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Measures of Australia’s Progress (MAP)
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Global Project, OECD
MAP
• The Australian Bureau of Statistics Measuring (2002) .. then Measures of (2004 onwards) … Australia’s Progress
• Headline progress indicators to inform public debate
• Look beyond Gross Domestic Product• Look at economic, social and
environmental concerns• Present these areas side by side • Readers make their own assessment
about whether life in Australia is getting better
Measuring Australia's Progress
• Aimed at a general audience• Covering the nation’s progress …. Not
government performance
Measuring Australia's Progress
What is Progress?
• The word progress (Latin: pro-gredi) refers to improvements, to move forward, to gain
• We can speak about economic progress, social progress, scientific progress but above all we can talk about human progress
What is Progress?
• Many views …
“Is life getting better?”
What is Progress?
• Many views …• But what is clear to me is
A. Progress is multidimensionalB. Progress means different things
to different people
What is Progress?
What is Progress?
Economy
Society
Environment
Dimensions of Progress
Human wellbein
g
Governance
Culture
Economy
Resource
demand
Human system
Ecosystem condition
EcosystemSource: Robert Prescott-Allen,
2008
Resource Demand
• Human system and Ecosystem, and the interaction between them (Resource demand)
• Resource demand - human pressure on the ecosystem (eg pollution, and resource use)
• Separates inputs (pressures) from outcomes (changes in condition) to measure the effects of human activities on the state of the ecosystem
Resource Demand
Human System: Human Well-being
Human System: Human Well-being
• Measures ends or outcomes, including health, knowledge and understanding, freedom and security, relationships, work and play, and subjective well-being
• The other domains of the Human System represent the supports for human well-being and measure means or outputs - Economy, Governance, and Culture
Human System: Culture
Human System: Culture
• Covers those elements that contribute to human wellbeing that cannot be included in Economy or Governance without distortion
• It comprises the creative, expressive, and symbolic aspects of a way of life, including art, crafts, food, games, gardens, literature, language, music and religion
Human System: Economy and Governance
Human System: Economy and Governance
• Economy: the stocks and flows of an economy (income and wealth)
• Governance: democratic participation, access to services, order and safety, political rights, responsiveness, and transparency
Ecosystem: Ecosystem Condition
Ecosystem: Ecosystem Condition
• Ecosystem condition is the only domain for the Ecosystem
• It measures the ecosystem’s ends and outcomes, including air quality, atmosphere, land, freshwater, oceans and seas, and biodiversity
Progress DimensionsINDIVIDUALS
THE ECONOMY & ECONOMIC RESOURCES
THE ENVIRONMENT
LIVING TOGETHER
HEALTHNATIONAL INCOME
THE NATURAL LANDSCAPE - BIODIVERSITY - LAND - INLAND WATERS
FAMILY, COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL COHESION
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
ECONOMIC HARDSHIP
THE AIR AND ATMOSPHERE
CRIME
WORKNATIONAL WEALTH
OCEANS AND ESTUARIES
DEMOCRACY, GOVERNANCE AND CITIZENSHIP
CULTURE AND LEISURE
HOUSINGCOMMUNICATION TRANSPORT
PRODUCTIVITY
COMPETITIVENESS AND OPENESS INFLATION
• No bottom-line measure of progress
• No assessment of government policy
• No (direct) assessment of 'sustainability'
What MAP doesn't provide
Sets of Indicators
• Measures should be “unambiguous" that is have a clear good/bad direction of movement
• Important to focus on the big picture• Important to discuss trade-offs and
reinforcements
Trade-offs
Reinforcements
• Project board chaired by head of ABS• Expert reference group (civil society,
academics, scientists etc)
• Public seminars
• Extensive peer reviews
Governance
Peer review
Expert Group
Public Consultation
Project Board
Project team
Governance
• Chose a concept – Progress – and an audience (the “public”)
• Selected key dimensions of progress and why they were important
• Selected the best headline indicators (and supplementary indicators)
• Consultation at every stage
The Process: January 2000 to September
2001
• Prepared, peer reviewed, and released the first publication
The Process: October 2001 to April 2002
Collaboration
• Civil society, academics etc provided very valuable advice and assistance
• They also promoted and supported the venture
• But …. need to be careful about perceptions around roles …. and that an adequately broad spectrum of views come to the table
Why Collaborate?
• Discussions about measuring progress leads to discussions – and understanding - about ‘what progress actually is’
• Civil Society gets… facts to inform debate and advance particular causes, and a chance to influence policy
• Government gets … a wider perspective, skills and resources, support and buy in
Lessons in Collaboration
• Choose collaborators carefully
• Judge the pace of collaboration well
• Listen to one another and deliver
Outcomes
• Increased relevance for ABS• Strong support from users• MAP won an award for Australia’s
Smartest Social Initiative• Lots of media coverage• Reassessment of Statistical Work
Programme• Frequently referenced in Parliament
and debate
Outcomes
• Improved dialogue between the users and producers of statistics
• Engagement of influential community leaders
• Some errors in ABS data were spotted
• ABS leadership encouraged other countries to follow eg, Ireland
Outcomes
• The first issue was strongly criticised by a think tank
• Uncomfortable for some in the ABS• But many came to the ABS’s defense
If the ABS doesn’t do thisthen who will
What Next…?
• MAP now accepted. ABS not worried about measuring progress
• There could be a stronger push to use MAP’s framework as a lens to consider policy
• But difficult for an NSO
Shokran!