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The EU Regional Social Progress Index Social Sustainability Forum, Umeå June 14-15 2017

The EU regional Social Progress Index

Paola AnnoniEuropean CommissionDG for Regional and Urban Policy - BrusselsPolicy Development and Economic Analysis [email protected]

http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/en/information/maps/social_progress



Why an EU regional Social Progress Index?

• Take up and contribute to the debate on GDP and beyond• Allows broader view of ‘development’ through

harmonised data complementing GDP• Reflecting social/environmental progress• At the regional level

• Develop an analytical tool for EU Regional Policy• Insight into components of regional development

(strong variations within countries)• A request from the regions to facilitate peer learning• Analytical tool for regions to set-up development

strategies and monitor their impact

• At EU level Check: Is Cohesion Policy investing in the right issues?



Focus on Development issues beyond money

• Factors that enable citizens to realise their potential –enabling factors

• Health• Environmental quality• Discrimination and tolerance• Corruption and Trust• Crime and safety• Education• Deprivation

• Linked to EU strategy for smart/sustainable/inclusive growth



A DG REGIO project inspired by

The Global Social Progress Indexhttp://www.socialprogressimperative.org/

What we did:

• we maintained the Global SPI framework• we adapted the indicator set to better reflect the EU

situation• we developed our own methodology

Nutrition and Basic Medical Care1. Premature mortality(<65)2. Infant mortality3. Unmet medical needs4. Insufficient food

Water and Sanitation5. Satisfaction with water quality6. Lack of toilet in dwelling7. Uncollected sewage8. Sewage treatment

Shelter9. Burdensome cost of housing10. Satisfaction with housing11. Overcrowding12. Lack of adequate heating

Personal Safety13. Homicide rate14. Safety at night15. Traffic deaths

Basic Human Needs

Access to Basic Knowledge16. Upper-secondary enrolment rate17. Lower secondary completion only18. Early school leavers

Access to Information andCommunications

19. Internet at home20. Broadband at home21. Online interaction with public authorities

Health and Wellness22. Life expectancy23. General health status24. Standardized cancer death rate25. Standardized heart disease death rate26. Unmet dental needs27. Satisfaction with air quality

Ecosystem Sustainability28. Air pollution-pm1029. Air pollution-pm2.530. Air pollution-ozone31. Pollution or grime 32. Protected land (Natura 2000)

Foundations of Wellbeing

Personal Rights33. Trust in the political system34. Trust in the legal system35. Trust in the police36. Quality of public services

Personal Freedom and Choice37. Freedom over life choices38. Teenage pregnancy39. Young people not in education, employment or training40. Corruption index

Tolerance and Inclusion41. Impartiality of government services42. Tolerance for immigrants43. Tolerance for minorities44. Attitudes toward people with disabilities45. Tolerance for homosexuals46. Gender employment gap47. Community safety net

Access to Advanced Education48. Tertiary education attainment49. Tertiary enrolment50. Lifelong learning

Opportunity



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BE

CY

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DK

EE

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FI

FR

HR

HU

IE

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LT

LV

NL

PL

PT

SE

SI

SK

UK

correlation coefficient = 0.96

Sweden:EU-SPI = 80%

Global SPI = 89%



Lorraine, in northeast France, bordering Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany, achieves the same level of social progress as the capital of Belgium – Brussels.

LorraineBrussels

Different GDP, similar social level

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What is the relevance of this work?

• The headline index is to raise awareness and draw attention, ..

• … but the real interest is in • The three sub-indices • The indices for the component• The individual indicators• The changes over time (to be developed)



Bucuresti Ilfov

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Similar GDP, different social level

Pohjois-ja Ita-Suomi



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High SPI levels are "attractive"



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EU regional SPI (0-100)

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S80

Vzhodna Slovenija

Alentejo Algarve

Andalucía

Aragón

Attiki

Border, Midland and Western

Cantabria

Castilla y León

CastillaLa Mancha

Cataluña

Centro (PT)

Centru

ChampagneArdenne

Chemnitz

Comunidad de Madrid

Comunidad Valenciana

DélAlföld

DélDunántúl

Drenthe

Dytiki Ellada

Dytiki Makedonia

Eesti

ÉszakMagyarország

Extremadura

Friesland (NL)

HauteNormandie

Île de France

Ionia Nisia

Ipeiros

Kontinentalna Hrvatska

KujawskoPomorskie

Kýpros

Latvija

Lisboa

Lódzkie

Lubelskie

Lubuskie

Moravskoslezsko

NordEst

Norte

Overijssel

Picardie

Podlaskie

Região Autónoma dos Açores

Región de Murcia

Severen tsentralen

Severoiztochen

Severovýchod

Severozapaden

Slaskie

Southern and Eastern

Sud Muntenia

SudVest Oltenia

Thessalia

Voreio Aigaio

Yugoiztochen

Zeeland

Abruzzo

Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire

Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire

Berlin

Bourgogne

Bratislavský kraj

Braunschweig

Bucuresti Ilfov

Burgenland (AT)

Calabria

Campania

Canarias

Ciudad Autónoma de Ceuta

Ciudad Autónoma de Melilla

CorseDolnoslaskie

Dresden

East Anglia

Eastern Scotland

Essex

EteläSuomi

Freiburg

Galicia

HelsinkiUusimaa

Hovedstaden

Illes Balears

Jihovýchod

Jihozápad

Kärnten

Kent

Köln

LanguedocRoussillon

LänsiSuomi

Lazio

Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire

Leipzig

Malta

Marche

Mazowieckie

Mellersta Norrland

Midtjylland

Molise

Nordjylland

NordVest

Norra Mellansverige

Östra Mellansverige

Outer London

Övre Norrland

Peloponnisos

Prov. Antwerpen

Prov. Brabant Wallon

Prov. Hainaut

Prov. VlaamsBrabant

Puglia

Salzburg

Sicilia

Sjælland

Sterea Ellada

StockholmSydsverige

TirolToscana

Umbria

Utrecht

Valle d'Aosta/Vallée d'Aoste

Vest

Wien

Yugozapaden

correlation coefficient = -0.54

p-value = <0.0001

S80/S20 indicator sources and years:

OECD regional level - different years (from 2010 to2014)EUROSTAT national level - year 2014

Net migration indicator:red regions are affected by negative net migrationgreen regions are affected by positive net migration

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Higher levels of SPI correspond to lower levels of income inequality



SPI cannot be used for distributing GLOBAL ESIF allocation

• Mixture of official and other sources (EEA, Gallup)• Indicators have different margins of error• Each step in the process of setting up a composite

indicator has a potential impact:• Data standardisation• Selecting the right way to combine

the indicators into componentsthe components into dimensionsthe dimensions into the final index

• Questions of principle (high corruption – high funding ?)



http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/en/information/maps/social_progresshttp://ec.europa.eu/environment/beyond_gdp/news_map_en.html

More info at:

http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/en/information/maps/social_progress

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