8-9 November 2018 | 9:00-17:45

8 November

Community of Practice - Opening

09:00 Registration & Welcome coffee

09:30 Panel I: Fairness & Inequality - Moderator: Beatrice D’HOMBRES, European Commission Joint Research Centre

Commitment to Reducing Inequality Index: A global ranking of governments based on what they are doing to tackle the gap between rich and poor - Chiara MARIOTTI, Oxfam

Corruption Perceptions Index: Putting the issue of corruption on the international policy agenda - Coralie PRING, Transparency International

Financial Secrecy Index: A tool for understanding global financial secrecy and illicit financial flows - Markus MEINZER, Tax Justice Network

11:00 Coffee Break

11:30 Panel II: Social Rights & Social Trust - Moderator: Maria DEL SORBO, European Commission Joint Research Centre

Social Justice Index: Social Justice in the EU – The state of play -  Thorsten HELLMANN, Bertelsmann Stiftung

Global Slavery Index: Putting the spotlight on modern slavery –a hidden, everyday problem -  Katharine BRYANT, Walk Free Foundation (via VC)

The Human Freedom Index: where is the freedomland? The definition and measurement of freedom, and relationship among personal freedom, economic freedom, democracy, and well-being - Tanja PORČNIK, the Cato Institute

13:00 Lunch buffet and discussions

14:00 Panel III: Resilience & Risk Management - Moderator: Eleni PAPADIMITRIOU, European Commission Joint Research Centre

Resilience Framework: The Resilience of EU member states to the Global Crisis - Anna Rita MANCA, European Commission Joint Research Centre

The Global Conflict Risk Index: A global quantitative assessment of risk for violent conflict - Marie SCHELLENS, European Commission Joint Research Centre

INFORM: An Index for Risk Management - Karmen POLJANSEK, European Commission Joint Research Centre

FM Global Resilience Index: A country ranking of enterprise resilience to disruptive events - Cédric LENOIRE, FM Insurance Europe (via VC)

15:30 Coffee Break

16:00 Panel IV: Sustainable Development & Sustainable Governance - Moderator: Ana Rita NEVES, European Commission Joint Research Centre

SDG Index & Dashboard: Tracking progress of UN member states towards the 17 Sustainable Development Goals - Guillaume LAFORTUNE, UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network

ASEM Sustainable Connectivity Portal: An online tool to support policy debate on sustainable connectivity between Asia and Europe -  William BECKER, European Commission Joint Research Centre

Natural Resource Governance Index: Measuring country-level quality of governance in the oil, gas and mining sectors - Anna FLEMING, Liz MCGRATH, Natural Resource Governance Institute

Sustainable Governance Indicators: Measuring sustainable governance across OECD and EU countries - Julia SCHMIDT, Bertelsmann STIFTUNG

17:30 End of first day

9 November

09:00 Registration & Welcome coffee

09:30 Panel V: Education & Skills - Moderator: Hedvig NORLÉN, European Commission Joint Research Centre

European Skills Index: A monitoring framework for measuring the performance of skills systems in the EU - Ilias LIVANOS, European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training

Mobility Scoreboard in Higher Education: A tool to monitor national action supporting learning mobility - Anna HORVATH and David CROSIER, European Commission Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (via VC)

Human Capital Index: A framework that quantifies the contribution of health and education to the productivity of the next generation of workers - Nicola DEHNEN, World Bank

11:00 Coffee Break

11:30 Panel VI: Ageing societies & Migration - Moderator: Giulio CAPERNA, European Commission Joint Research Centre

Building a protection vulnerability formula - Osama ABDELHAY, Hania SAHNOUN, UN High Commissioner for Refugees - Simone DEL SARTO, University of Perugia

Active Ageing Index: A tool to measure the untapped potential of older people across countries - Olga KHARITONOVA, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe - Ettore MARCHETTI, European Commission DG Employment, Social Affairs & Inclusion

Migrant Integration Policy Index: A tool to assess how countries are promoting Integration of Migrants - Giacomo SOLANO, Migration Policy Group

13:00 Lunch buffet and discussions

14:00 Panel VII: Innovation & Digital Transformation - Moderator: Daniel VERTESY, European Commission Joint Research Centre

Inclusive and sustainable industrial development platform/SDG9 indicators: Challenges in aggregating economic, environmental and social indicators into synthetic indices - Nicola CANTORE, United Nations Industrial Development Organization

Well-being in the digital age: Towards a measurement framework of the opportunities and risks of the digital transformation for well-being - Vincent SIEGERINK, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Mapping Museums and Nightlife: Building interactive maps to understand policy issues - John DAVIES, NESTA

15:30 Coffee Break

16:00 Panel VIII: SMEs & Competitiveness - Moderator: Pablo DE PEDRAZA, European Commission Joint Research Centre

Access to Finance Index: Monitoring SMEs’ access to financial resources in the EU - Wouter TORFS, Research & Market Analysis Division, European Investment Fund

Single Market Scoreboard: Measuring performance of the Single Market - Javier PALMERO ZURDO, European Commission, DG for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW)

Global Entrepreneurship Monitor: Understanding the entrepreneurial phenomenon and its transformative benefits - Alicia CODURAS, GEM Consortium

Small Business Act Fact Sheets: Monitoring and assessing countries’ progress in implementing the Small Business Act (SBA) - Martin MULLER, European Commission, DG for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW)

17:30 Concluding Remarks

17:45 End of the Community of Practice Meeting