The meeting on Consulting Users on Wellbeing Themes will provide users with a picture of key advances being made at the UN, in Europe and in respect to key topics, alongside showcasing how countries can combine and use existing metrics to better understand the themes that are important in the context of measuring and tracking well-being. Speakers include:
- Anu Peltola, Senior Statistician, UNCTAD
- Rutger Hoekstra, Associate Professor, Leiden University
- Jonathan Barth, Co-Founder and Policy Director, Zoe Institute for Future-Fit Economies
- Gerard Eding, Director, National Accounts, Statistics Netherlands
- Cliodhna Taylor, Assistant Deputy Director and Head of Research Partnerships, UK Office for National Statistics, and
- Graciela Marquez, President, INEGI
15 June 2022 | 8:00 am - 10:30 am (New York Time)
8:00 am - 8:10 am
Session 1| Introduction, welcome remarks, and scene-setting
- Introductions and Welcomes (5 minutes)
- Mr. Stefan Schweinfest, Director of United Nations Statistics Division
- Recap from Meeting 1 - 1 June 2023 on Updating social perspectives of wellbeing and the relevance of past and present UN work for today
- Presenter: Richard Heys, Deputy Chief Economist, UK Office for National Statistics (15 minutes)
- Presentation:Beyond GDP Sprint Two Second Session
8:10 am - 8:55 am
Session 2| Update on progress through the United Nations and Horizon research processes
Chair: Mr. Stefan Schweinfest, Director of United Nations Statistics Division
- Valuing What Counts
- Presenter: Anu Peltola, Senior Statistician, UNCTAD (15 minutes)
- Presentation: Valuing What Counts
- Synthesis of Beyond GDP Metrics
- Presenter: Rutger Hoekstra, Associate Professor, Leiden University (15 minutes)
- Presentation: Synthesis of Beyond GDP Metrics
- Discussion (15 minutes)
8:55 am - 9:40 am
Session 3| Conceptual Perspectives and the European perspective
Chair: Richard Heys, Deputy Chief Economist, UK Office for National Statistics
- GDP lock-in and the European dimension
- Presenter: Jonathan Barth, Co-Founder and Policy Director, Zoe Institute for Future-Fit Economies (15 minutes)
- Presentation: UNNES Beyond GDP Sprint
- The importance of Here & Now, the future and elsewhere
- Presenter: Gerard Eding, Director, National Accounts, Statistics Netherlands (15 minutes)
- Presentation: The importance of Here & Now, the Future and Elsewhere
- Discussion (15 minutes)
9:40 am - 10:25 am
Session 4| Wider perspectives on measuring wellbeing
Chair: Richard Heys, Deputy Chief Economist, UK Office for National Statistics
- Understanding capitals
- Presenter: Ms. Cliodhna Taylor, Assistant Deputy Director and Head of Research Partnerships, UK Office for National Statistics (15 minutes)
- Presentation: Understanding Capitals
- Using existing Mexican measures of wellbeing
- Presenter: Graciela Marquez, President, INEGI (15 minutes)
- Presentation: Improving Well-being Metrics in Mexico Through User Engagement
- Discussion (15 minutes)
10:25 am - 10:30 am
Session 5| Summary by Richard Heys (5 minutes)
- Summary Note
- Discussion (15 minutes)
10:30 am
Adjourn
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Countries
- • Argentina
- • Australia
- • Bhutan
- • Brazil
- • Canada
- • Colombia
- • Costa Rica
- • Côte d'Ivoire
- • Fiji
- • Indonesia
- • Italy
- • Lesotho
- • Maldives
- • Mexico
- • Mongolia
- • Morocco
- • Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
- • New Zealand
- • Oman
- • State of Palestine
- • Poland
- • Saudi Arabia
- • South Africa
- • Tunisia
- • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- • United Arab Emirates
- • United States of America
Orginizations
- • Asian Development Bank
- • European Commission
- • International Labour Organization
- • International Monetary Fund
- • Islamic Development Bank
- • Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- • United Nations
- • United Nations Development Programme
- • United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
- • United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia
- • United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
- • United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
- • United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
- • World Bank
- • World Health Organization