12 Amendments of Marian HARKIN related to 2010/2088(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Citation -1 (new)
Citation -1 (new)
- having regard to existing statistical instruments covering some dimensions of social progress, well-being and sustainable development in Europe such as the EU-SILC, the Labour Force Survey (LFS), Eurobarometers, the European Values Survey and the European Social Survey (ESS),
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Citation - 1 a (new)
Citation - 1 a (new)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Citation - 1 b (new)
Citation - 1 b (new)
- having regard to the Stiglitz Report (Report by the Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress1) which provides an overview of the seven dimensions to be taken into account when developing new indicators, _______________________ 1 http://www.stiglitz-sen- fitoussi.fr/documents/rapport_anglais.pdf
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas GDP, while an important indicator of economic growth, is totally inadequate as an instrument for guiding policy to meet the challenges of the 21st century,
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas coherent policy making needs a data framework that includes more inclusive indicators that incorporateing social and environmental gains and losses are needed to supplement GDP, as well as indices to measure sustainable development,
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that there is an increasing gap between what official statistics say about economic performance and how people perceive their own living conditions and quality of life, and that this leads to a lack of trust in government and the democratic process;, notes that subjective well-being in Europe is not only influenced by income, but also by perceived quality of society1; _____________ 1 According to Eurofound findings between last quarter of 2007 and September 2009, the average level of satisfaction with life in general across the EU fell by about 4%. The pattern of change in life satisfaction reflects changes in GDP in countries like the Baltic States but does not correspond to the relatively small declines in GDP of countries like Malta or France. (Source: Trends in quality of life in the EU: 2003- 2009, Eurofound, 2010) Within countries income differences as well as perceived corruption have a considerable impact on trust in political institutions. (Source: Eurofound 2nd European Quality of Life Survey)
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for both qualitative and quantitative metrics to be issued in a timely manner in order to enhance policy making and to enable monitoring of trends over time;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Calls for a new partnership between all relevant actors (Eurostat, National Statistical Offices, research organisations, national governments, EU agencies etc.) to develop indicators of well-being and sustainable development that provide policy-makers with an additional set of measures for the multidimensional phenomena of well-being and quality of life;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the need to measure quality of life in societies and notes that such measurement will require metrics from at least the following categories: health, education, employment, connectedness, political engagement, material wellbeing and, environment, social protection and social capital;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Suggests that the EQLS indicators, which cover the core domains of quality of life are built upon in further development of both qualitative and quantitative metrics;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls forNotes that social and economic cohesion are overarching objectives of the EU and these objectives require indices tohat reflect distributional issues in society in order toand facilitate the monitoring of social inclusion;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for the adoption and promotion of the ILO Manual on the Measurement of Volunteer Work and its promotion by all Member States.