Transcript The Sustainable Society Index – SSI

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 - SSI
a 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 sustainability
that 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
1 Healthy Life
2 Sufficient Food
3 Sufficient to Drink
4 Safe Sanitation
5 Education Opportunities
6 Gender Equality
II Clean Environment
7 Air Quality
8 Surface Water Quality
9 Land Quality
IV Sustainable Use of Resources
15 Waste Recycling
16 Use of Renewable Water Resources
17 Consumption of Renewable Energy
V Sustainable World
18 Forest Area
19 Preservation of Biodiversity
20 Emission of Greenhouse Gases
21 Ecological Footprint
22 International Cooperation
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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Rom ania - SSI indicator values
Russia - SSI indicator values
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22
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21
22
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20
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21
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Russia - Rom ania
SSI indicator values
Russia
Romania
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21
22
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20
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19
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18
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Maxim um SSI indicator values
Eastern Europe & CIS
Minim um SSI indicator values
Eastern Europe & CIS
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21
22
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22
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20
2
21
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19
3
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Average SSI indicator values
Eastern Europe & CIS
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22
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21
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20
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19
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18
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14
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SSI values
SSI values - GDP per capita
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9
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5
4
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2
1
0
0
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
GDP per capita (US$)
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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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Government
Policy
Programmes
Plans
Projects
Strategy
Sustainable
Development
Parliament
Implementation
Yearly revision
programmes,
plans, projects
Public, NGOs,
Industry,
Unions
Monitoring actual progress towards
sustainability by using SSI
Evaluation
monitoring – priorities, targets - awareness
Strategy
Planning
Implementation & Monitoring
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SSI
your compass for
progress on the way
to sustainability
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