Well-being policy practice

More than two-thirds of OECD governments have developed national frameworks, development plans or strategies with a multidimensional well-being focus, with this activity having proliferated in recent years. While the precise definition of well-being and associated policy goals can vary from country to country, well-being approaches at the national and sub-national level tend to have more commonalities than differences. These include:

  • a broad, multidimensional vision of what matters for people’s lives in the short- and long-term
  • a commitment to evidence gathering and policy practice that better addresses this multidimensionality
  • an emphasis on equity and inclusion that gives distributional, household-level outcomes (e.g. inequalities, poverty) as much weight as aggregate economic outcomes (e.g. GDP)
  • and a focus on sustainability and preventive action and investment, that takes into account the needs of both current and future generations.

Rather than being a simple add-on to existing economic policy practice, the implementation of well-being approaches typically aims to overcome traditional policy silos and encourage more collaborative and effective ways of working across government, and across society.

The Forum provided an opportunity to showcase examples of well-being policy practice, including policy analysis, appraisal and evaluation; performance monitoring and management; and programme implementation.

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Date 4 Nov
Time 14:30 - 16:00

Strengthening well-being approaches to economic policy making

Date 5 Nov
Time 14:30 - 16:00

Centering inclusive well-being in climate change action

Date 5 Nov
Time 09:00 - 10:30

Next frontiers for well-being measurement and data

Date 6 Nov
Time 09:30 - 11:00

Harnessing technology and artificial intelligence for inclusive, sustainable well-being

Date 5 Nov
Time 11:00 - 12:30

Co-producing data and analysis on well-being, inequalities, and poverty