IN-STREAM

INtegrating MainSTREAM Economic Indicators with those of Sustainable Development

Coordinatore	ECOLOGIC INSTITUT gemeinnützige GmbH    more  Organization address address: Pfalzburger Strasse 43-44 city: BERLIN postcode: 10717 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Lucas Cognome: Porsch Email: send email Telefono: +49 30 86880 174 Fax: +49 30 86880 100
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Germany [DE]
Totale costo	1˙509˙035 €
EC contributo	1˙208˙536 €
Programma	FP7-ENVIRONMENT Specific Programme "Cooperation": Environment (including Climate Change)
Code Call	FP7-ENV-2007-1
Funding Scheme	CP-FP
Anno di inizio	2008
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2008-10-01   -   2011-09-30

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	Nome Ente NON disponibile  Organization address address: Pfalzburger Strasse 43-44 city: BERLIN postcode: 10717 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Lucas Cognome: Porsch Email: send email Telefono: +49 30 86880 174 Fax: +49 30 86880 100	DE (BERLIN)	coordinator	0.00
2	"INSTITUTE FOR EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY, LONDON"  Organization address address: BELGRAVE ROAD 11 IEEP OFFICES FLOOR 3 city: LONDON postcode: SW1V 1RB contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Patrick Cognome: Ten Brink Email: send email Telefono: -7387444 Fax: -7323974	UK (LONDON)	participant	0.00
3	FONDAZIONE ENI ENRICO MATTEI  Organization address address: Corso Magenta 63 city: MILANO postcode: 20123 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Martina Cognome: Marian Email: send email Telefono: -2711476 Fax: -2711463	IT (MILANO)	participant	0.00
4	INTERNATIONALES INSTITUT FUER ANGEWANDTE SYSTEMANALYSE  Organization address address: Schlossplatz 1 city: LAXENBURG postcode: 2361 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Susan Cognome: Riley Email: send email Telefono: 432237000000 Fax: 432237000000	AT (LAXENBURG)	participant	0.00
5	UNIVERSITAET STUTTGART  Organization address address: Keplerstrasse 7 city: STUTTGART postcode: 70174 contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Rainer Cognome: Friedrich Email: send email Telefono: -89147 Fax: -89230	DE (STUTTGART)	participant	0.00
6	UNIVERSITY OF BATH  Organization address address: CLAVERTON DOWN city: BATH postcode: BA2 7AY contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Alistair Cognome: Hunt Email: send email Telefono: 44 1225 383244 Fax: 44 1225 383423	UK (BATH)	participant	0.00
7	UNIVERZITA KARLOVA V PRAZE  Organization address address: Ovocny trh 5 city: PRAHA 1 postcode: 11636 contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Bedrich Cognome: Moldan Email: send email Telefono: -251079782 Fax: -251620021	CZ (PRAHA 1)	participant	0.00
8	ZENTRUM FUER EUROPAEISCHE WIRTSCHAFTSFORSCHUNG GmbH  Organization address address: L 7 1 city: MANNHEIM postcode: 68161 contact info Nome: Shalini Cognome: Saxena Email: send email Telefono: -1235927 Fax: -1235794	DE (MANNHEIM)	participant	0.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'Though mainstream economic measures such as GDP are useful measures with great influence on both public and private decisions, they are flawed as measures of human welfare. In addition, they give little information as to whether the market is helping Europe make progress on its environmental goals and its commitment to sustainable development. There is a critical need in Europe for indicators and measurement systems that—working in conjunction with mainstream economic indicators—provide a useful measure of progress toward economic success, human well-being, environmental protection and long-term sustainability. There is now a growing interest and momentum on the part of policy makers and researchers in developing these complementary headline indicators to better assess progress. The IN-STREAM project will undertake the qualitative and quantitative assessments necessary for linking mainstream economic indicators with key well-being and sustainability indicators, providing needed insight into the synergies and trade-offs implicit in Europe’s simultaneous pursuit of economic growth and environmental sustainability. Based on qualitative and quantitative analyses, recommendations for new indicator approaches will be proposed. Recommended indicators (and sets of indicators) will those that perform best in terms of their robustness, feasibility and suitability to EU policy objectives. Strategies for implementing these approaches will be identified and developed in consultation with stakeholders.'

Introduzione (Teaser)

Economic indicators overlook vital social and environmental factors. An EU-financed project has worked to develop ways of integrating sustainability measures into economic benchmarks.

Descrizione progetto (Article)

Conventional economic measures and indicators can tell us a lot about the performance and health of the economy. However, they provide little insight into how the market is affecting the well-being of citizens and the environment.

This highlights a pressing need to develop and utilise indicators that reflect relevant social and environmental factors in conjunction with traditional economic benchmarks. The 'Integrating mainstream economic indicators with those of sustainable development' (IN-STREAM) project worked to bridge this gap both quantitatively and qualitatively.

Funded by the Environment theme of the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7), the project assessed the needs and opportunities for the increased use of sustainability indicators. It also evaluated the main weaknesses of mainstream economic indicators in measuring environmental sustainability and social welfare. For instance, gross domestic product (GDP) measures flow rather than stock, ignores environmental damage and neglects income distribution.

However, although there is agreement on the need to measure these factors, there is no consensus on whether this should be done using a single composite indicator or a suite of individual benchmarks. Given the broadness of the 'Beyond GDP' debate, IN-STREAM focused its efforts on three main areas: biodiversity, green growth and resource efficiency. The project also explored the potential value of composite indicators.

IN-STREAM found that social indicators tend to be more common and popular than environmental ones. This suggests that the project's primary focus on environment and biodiversity will help raise the profile of these vital indicators among policymakers.