Defining
Specific Indicators
The ESDI Initiative is now in its second
phase and is working to develop specific indicators. Existing
information and data collection is being examined by advisory
'cluster groups' of experts, who will select and recommend potential
national indicators. The membership
of the cluster groups includes more than 50 experts from across
the country from industry, three levels of government, academe,
and NGOs. Each group is mandated
to look at a different aspect of natural or human capital. Statistics
Canada is to carry out the development of potential indicators
of produced capital.
In October 2001, the cluster groups met for the first
time to develop a list of potential indicators. At their second
meetings, in January 2002, the cluster groups of experts chose and
developed indicators for recommendation to the Steering Committee.
Some of these indicators will be ready for use in the short term.
The cluster groups also identified areas of promising work for further
research in the future.
The ESDI Steering Committee will select a small number
of indicators destined to address the overall goal of the program.
The NRTEE will ask potential users of the indicators, from all walks
of life, to comment on their value and usefulness.
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