“Sustainability” and how to measure it

Sustainable development (UN)

As expressed by the 1987 UN World Commission on Environment and Development (the Brundtland Commission):

• sustainable development refers to the need to balance the satisfaction of near-term interests with the protection of the interests of future generations, including their interests in a safe and healthy environment.

Sustainability: ‘Duradero/sostenibel”

Difference between GDP and HDI

• What does the GDP measure?• What does the HDI measure?• What are the main differences in approaches?• Relate this to the notion “development is

normative”?

GDP

• Gross domestic product (GDP) refers to the market value of all final goods and services produced within a country in a given period. GDP per capita is often considered an indicator of a country's standard of living

Human Development Index

On the level of development of humanity: the Millennium Development Goals

Millennium Development Goals (video)

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3p2VLTowAA

The case of Aruba:A Sustainable Aruba, “Nos Aruba 2025” project

Co-creating the future of Aruba: Nos Aruba 2025

Let’s take a look at the scenario’s used at the Nos Aruba 2025 planning process

• Please take a look at the scenario statements and blueprint document I’ve just handed in the class

Documentary on Nos Aruba 2025 process:

Video’s

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwOm4eCIOoQ

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhsyddLex8M&feature=related

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxAtO391eSA&feature=related

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um_Ibsnw67c&feature=related

12 development priorities for Aruba (Nos Aruba, 2025)

The twelve development priorities are:

• Lifelong learning and personal development

• Development of a sustainable Aruban culture through a holistic synthesis of all cultural aspects

• Building the community from the inside-out

• Stimulate and promote a healthy living

• Sustained socio-economic development by means of diversification

• Developing a nation of innovation = smart people + smart ideas

• Sustainable tourism development• Enabling the international

financial sector• Protecting the fragile environment • Energy management for a

sustainable development• Promoting sustainable food

supplies• Putting good governance

principles in practice

Meaning of Sustainable development for Aruba integration of all the individual parts

• For Aruba sustainable development is:• about developing our economy and ensuring that everyone can benefit

from this. • At the same time, it is about our society, our culture and our environment. • It is about the connections between our quality of life and housing, open

space, transport, education, crime-prevention, health; now and in the future.

• The decisions, choices and the actions of today impact both us and our future generations.

• Sustainable development recognizes the need for integrated decision-making.

• Social, economic, and environmental factors all impact any given decision and in turn every decision has social, economic and environmental impacts

• Awareness of these linkages is vital to responsible decision-making

Seeing the big pictureAruban Model for Development

Activity: Formulate indicators

• Reflect on the Aruban model of sustainable development that has emerged from the NISP (Nos Aruba, 2025)

• Form groups of 3:– Choose 1 specific objective from the 12

developmental objectives (priorities)– try to formulate 2 indicators for your chosen

objective