When: 27-30 June, 2007
Where: Istanbul, Turkey
"Statistics, Knowledge and Policy"
How can societies better measure their progress or setbacks? The question lies at the heart of a long-term OECD project to explore how the effective use of information can benefit democracy, empower individual citizens and stimulate a global debate on what progress means.
The OECD’s second World Forum on "Statistics, Knowledge and Policy" to be held in Istanbul on 27-30 June 2007 will bring together more than 900 experts from over 100 countries representing governments, academia, business, civil society, the arts and the media. The Forum will aim to improve the development and dissemination of social, economic and environmental indicators. Under the spotlight too will be how statistics are used and misused.
Organised in cooperation with the European Commission, the Organisation of the Islamic Conference, the UN, the World Bank and in partnership with Turkish government's State Planning Office, the sessions will cover a broad range of themes: from migration to urban development; from climate change to innovation and from culture to happiness.
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