Transcript the universal language of all European cities and regions Sir Albert

Indicators for
territorial
development
Data – the universal language of all European cities
and regions
Cllr Sir Albert BORE
Birmingham City Council
Evidenced based Policy making
• Responding to crises
• Building political strategies
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GDP distortion: Bratislava
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10 points of statistics for policy
1. Have a common vision
2. Inclusive decision about statistics and indicators
• Politicians + Researchers + Statisticians
3. Measure Progress
4. Give indicators a normative stance
5. Measure both: average and dispersion
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10 points of statistics for policy
6. Territorialise statistics
7. Look at the output side
8. Make forecasts
9. Link to international and global benchmarks
10.Take action
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Lies, dumb lies and statistics 
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