How should we consider competitiveness, and define economic progress?
0:00 Mel White gave a spoken word performance of her poem ‘Division’.
6:04 Jeanne Moore (NESC) provided an overview of the National Economic and Social Council’s work on the Irish Wellbeing Framework, along with her own NESC research on Natural Capital Accounting.
11: 25 Jeanne introduced the panel.
13:25 Nigel Clarke described the development and implementation of the Irish Wellbeing Framework by the Department of the Taoiseach.
17:40 Caroline Whyte focussed on some specific improvements that she believed could be made to the Framework’s indicator dashboard.
20:40 Frances Ruane explained the history of the National Competitiveness and Productivity Council, and the factors that have influenced its development.
26:55 Michael McCarthy Flynn made two recommendations for advancing the work on the Framework, and one on competitiveness.
35:22 Questions and answers
Mel White (spoken word artist)
Dr Jeanne Moore (NESC, facilitator)
Nigel Clarke (Department of the Taoiseach)
Caroline Whyte (Feasta)
Dr. Frances Ruane (National Competiveness and Productivity Council)
Michael McCarthy Flynn (Oxfam Ireland)
Visual report from session (click to enlarge)
Artwork by Vicky Donnelly and Helen O’Keefe.
Photography by Killian Broderick.
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