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Conseil de lEurope
Construire des indicateurs de progrès/ bien être
avec les citoyens / communautés Thème 4 How to
build progress and well being indicators with
citizens?
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Raisonnement proposé

• Starting from well being concept fundamental
  characteristics to understand how to define and
  measure it
• Presenting method and main results

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Well Being concept fundamental characteristics

• First idea Well being is a subjective concept
  --gt Only the subjects (citizens) can define it
• we have to distinguish 3 levels of
  subjective/objective concept, measuring and data
• Categories can not be defined? a priori but a
  posteriori

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Well Being concept fundamental characteristics

• Second idea Subjective doesn't mean irrational
  the subjectivity can be reflected --gt we have to
  give the opportunity to think about well being
• Well being is not depending on only present
  situation importance of memory and rationale -
  Example possibility to define his own level of
  satisfaction
• Possible error linking questions on specific
  situations

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Well Being concept fundamental characteristics

• Third idea Thinking about well being is
  individual and interactive --gt We have to give
  opportunity to think about it individually and
  collectively
• Social dimensions of well being are so much
  important than individual dimensions
• Levels of satisfaction has a strong social
  dimension
• Well being as a whole objective for society is a
  democratic concern

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Method characteristics

1. No a priori definition just 3 questions What is
   well being? What is not? What do you do for it?
2. Groups of 8-10 persons
3. Individual (post'its) and interactive (debate for
   synthesis) phases
4. Beginning with homogeneous groups and then
   heterogeneous
5. Where territories (neighbourhoods, towns, small
   regions) or institutions (enterprises, schools,
   etc.)

1. No a priori definition just 3 questions What is
   well being? What is not? What do you do for it?
2. Groups of 8-10 persons
3. Individual (post'its) and interactive (debate for
   synthesis) phases
4. Beginning with homogeneous groups and then
   heterogeneous
5. Where territories (neighbourhoods, towns, small
   regions) or institutions (enterprises, schools,
   etc.)

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Results
8 dimensions of well being --gt 8 families of
indicators

• Life means (income, employment, education,
  health, food, housing, transport,
  culture/leasure, ...)
• Cadre de vie (environment, spaces
  organization,...)?
• Governance (relationship with institutions, ...)?
• Social relationships (family, friends, community,
  transversal relationships,...)?
• Personal equilibrium (personal development,
  autonomy, ...)
• Social equilibrium (equity, social mixity,...)
• Feelings (trust/mistrust, serenity with future,
  fears...)?
• Participation/commitment