The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the European Commission, the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC), the United Nations (UN), the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the World Bank (WB) affirmed in a declaration their commitment to measuring and fostering the progress of societies in all dimensions, with the ultimate goal of improving policy making, democracy and citizens’ wellbeing.

Their declaration came at the close of the second OECD World Forum on Statistics, Knowledge and Policy, held in Istanbul, Turkey on 27-30 June 2007.

Read the Istanbul Declaration [33KB ]

Read the OECD's article on "OECD and international organisations to develop new approach to measuring progress of societies"

View the website of the OECD Global Project - Measuring the Progress of Societies

Posted 30 July 2007.