Transcript Linkages: A keyword for SDI Discussant: Laurs Nørlund Eurostat

European Commission - Eurostat
Session IV: Future needs and recommendations
Linkages: A keyword for SDI
Discussant: Laurs Nørlund
Eurostat
CES Seminar on Sustainable Development (14 June 2005)
Main elements
of the UK paper
3rd generation of indicators
Same framework as the policy one
Wide range of dissemination tools
Better integration is needed
Expectations change over time
Use of aggregate indices ?
Better assess and communicate
Main elements
of the OECD paper
Intense work since 1998 (frameworks,
linkages, resources, etc..)
Core set of indicators
Conceptual and Statistical frameworks
Importance of inter-linkages
Necessity for common approaches
Common features
Linkages: a keyword for SDI
Linkage to policy action
Linkage between indicators: a sound
framework
Linkage to methodological work
➲ What is the way forward?
Questions
Q1: What would be your
recommendations to a country willing to
start developing SDIs on how this
development should be structured?
Q2: How to ensure a better involvement of
official statisticians in the monitoring of
SD Strategies?
Questions (ctd.)
Q3: What is the way forward about
highly-aggregated indicators of SD?
Should not we also make a more intensive
use of multi-variate statistical analysis?
Q4: Should official statisticians be
involved in the assessment of SD trends?
Questions (ctd.)
Q5: How can we best address new needs
such as “global partnership” or “good
governance” in the future?
Q6: What would be your practical
recommendations to this Conference for
future international work on Sustainable
Development?