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PARTICIPATION IN SEMINAR ON “THE MEASURE OF PROGRESS, DEVELOPMENT AND WELL-BEING”

11 July 2010

Representatives of the Economic and Social Council participated in a seminar on the “Measure of progress, development and well-being”. It was held on July 11-15, in Luxembourg and was organised by Economic and Social Council of the Grand- Duchy of Luxembourg as part of the AICESIS initiatives.

The aim of the seminar was to discuss the indicators related to the well-being and progress: life expectancy, mortality rate, degree of satisfaction of personal needs. The seminar was attended by 76 representatives of various institutions, among which were participants from the Economic and Social Councils and Similar Institutions of Belgium, Benin, Guinea, Germany, Spain, Italy, Mauritania, Mali, Romania, Senegal, Tunisia, Hungary, France and Chad.

Main topics of the seminar were measuring progress, measuring social change, the role of statistics in the study of well-being and economic development and well-being indicators in the context of the United Nations Millennium Goals.

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is the “bridge” between citizens and the national government. Its mission is to support such “bridging” so as to facilitate the communication between the society and the national government. It is the new and modern institution of the civil dialogue.

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The main goal of ESC's operation is to enable different representatives of organised civil society to feel free to state their views whereas unanimity on matters of common interest is encouraged. The Council expresses and protects civil society interests by communicating agreed statements and proposals submitted by its members to the executive and legislative authorities.

PARTICIPATION IN SEMINAR ON “THE MEASURE OF PROGRESS, DEVELOPMENT AND WELL-BEING”

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