment (NUTS2) (%)

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

18

20

EU

-27

NL

SE

PT

EL

AT

PL

CZ

RO

DE

UK FI

FR

BG

ES

SK

BE

HU IT

2000 2007


Evaluation without target

1 % growth


Target path

Evaluation with target

> 95 %

80-95 %

0-80 %

< 0 %


Consistency with theory

Political relevance Measurability

Stiglitz

GDP andBeyond

Europe 2020

The OECDTriangle forQuality ofIndicators

Recent European initiatives


GDPThe best known measure of macro-economic activity

Developedin the1930s

Aggregates thevalue added ofall money basedeconomicactivities

Regarded as aproxy indicator foroverall societaldevelopmentand progress ingeneral

Clear methodology=> allows comparisons over timeand between countries

Lookssimple


GDP and beyondNew century, new concerns, new priorities

CrisisLack of confidencein official statistics

Globalisation

Awareness ofthe limits ofthe planet andenvironmentalconcerns

Concernsfor well-being

More complexsocieties


GDP and beyond (COM (2009) 433)Measuring progress in a changing world

Five key actions

1. Complementing GDP with environmental and social indicators

2. Near real time information for decision-making

3. More accurate reporting on distribution and inequalities

4. Developing a European Sustainable Development Scoreboard

5. Extending National Accounts to environmental and social issues

From to


Stiglitz Sen Fitoussi report

Three pillars:

1. Classical GDP issues

2. Quality of life

3. Sustainable development and environment


Europe 2020: key initiatives

Employment and skills

« An agenda for newskills and jobs »

Climate, energy andmobility

« Resource efficientEurope »

Innovation

« Innovationsunion »

Fighting poverty« European platform

against poverty »

Competitiveness

« An industrial policy forthe globalisation era »

Education

« Youth on the move »

Digital Society

« „A digital agenda forEurope »

Inclusive GrowthSustainable GrowthSmart growth


Europe 2020 targets (EU Council 17. June 2010)

The strategy sets 5 measurable headline targets to beachieved by the EU by 2020. The EU targets have to betranslated into national targets

75 % of the population aged 20-64 should be employed

3 % of the EU's GDP should be invested in R&D (further reflectionon inclusion of “innovation intensity”)

The "20/20/20" climate/energy targets should be met

The share of early school leavers should be under 10 % and atleast 40 % of 30-34 years old should have completed a tertiary orequivalent education

20 million less people should be at risk of poverty and exclusion


Europe 2020 on the Eurostat website


Initiatives: similar concerns and issues

Overall awareness of the need to complement GDP tomeasure the progress of societies

Measure well - being of people(importance of subjective well-being)

Better assess inequalities and disparities (intra-generational)

Take into account environmental issues andsustainability (inter-generational)


Some short-middle term actions

« Sofia Memorandum » on Measuring progress, well-being and Sustainable Development

Further work on well-being indicators and coordinate actionswith DG COMM (Eurobarometer) andEuropean Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions

Analysis of key distributional issues in social statistics

Study on short-term estimates of Green House Gas emissions based on energy statistics

Create legal basis on environmental accounts and Now-cast

Adoption by the Commission of a proposal for a new ESA (European System ofAccounts) regulation

Quarterly updates of the statistics on real disposable income, which were first deliveredin April 2010


Well-being in the EU - Background

A growing demand for well-being measures in the international community(e.g. OECD global project on measuring the progress of societies)

Beyond GDP conference (Brussels Nov 2007)

– Speech Mr Barroso:“in this rapidly changing, globalising world of the 21st century, we findourselves with a sea of data, but, in some cases, lacking the tools weneed to take swift, well-informed and effective decisions that promotethe well-being of individuals, of societies, of the planet itself”

– Speech Mr Almunia:Time is ripe to take the measurement of well-being one step further

Renewed EU sustainable development strategy (2006):aims at the continuous improvement of the quality of life and well-being onearth for present and future generations


Basic (Maslow) & psychological (Deci & Ryan) needs Rahman & capabilities approach

Standard of living

Health & longevity

Basic rights on health & income

Safety

Education

Physical environment

Doing professional/individual activities (selfactualisation) + autonomy / freedom (including time

division for these activities)Productive and valued activities

Social interactions: quantity, accessibility & time

Basic rights at social/societal level (discriminationetc)

Competence / self esteem -

Loving (relatedness / belonging) + doingsocial/societal activities (individual interactions &societal participation) (including time division for

these activities)

QoL / WB OUTCOME(S)Happiness & satisfaction

POSSIBLE WB DRIVERS

Physiological needs (food, water, health, shelter; andthe financial means for this) - present

Safety / security (factors guaranteeing physiologicalneeds in the future): trust, education, social security,

job security,…

Health & life expectancy

Well-being indicators - Eurostat feasibility studyConceptual framework


Some results (1/2)Overall satisfaction with life and life expectancy at birth, 2006

70

72

74

76

78

80

82

DK FI SE LU ES AT NL CY IE BE UK IT SI DE FR EL PL CZ EE SK PT HU BG LT LV MT RO

Life

exp

ecta

ncy

atb

irth

inye

ars

0.0

1.0

2.0

3.0

4.0

5.0

6.0

7.0

8.0

9.0

10.0

Ave

rag

eo

ve

rall

sa

tisfa

ctio

nw

ith

life

Life expectancy at birth (left scale) Satisfaction with life (right scale)

(Data on satisf. w. life n/a)


Regional Statistics on the Eurostat Website


Regional Statistics at Eurostat - Yearbook


Regional Statistics at Eurostat - Maps


Regional Statistics at Eurostat – tables (1/2)


Regional Statistics at Eurostat – tables (2/2)

Thank you for your attention!

[email protected]

Eurostat Website

http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/

20101004 cor new indicators for sustainable...happiness & satisfaction possible wb drivers...

Documents