IN-STREAM
INtegrating MainSTREAM Economic Indicators with those of Sustainable Development
| Coordinatore | ECOLOGIC INSTITUT gemeinnützige GmbH
Organization address
address: Pfalzburger Strasse 43-44 contact info |
| 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
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Nome Ente NON disponibile
Organization address
address: Pfalzburger Strasse 43-44 contact info |
DE (BERLIN) | coordinator | 0.00 |
| 2 |
"INSTITUTE FOR EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY, LONDON"
Organization address
address: BELGRAVE ROAD 11 IEEP OFFICES FLOOR 3 contact info |
UK (LONDON) | participant | 0.00 |
| 3 |
FONDAZIONE ENI ENRICO MATTEI
Organization address
address: Corso Magenta 63 contact info |
IT (MILANO) | participant | 0.00 |
| 4 |
INTERNATIONALES INSTITUT FUER ANGEWANDTE SYSTEMANALYSE
Organization address
address: Schlossplatz 1 contact info |
AT (LAXENBURG) | participant | 0.00 |
| 5 |
UNIVERSITAET STUTTGART
Organization address
address: Keplerstrasse 7 contact info |
DE (STUTTGART) | participant | 0.00 |
| 6 |
UNIVERSITY OF BATH
Organization address
address: CLAVERTON DOWN contact info |
UK (BATH) | participant | 0.00 |
| 7 |
UNIVERZITA KARLOVA V PRAZE
Organization address
address: Ovocny trh 5 contact info |
CZ (PRAHA 1) | participant | 0.00 |
| 8 |
ZENTRUM FUER EUROPAEISCHE WIRTSCHAFTSFORSCHUNG GmbH
Organization address
address: L 7 1 contact info |
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.