Measuring what matters to EU Citizens: Social Progress in European Regions

The aim of the project is to test how the EU-SPI could be used to inform and improve policy making in relation to policies supported by cohesion policy. The project also aims to identify best practices of its use and to facilitate the exchange of knowledge and in the assessment of the EU-SPI in the broader context of the beyond GDP initiative and so to identify aspects to be improved and inform the EU-SPI developers by providing insights on how to improve the next editions of the index.

To learn more about the EU-SPI, please visit this website: https://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/en/information/maps/social_progress

More about the project: www.eu-spi.eu

Team:

• Magª. Elke Dall (project leader)
• Magª. Berenike Ecker, M.E.S. MSc
• Dr. habil. Ursula Holtgrewe
• Nela Šalamon, B.Sc.

Section: Research Policy & Development

Partners:

• HÉTFA Research Institute and Center for Economic and Social Analysis
• National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (Centre of Financial Studies)
• Orkestra - Basque Institute of Competitiveness
• Technopolis Group
• Intrasoft International SA (Coordinator)

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• News: Project Kick-off: ZSI to work on a pilot project on the Social Progress Index
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• News: Learning about the European Social Progress Index (EU-SPI)
• Event: Measuring social progress in European regions and cities
• Event: Measuring what matters: multilevel governance in European regions
• Event: Measuring what matters: The comparability issue in indexes
• Event: Work and Employment - Possible Inputs to EU-SPI
• Event: Virtual Peer Learning event "Immigration, immigrants and social progress"
• Event: Local tracking of SDGs achievement and links to EU-SPI
• Event: Demography and ageing in the EU-SPI
• News: Closing the EU-SPI pilot project with the launch of a new edition
• Event: EU SPI Index Launch event

Tags: indicators, peer reviews, regional development, social change, social cohesion, social policy