New indicators: measuring progress of cohesion policy Committee of the Regions

1. New indicators: measuring progress of cohesion policy Committee of the Regions

2. The use of new regional and local indicators The experience of Umbria Region “If you can not measures it, you can not improve it” (Lord Kelvin) Summary The use of indicators "beyond GDP" at regional level: potentials and problems The RUICS (Regione Umbria innovation & competitveness scoreboard) Multidimensional Indicator of innovation, development and social cohesion

3. The use of new regional and local indicators potentials and problems “GDP or not GDP: that is the question!” • Questions to solve: • synthetic index (Gdp) VERSUS multidimensionality of the “wellbeing” • "Objectives" phenomena, "perceptions“ measuring. Absolute values and/or percentage changes. Shared methods? • How to aggregate the indicators? (normalization, weight of the key indicators, etc. ..) • Availability of large significant and durable time series, • (stronger problems for regional data) • Entrust the choice (implicit) of the priorities to the technicians? Are better explicit policy objectives? Who should decide?

4. RUICS: methodology Regione Umbria innovation & competitiveness scoreboard 28 key indicators, 5 thematic areas Three synthetic indicators: RUIS (innovation), RUMES (competitiveness) and RUICS (synthesis)

5. RUICS: methodology Indicators of "input" (effort to improve or maintain the competitive capacity) Indicators of output (results) Rating of the evolution over time of all 28 key indicators and of the 3 synthetic indexes, for all Italian regions Is Umbria positioned better or worse than other regions? Has Umbria improved or worsened over the years?

6. RUICS: Main Results Umbria ranks 10th ... Following all the centre-north regions except Marche and Valle d'Aosta Umbria improves (not much) since the early years ... but performs much better than last year

7. RUICS: Main Results

8. RUICS: Main Results Who goes up and who goes down… The North is further ahead ... but it slows The South is far behind... but it recovers Umbria is in the middle... but it performs better than the average

9. The multi-dimensional indicator Introduction and methodology GDP measures everything, except that which makes life worthwhile (Robert Kennedy) From Ruics to the multidimensional indicator: same methodology, same representation modality but ... expansion of under investigation areas. Scientific analysis, but above all a political choice: the dashboard of strategic legislative program Methodology first of all identification of a large number of indicators with certain characteristics (approximately 100), among which were selected a large number of key indicators (47), divided into 7 thematic areas.

10. The multi-dimensional indicator Methodology Starting position of Umbria Evolution over time of key indicators and synthetic indexes

11. The multidimensional indicator Main results Umbria in 9th place in the indicator multidimensional innovation, development and social cohesion... ....Remaining in the same position in 2008

12. The indicator multidimensional Main Results

13. The indicator multidimensional Main Results Labour market In 2009 Umbria is at 11th place, losing three positions compared to 2008

14. The indicator multidimensional Main Results Social cohesion and security In 2009 Umbria is at 3rd place, improving two positions compared to 2008

15. Umbria Experience Lessons to be learned and conclusions “A joke is a very serious thing” (Winston Churchill) • Assessing to learn, knowing to decide • Accountability, Transparency, democracy • Making the Cohesion Policy more oriented to results: • In the new post-2013 programs: • Set of indicators in innovation, competitiveness and social cohesion • Target values of Europe 2020 • Path to benchmark regions to be monitored annually

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