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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

23

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

7

8

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$)

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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