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- 12 October 2011 - conference: Programme and interventions
12 October 2011 - conference: Programme and interventions
Last update: Octobre 20, 2011
On 14 September 2009, the Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress presented its report to the French President, Nicolas Sarkozy, at a conference held at the Sorbonne in Paris. The Commission recommended broadening the scope of traditional measures for economic performance to include measures of quality of life, inequalities and well-being, as well as better taking into account sustainability and environmental conditions.
Two years after the Stiglitz-Sen-Fitoussi Commission's recommendations, the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE), the French Ministry for the Economy, Finance and Industry and the OECD, organised a conference to review all the initiatives taking place around the world to implement the report recommendations and apply them to policy-making.
The conference was opened by Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, Minister for Ecology, Sustainable Development, Transport and Housing, Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General and Nobel prize winner in economics, Joseph E. Stiglitz. François Baroin, Minister for the Economy, Finance and Industry, also provided a keynote address at the end of the day.
The conference brought together statisticians and policy makers.
9h00–10h00 Introductory Session
- Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, Minister for Ecology, Sustainable development, Transport and Housing.
- Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General: « New Measures Towards Better Policies for Better Lives ».
- Joseph E. Stiglitz, Professor, Columbia University: « Our Recommendations are More Relevant than Ever ».
10h15–12h15 Towards New Well-Being and Sustainability Measures
This session will focus on making an inventory of the initiatives taken by National Statistical Offices of main economies and International Organisations in response to the Stiglitz-Sen-Fitoussi Commission’s report.
Chair: Jean-Paul Fitoussi, Emeritus Professor, IEP Paris
- Presentation of the OECD’s « How’s Life » report on well-being indicators for OECD countries and some emerging countries (Martine Durand, Chief Statistician, OECD)
- Presentation of the report of the Sponsorship group on measuring progress, well-being and sustainable development (Jean Philippe Cotis, Director General, INSEE)
Presentation of national initiatives by:
- Eduardo Pereira Nunes, former President of Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics and Professor at PUC-Rio University
- Ki-Jong Woo, Commissioner, Statistics Korea
12h30–14h00 Lunch
14h00-15h30 New Measures and Public Policies
This session will focus on the role of new measures in designing public policies.
Chair: Angus Deaton, Professor, Princeton University
- David Halpern, Head, Behavioural Insight Team, Prime Minister’s Office, United Kingdom
- Shuzo Nishimura, Director General, National Institute for Population and Social Security Research, Japan
- Christoph M. Schmidt, Member of the German Council of Economic Experts
- Ben Gleisner, Head, Living Standards Project Team, The Treasury, New Zealand
15h30-16h00 Coffee break
16h00–17h15 Measuring Well-Being in Developing Countries
This session will focus on well-being measures in developing countries.
Chair: François Bourguignon, Director of Paris School of Economics
- Paul Cheung, Director, United Nations Statistical Division
- Ahmed Lahlimi Alami, High Commissioner, Moroccan High Planning Commission
- Hernando José Gómez, Director, National Planning Department, Colombia
- Sabina Alkire, Director, Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative and Scientific Counsellor, Centre of Bhutan studies
- Carlos Alvarez, Deputy Director, OECD Development Centre
17h15–17h30 Address by François Baroin, Minister for the Economy, Finance and Industry: "Anchoring New Well-Being and Sustainability Measures"
17h30–18h15 Conclusions: Roundtable
Chair: Enrico Giovannini, President, Italian National Institute of Statistics
- Joseph E. Stiglitz, Professor, Columbia University
- Jean-Paul Fitoussi, Emeritus Professor, IEP, Paris
- Pier Carlo Padoan, Deputy Secretary-General and Chief Economist, OECD
- Walter Radermacher, Director General, Eurostat
18h15 Cocktail
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