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OECD Moscow 2008 1
Measuring and Fostering the Progress of Societies:A New Approach for CIS and Eastern European Countries
Moscow, 29-30 September 2008
The Sustainable Society Index - SSIa novel tool for measuring
progress towards sustainability
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Make it as simple as possible,
but not simpler than that.Albert Einstein
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What do we mean by progress?
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Progress to sustainabilitythat is
Progress to a sustainable society
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A sustainable society is a society• that meets the needs of the present generation,• that does not compromise the ability of future
generations to meet their own needs,• and in which each human being has the
opportunity to develop itself in freedom, within a well-balanced society and in harmony with its surroundings.
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I Personal Development IV Sustainable Use of Resources
1 Healthy Life 15 Waste Recycling 2 Sufficient Food 16 Use of Renewable Water Resources 3 Sufficient to Drink 17 Consumption of Renewable Energy 4 Safe Sanitation 5 Education Opportunities V Sustainable World 6 Gender Equality 18 Forest Area
19 Preservation of Biodiversity II Clean Environment 20 Emission of Greenhouse Gases
7 Air Quality 21 Ecological Footprint 8 Surface Water Quality 22 International Cooperation 9 Land Quality
III Well-balanced Society
10 Good Governance 11 Unemployment 12 Population Growth 13 Income Distribution 14 Public Debt
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SSI score Romania is 5.7
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Russia - SSI indicator values 1
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4
5
6
7
8
9
1011
1213
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
2122
Romania - SSI indicator values
12
3
4
5
6
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9
1011
1213
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
2122
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Russia - Romania SSI indicator values
12
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
1011
1213
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
2122
Russia
Romania
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Maximum SSI indicator values Eastern Europe & CIS
12
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
1011
1213
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
2122
Minimum SSI indicator values Eastern Europe & CIS
12
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
1011
1213
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
2122
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Average SSI indicator valuesEastern Europe & CIS
12
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
1011
1213
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
2122
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SSI values - GDP per capita
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0 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000
GDP per capita (US$)
SS
I val
ues
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Make it as simple as possible,
but not simpler than that.Albert Einstein
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• SSI on national level
• SSI on regional level
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Strategy Planning Implementation & Monitoring
Government Policy
Implemen-
tation
Programmes Plans Projects
Parliament
Yearly revision programmes, plans, projects
Strategy Sustainable Development
Evaluation
Public, NGOs, Industry, Unions
Monitoring actual progress towards sustainability by using SSI monitoring – priorities, targets - awareness
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SSI
your compass for
progress on the way
to sustainability