OECDISTAT Seminar on Dynamic Graphics

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• OECD-ISTAT Seminar on Dynamic Graphics
• for Presenting Statistical Indicators
• Jeroen Meyer, OECD Statistics Directorate
• What OECD wants to promote
• for the World Forum on
• Statistics, Knowledge and Policy

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• OECD World Forum on
• Statistics, Knowledge and Policy
• Measuring and Fostering the Progress of
  Societies
• Istanbul, Turkey
• 27-30 June 2007

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1st World Forum

• Held in Palermo, Italy in 2004
• 150 speakers/chairs/discussants
• 500-600 delegates from 43 countries
• 12 Plenary sessions, 16 parallel sessions
• Live Webcast

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2nd World Forum in Istanbul

• The second World Forum in Istanbul (27-30 June
  2007) will be a much larger event
• European Commission, Organisation of the Islamic
  Conference, United Nations, World Bank are
  formally cooperating
• 900 participants are expected in Istanbul
• Developed and developing countries the second
  World Forum will be truly global
• Several preparatory meetings

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Preparatory Meetings
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Confirmed speakers include

• Esko Aho, former Prime Minister of Finland
• Joaquín Almunia, European Commissioner
• François Bourguignon, Chief Economist and Senior
  Vice President of the World Bank
• Larry Brilliant, Executive Director of google.org
• Kemal Dervis, UNDP administrator
• Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prime Minister of Turkey
• Harvey Fineberg, President of the Institute of
  Medicine (USA)
• Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD
• Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, President of Iceland
• Francisco Santos Calderón, Vice President of
  Colombia
• David M. Walker, Comptroller General of the
  United States

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More information

• http//www.oecd.org/oecdworldforum
• Jon Hall, project leader Jon.Hall_at_oecd.org
• Jeroen Meyer Jeroen.Meyer_at_oecd.org
• Enrico Giovannini

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Statistics, Knowledge and Policy

•  Statistics is not Knowledge 
• Foster a democratic debate based on statistical
  evidence
• New relation between Statistics and Policy
• Too much information, too technical, new data
  providers, lack of trust in public data

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Measuring Progress

• What is Progress?
• How to measure Progress?
• Measuring what really matters, Is life getter
  better? Sustainability, wellbeing or quality of
  life

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Beyond GDP

• Joseph Stiglitz "Gross domestic product, the
  leading economic measurement, is outdated and
  misleading"
• From simple list of indicators to integrated
  accounts and composite indicators (knowledge
  base)
• HDI, GPI, MDG, GNH
• International coordination

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Draft agenda

• Overarching sessions include
• What is Progress?
• Peoples perceptions Vs. Reality
• Measuring Progress Does it make a difference for
  Policy Making and Democracy
• See brochure available online

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Concrete Outcome of the Rome Seminar

• Definitions of Objectives
• Success stories
• Innovative solutions
• E-learning
• Best formats (Java, SVG, Flash, SDMX)
• Dynamic, Interactive, Animated graphics
• Who should lead the project (IT expert,
  economist, statisticians)
• Different audiences
• Satisfactory survey

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You are officially invited to Istanbul!27-30
June 2007

• Demos in Istanbul
• Knowledge exhibition
• Background information

• http//www.oecd.org/oecdworldforum/exhibition