Indicators of "Societal Progress" Lessons from International Experiences

This paper looks at different experiences in the development and use of societal progress indicator sets - at the European, national and sub-national level - with the aim of identifying useful lessons from these experiences. Five case studies are presented: the indicators used to support the EU ?Lis...

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Main Author: Scrivens, Katherine
Other Authors: Iasiello, Barbara
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Paris OECD Publishing 2010
Series:OECD Statistics Working Papers
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520 |a This paper looks at different experiences in the development and use of societal progress indicator sets - at the European, national and sub-national level - with the aim of identifying useful lessons from these experiences. Five case studies are presented: the indicators used to support the EU ?Lisbon Strategy?; the UK Sustainable Development indicators; Measures of Australia?s Progress; Measuring Ireland?s Progress; and an example of a local community indicator initiative - the Santa Cruz Community Assessment Programme, in California. The paper concludes that for societal progress indicators to be used and applied in decision-making processes, then three conditions need to be met. First, the indicators should be seen as legitimate by the intended users. Second, the indicators should be set within a wider system that provides =fit-for-purpose' information. Third, an appropriate incentive structure must be in place for stakeholders to act on that information