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Federal Department of Home Affairs FDHAFederal Statistical Office FSO
The Swiss Experiences in Measuring and Communicating Sustainable Development
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2Metsä 2013 | Measuring and Communicating the Contribution of the Forest Sector to a Green EconomyRovaniemi| 11.12.2013 | André de Montmollin
Federal Department of Home Affairs FDHAFederal Statistical Office FSO
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Federal Department of Home Affairs FDHAFederal Statistical Office FSO
Rationales and objectives• Rio 1992, Agenda 21, chapter 40• Federal Constitution of the Swiss Confederation• Pilot study 1999
• Monitoring sustainable development in its three dimensions economic efficiency, social solidarity and environment responsibility
• Information intended to citizens, stakeholders, policy makers
SEP1
Slide 3
SEP1 Ich würde hier die Begriffe klarer umschreiben. Was mit social gemeint ist, ist nämlich nicht ganz klar: economic efficiency, social solidarity, environmental responsibilitySeraina Pedrini, 09/12/2013
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Federal Department of Home Affairs FDHAFederal Statistical Office FSO
1. Importance of the conceptual framework
2. Dialogue between all actors
3. Selection and construction of indicators
4. Communication with indicators
Content of the presentation
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Without a conceptual framework
120
m/s2
6’500195 80
∆V
Vmax Avg V
Distance to target
1. Conceptual framework
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With a conceptual framework
1. Conceptual framework
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Sustainable Development
Principles on:•Objective and subjective living conditions
•Fairness of distribution, equality of opportunities
•Social cohesion•Development of human capital
•International solidarity
Principles on:•Economic system•Efficiency and competitiveness
•Flexibility/stability•Production/cons-umption
•Employment•International trade
Principles on:•Consumption of resources
•Materials and waste•Risks•Rate of change•Natural and cultural landscape
Socialsolidarity
Economic efficiency
Environmental responsibility
Indicators
Definition
Qualitative objectives
Principles
Selection of indicators
1. Conceptual framework
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Federal Department of Home Affairs FDHAFederal Statistical Office FSO
Input/Output
Satisfaction of needs, well-being
DistributionEfficiency
Soci
al
Capital stocks
Hum
an
Econ
omic
Nat
ural
Response
The MONET typology
1. Conceptual framework
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Federal Department of Home Affairs FDHAFederal Statistical Office FSO
The conceptual categories
1 Satisfaction of needs, well-being (12)
2 Stocks of capital (20)
3 Input/output (16)
4 Distribution (16)
5 Efficiency (13)
6 Response (3)
1. Conceptual framework
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The 12 thematic categories
1 Living conditions (7) 7 Work (5)2 Health (5) 8 Economic system (5)
3 Social cohesion (7) 9 Production and consumption (7)
4 International cooperation (6) 10 Mobility and transport
(7)
5 Education and culture (8) 11 Energy and climate (7)
6 Research and technology (3) 12 Natural resources (12)
1. Conceptual framework
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2. Dialogue, participation
2. Dialog between actors
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Federal Department of Home Affairs FDHAFederal Statistical Office FSO
2. Dialogue, participationDialogue between politicians, the civil society and the statistical communities
Opportunities: • build-up trust between the actors• increase good governance• improve the definition of measurable goalsChallenges: • have a clear distribution of tasks and
responsibilities• respect the independence of statistics
2. Dialog between actors
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3. Selection of indicatorsPriority should be given to:
• Existing indicators and data
• Data produced on a regular basis (e.g. yearly)
according to official definitions and nomenclatures
• Accounting systems (like SNA or SEEA)
• Indicators that are easy to communicate
3. Selection and construction of indicators
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3. Selection and construction of indicators
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Significance of the indicator
Data (download)
Comments on data
Graph
Metadata
Synthesis
Construction of an indicator
3. Selection and construction of indicators
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Federal Department of Home Affairs FDHAFederal Statistical Office FSO
Target System
DefinitionSustainable Development
45 Principles
Sustainable Development in
Switzerland
Monitoring
75 Indicators
(in 12 topics or 6 conceptual categories)
Typology
Selection criteria
Selection of indicators
Assessment
Selection process
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Federal Department of Home Affairs FDHAFederal Statistical Office FSO
4. Aplication of the MONET Indicators17 key indicators
Globaldimension of SD
Monitoring SD-Strategy(50 indicators)
Base: 75 indicators
Report on SD 2012
Dashboard of the SD-Strategy
Pocket Statistics
4. Communication
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Assessment of indicatorsEcological quality of forestsShare of forest area with medium and high biotope value
4. Communication
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Federal Department of Home Affairs FDHAFederal Statistical Office FSO
Getting messages across using indicators
A handbook based on experiences from assessing Sustainable Development Indicators
Assessment of indicators
Going to be published by Eurostat in February 2014
4. Communication
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Federal Department of Home Affairs FDHAFederal Statistical Office FSO
The communication of progress towards goals and targets remains a walk on the edge between completeness and simple communication to a broad audience
Communication and assessment withindicators?
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Federal Department of Home Affairs FDHAFederal Statistical Office FSO
Measuring and Communicating Sustainable Development and Green Economy?
• Sound conceptual framework that includes an integrated view of SD or GE
• Importance of dialogue and safeguards
• Targets and indicators have to be defined according to the framework and the requirements of official statistics
• Good communication tools
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Federal Department of Home Affairs FDHAFederal Statistical Office FSO
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Key-challenges
Indicators
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Indicators
Trend assessment
Synthesis
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Graph
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Overall view of the 10 key-challenges