Webinar - 17 February 2022, 21:00-22:30 EST/ 18 February 2022, 03:00-04:30 CET / 18 February 2022, 09:00-10:30 ICT
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Organizers: UNESCAP and UNECLAC
Overview
The simultaneous challenges with which the world is grappling (COVID-19, the climate, biodiversity, and pollution crises, extreme inequalities, shifting globalization dynamics, financial volatility and vulnerability, rapid digital transformation and the digital and data divides – to name a few) have ignited a broad rethinking of business-as-usual practices in evaluating the wellbeing of people and planet. In this context, the United Nations is looking at how we can measuring progress beyond GDP. This work will feed into follow-up processes to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development[1] and the proposed Summit of the Future to be held in conjunction with the high-level week of the seventy-eighth session of the General Assembly in 2023. Additionally, such a contribution could support ongoing related processes, in particular the multi-year update of the System of National Accounts by the Statistical Commission, to be completed by 2025.
Scope
This side event will showcase work already underway within the statistical community on Measuring Progress Beyond GDP as well as exploring how to overcome barriers to using these types of data for decision making.
Agenda
TIME (EST time) | ACTIVITY | PRESENTER |
21:00 - 21:05 (5 mins) | Introduction: Why do we need to go beyond GDP? and Agenda Setting: Overview of agenda | Rolando Ocampo, Director, Statistics Division, UNECLAC and Rachael Beaven, Director, Statistics Division, UNESCAP |
21:05 – 21:15 (10 mins) | Overview: Brief overview of work done by OECD and their framework with three spheres: · Production-economic performance at aggregate level · Well-being -the economic and non-economic outcomes that matter most to people · Sustainability –the capacity to generate well-being outcomes over time | Martine Durand (ex-OECD) |
21:15 – 21:25 (10 mins) | Regional Perspectives: Executive Secretaries from ECLAC and ESCAP | Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC Executive Secretary and Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana ESCAP Executive Secretary. |
21:25 - 21:45 (20 mins) | Country case studies: One country case study from each region: Eg. Palau on Ocean Accounts and Mexico Will also make this session interactive: Use Teams Chat function and Polling Function to find out what other countries are doing for each of the three areas. | |
21:45 - 21:55 (10 mins) | Overcoming barriers: Different perspectives on why policy makers are using or not using broader measures of GDP | Claire Melamed (Executive Director GPSDD) |
21:55 - 22:10 (10 mins) | Discussion session: Opportunity for questions and answers to the speakers. If there are not enough questions will use Teams Chat and Polling functions to get different views. | Claire Melamed (Executive Director GPSDD) |
22:10 – 22:15 (5 mins) | Conclusion: Final remarks from the Chair to sum up the discussions and to outline any next steps | One of the two co-chairs – Rolando Ocampo or Rachael Beaven |