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UNITED NATIONS Friends of the Chair Group on Broader Measures of Progress (FOC) Established in 2013 Original article: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/broaderprogress/about.html Peter Burgess COMMENTARY Peter Burgess
Friends of the Chair Group on Broader Measures of Progress About Us Establishment and mandate The Friends of the Chair Group (FOC) on broader measures of progress was established by the United Nations Statistical Commission at its forty-fourth session (26 February to 1 March 2013) as a response to the request of the Rio+20 conference to launch a programme of work on broader measures of progress to complement GDP in order to better inform policy decisions. The Commission requested the FOC among other things to “build a work programme to develop broader measures of progress”. The Commission stressed that “’broader measures of progress’ have to be part of a larger information infrastructure/architecture in order to support development policy at all levels and need therefore to be linked to evolving sustainable development goals and any framework that will support the post-2015 development agenda” and tasked the FOC to “closely monitor the ongoing debate on development frameworks and to keep the Bureau of the Statistical Commission informed, undertaking an active dialogue with United Nations bodies and the policy sphere in order to ensure that a robust statistical measurement approach is incorporated from the outset in preparations for the post-2015 development agenda.” Relevant documents Establishment and Mandate (PDF) The Future We Want: Outcome document adopted at Rio+20 (see para. 38) (June 2012) (PDF) Membership and Secretariat The following 24 countries are members of the FOC on broader measures of progress: Argentina Australia, Bahamas, Botswana, Brazil, Cameroon, Germany, France, Hungary, India, Italy, Jamaica, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Philippines, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States and Uganda. France and India lead the FOC on broader measures of progress as the two co-chairs. The following organizations participate as observers: Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Paris-21, European Union (through its Statistical Office Eurostat), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). The United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) acts as Secretariat of the FOC on broader measures of progress. Questions? Contact us by writing to statistics@un.org. © United Nations Statistics Division 2013 Measures of Progress We are committed to an open, transparent and inclusive manner of operation. We will report to the Statistical Commission in 2014 and 2015. Below you will find relevant information and documents pertaining to our work: Original webpage: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/broaderprogress/work.html Information on activities of the FOC Title ... Date ... file type Technical report by the Bureau of the United Nations Statistical Commission (UNSC) on the process of the development of an indicator framework for the goals and targets of the post-2015 development agenda (Working draft) March 2015 PDF Expert Group Meeting on the indicator framework for the post-2015 development (25-26 February 2015) January 2015 HTML Report of the FOC to the Statistical Commission February 2015 January 2015 PDF Communication between the Co-Facilitators of the process of intergovernmental negotiations on the post-2015 development agenda and the Acting Chair of the Statistical Commission January 2015 PDF, PDF Survey on national practices on broader measures of progress and indicator availability for SDGs and associated targets - French version October 2014 PDF (letter), PDF Survey on national practices on broader measures of progress and indicator availability for SDGs and associated targets - Spanish version October 2014 PDF (letter), PDF Survey on national practices on broader measures of progress and indicator availability for SDGs and associated targets October 2014 PDF (letter), PDF Note on the work on the indicator framework September 2014 PDF, XLSX Update on the status of work July 2014 ZIP Matching of indicators to OWG targets June 2014 ZIP Response to the SDSN indicator proposal April 2014 ZIP Compendium of statistical notes March 2014 ZIP Minutes of the meeting of the FOC on 6 March March 2014 PDF Report of the FOC to the Statistical Commission February 2014 HTML Statistical notes - all drafts (background document to the Statistical Commission) February 2014 PDF Statistical notes - information note January 2014 PDF Statistical notes - note on the review and submission process January 2014 PDF Statistical notes - first drafts of the first set of 10 statistical notes January 2014 ZIP OWG informal meeting on measuring progress on 17 December 2013 December 2013 HTML Update on the activities of the FOC November 2013 PDF Summary of Comments on High-level Panel Report November 2013 PDF Call for contributions July 2013 PDF Note on informal meeting on 11 June 2013 June 2013 PDF Post-2015 process overview May 2013 PDF Information note May 2013 PDF Invitation letter May 2013 PDF

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