Workshop programme

The programme for the Beyond GDP Expert Workshop is listed below. The Workshop took place prior to the start of the Beyond GDP Conference.

Expert Workshop Programme

19 November 2007

08:00 Registration
Welcome Coffee at the Indicator Exhibition
 
 

Session 1: Introduction: the challenge of going beyond GDP

09:00 Opening by the chair

Chair: Anders Wijkman (Member of European Parliament)
 
 

Session 2: Technical and policy challenges

09:20 The session offers an overview of recent history and current developments, with a focus on European initiatives. Participants have discussed:
  • the evolving needs of decision makers and the general public and how to best meet them;
  • the specific methodologies that go beyond GDP, including composite indicators, indicators sets, and extending traditional accounts through integrated accounting;
  • the key successes, obstacles and opportunities for improving and making better use of the different approaches that complement GDP.
Format: two overview presentations and general discussion

Speaker 1: Marco Mira d'Ercole (OECD)
Speaker 2: Oliver Zwirner (European Commission, DG Environment)

Confirmed panelists: Jacqueline McGlade (European Environment Agency); Branislav Mikulic (European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions); Laurs Norlund (Eurostat)
   
10:30 Coffee break with light breakfast buffet
   
 

Session 3: Breakout session: key needs and ways forward

10:50 Split into three groups to identify where energies should be invested to improve the methodologies and increase their adoption. What are the key opportunities for going beyond GDP? What is feasible in the short to medium term and how can implementation be improved? How to engage policymakers, key institutions, business, media and the broader public?

Format: chaired breakout session with panelists and general discussion

Panel 1: Chair: Jeff Mason (Reuters). Panelists: Thais Corral (REDEH, Brazil); Carlos Figueiredo (Environment Ministry, Portugal); Peter van de Ven (Statistics Netherlands). Rapporteur: Fulai Sheng (UNEP).

Panel 2: Chair: Aldo Ravazzi (Ministry of Environment, Italy). Panelists: Isabelle Cassiers (Université Catholique de Louvain); Jean Gadrey (University of Lille); Paul Hofheinz (Lisbon Council). Rapporteur: Anil Markandya (University of Bath).

Panel 3: Chair: Ivo Havinga (United Nations Statistics Division). Panelists: Stuart Bond (WWF, UK); Teresa Fogelberg (Global Reporting Initiative); Andrea Saltelli (European Commission, Joint Research Centre). Rapporteur: Marcel Canoy (European Commission, Bureau of European Policy Advisers).
   
 

Session 4: Collaboration Opportunities

12:10 Collaboration opportunities: improving the metrics and integrating them into policy making
Participants and panel members have discussed how to collaborate in taking forward the beyond GDP agenda. The conference should lead to the launch of an interdisciplinary European effort to improve our measures of progress, true wealth, and well-being. The workshop results have been fed into the main conference.

Format: chaired session with panelists and general discussion.

Chair: Pieter Everaers (Eurostat)

Speakers: Willy de Backer (3E Intelligence); Johannes Blokland (Member of European Parliament); Bedrich Moldan (Charles University)
   
 

Session 5: Workshop Conclusion

13:20 Chair's summary of the workshop
   
13:30 Lunch for workshop participants
  Various tools and results are on display at an Indicator Exhibition.

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