L I N K S
There are numerous international organisations and global partnerships dedicated to developing indicators for measuring progress, true wealth, and well-being. The following links provide access to further information on a selected group of these initatives, as well as descriptions of specific indicators.
● ● ● Information on Indicator Initiatives
The following links point to just a few of the many collections of indicators available online.
Government
Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress (Stiglitz Commission, France)OECD Global Project – Measuring the Progress of Societies (including the Istanbul Declaration)
OECD Indicator Initiatives
OECD Knowledge Base – Measuring Progress Around the World
EC Joint Research Center (JRC) Composite Indicators
United Nations Organisations’ Indicators (System-wide Earth Watch)
Eurostat’s Sustainable Development Indicators
NGOs and Universities
European System of Social IndicatorsInternational Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) The Compendium of Sustainable Development Indicator Initiatives
The Project on Human Development (Boston University, Massachusettes, USA)
World Database of Happiness (Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
BellagioSTAMP principles for sustainability assessment
● ● ● Individual Indices and Indicators
The following links point to just a few of the many indices and indicators that have been developed.
Adjusted net savings (Genuine Savings) and Wealth of NationsCalvert-Henderson Quality of Life Indicators (USA)
Canadian Index of Well-Being
Composite Learning Index
Ecological Footprint
European Commission environment-related indicators
European Environment Agency’s Core Set of Indicators
Environmental Performance Index and related Environmental Performance Measurement Project
European Values Survey
EU Lisbon Strategy, structural indicators
EU sustainable development indicators
Genuine Progress Indicator
Happiness
Happy Planet Index
Human Development Index (reports, UN)
Human Development Index (HDI), Human Poverty Index (HPI), Gender Related Development Index (GDI), Gender Empowerment Measure (GEM)
Sustainable Society Index
Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare (ISEW)
Living Planet Index
Measure of Domestic Progress (NEF)
Natural Capital Index
Sustainable National Income (SNI)
Umwelt-Barometer Deutschland
Further links to be identified. Please send link suggestions to contact@beyond-gdp.eu.
