Activities of António Fernando CORREIA DE CAMPOS related to 2010/2088(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament: GDP and beyond - Measuring progress in a changing world
Amendments (20)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Citation 1 (new)
Citation 1 (new)
- having regard to EU 2020 integrated guidelines for the European economic and employment policies,
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. having regard to the urgent need to launch a debate on the limitations of GDP as a yardstick for measuring and evaluating the success of economic policyerformance and, by association, the wellbeing of societiesocial progress,
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas there is a need for a concise and actionable set of comparable, robust and valid indicators addressing the key economic, social and environmental dimensions of human well-being, for informing policy-making,
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas a distinction between current and future well-being should be made; whereas it should be underlined that sustainability also needs to be assessed both in its economic and environmental dimensions,
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
Bc. whereas to adequately gauge the level of social inclusion, social inequality and income distribution for policy-making should be considered,
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the need to develop indicators which can complement GDP and have as their objective the provision of more exhaustive information to support political decisions, notably where they incorporate such factors as the social and environmental dimensions, development, quality of life, public health, research, social equality and the level of employmentin assessing societal progress along the three pillars of economic, social and environmental dimensions and have as their objective the provision of more exhaustive information to support political decisions;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Welcomes the Commission proposals in the Communication GDP and beyond - measuring progress in a changing world;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Considers that achieving and sustaining quality of life comprehends important and consensual factors such as health, education, culture, employment, housing and environmental conditions. Therefore, indicators that measure such factors are also important and should be given more relevance;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Points to the need for such data to be available in near real-time, allowing timely political responses;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Calls on the need to develop indicators that focus more closely on the household level perspective, reflecting income, consumption and wealth as a means to better reflect the citizens’ concerns on material well-being;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the need to develop selected indicators that complement average statistical measurements by reflecting distribution and inequality across social groups;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls on the Commission to reinforce efforts for developing a Sustainable Development Scoreboard that assesses from an environmental and economic point of view the preservation and investment in resources required to ensure future well-being (comprising natural resources, physical and human capital);
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Supports the European Commission efforts to develop methodologies to assess and communicate progress on the major strands of environmental protection policy;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Recalls on the global impact of environmental changes and stresses the importance for such indicators to be accepted and comparable outside the EU territory;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Supports the Council’s recommendation to extend the National Accounts to environmental and social issues by setting internationally accepted methods;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Calls for a more extensive use of such selected indicators in relevant policy documents as a means to better reflect citizens' concerns and match it with coherent policy-making;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 e (new)
Paragraph 3 e (new)
3e. Notes that continuing research, and investment in the capabilities of Statistical offices is needed in order to improve upon what has been achieved; identify the gaps in available information, and where necessary to construct new indexes;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 f (new)
Paragraph 3 f (new)
3f. Notes that no additional statistical offices or bodies are needed; calls for an extended cooperation between the national offices and Eurostat.