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MARCO Update. SPN Meeting Waikato Regional Council, 6 July 2011. Outline. Feedback - MARCO Survey April 2011 MARCO Work Programme 2011/12 New indicator initiatives. MARCO Feedback – email Survey April 2011. What services / products have you used? Perception Survey 77%
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MARCO Update SPN Meeting Waikato Regional Council, 6 July 2011
Outline • Feedback - MARCO Survey April 2011 • MARCO Work Programme 2011/12 • New indicator initiatives
MARCO Feedback – email Survey April 2011 • What services / products have you used? • Perception Survey 77% • Website 73% • Indicators 59% • Meetings 55% • Data Analysis Report 32% • Report Cards 9% • Satisfaction with quality of services / products • Rating 3.7 (5 max); 76% satisfied / very satisfied • Value in continuing MARCO? • 95.5% yes (21 of 22)
MARCO Feedback – #2 • Services / products to include in 2011/12 WP • Annual update of indicators 73% • Explore new indicators (e.g. GPI) 68% • Arrange meetings / seminars 64% • Review of current indicators 64% • Report cards 36% • Data Analysis Report 32% • [Perception Survey 46%] – 2012/13
Proposed Work Programme 2011/12 • Updating MARCO Indicators • Compiling latest data, complete spreadsheet – by April 2012 • Update website • Produce 2012 Data Analysis Report– by June 2012 • Enhancing MARCO website • WDHB indicators linked - by Oct 2011 • Interactivetools for data discovery, exploration and reporting • MARCO Indicator Review • List all indicators used by Waikato TAs, WRC, selected others • Identify and prioritise needs – by May 2012
Proposed Work Programme 2011/12 - #2 • Communications • Regular progress reports – SPN meetings • Updating and maintaining MARCO webpages - ongoing • MARCO meetings and working group(s): • e.g. indicator inventory & review • New Indicator Developments • Maintain overview of national & international work - ongoing • Explore usefulness of sustainability indicators, e.g. GPI
Measuring Sustainability - A paradigm shift needed A global movement: To change our paradigm of ‘progress’ from: • ‘increasing economic production’ (GDP) to • ‘increasing equitable and sustainable wellbeing’ How to measure?
Waikato GPI Frameworkwww.choosingfutures.co.nz/Publications Benefits Costs Defensive Health Expenditure Overwork Personal Consumption (Adj. by Inc. Distrib.) Public Consumption (Non-defensive) Unemployment Crime Household and Community Work Services of Public Capital Underemployment Commuting Socio-economic GPI Environmental Measuring Progress Loss /Damage to Terrestrial Ecosystems Ozone Depletion Loss of Air Quality Noise Pollution Land Degradation Climate Change Loss of Water Quality Loss of Non-Renewable Resources Loss of Wetlands Loss of Soils
Stats NZ Report on Progress Towards SDwww.stats.govt.nz/reports/sustainable-development.aspx15 topics / 85 indicators (16 Key Indicators)
NZ Treasury Report: Higher Living Standards www.treasury.govt.nz/publications/research-policy/tp/higherlivingstandards “… goes beyond the narrow material definition – often proxied by GDP – to incorporate a broad range of material and non-material factors such as education, health and environmental qualiity”.