http://ict4progress.depplab.nethttp://ict4progress.depplab.net/blog/flex-cb-new-useful-visualizations-of-statistical-data-from-institutions-that-employ-SDMX<p>Flex-cb ( at <a href="http://code.google.com/p/flex-cb/" target="_blank">google.code</a>) collects the long term experience of ECB statistical visualization with ADOBE FLEX technologies. A new open source project is available to make collaborative improvements to the flex visualizations methods, especially when the SDMX standards are employed. The software is available under the New BSD License For a presentation (updated October 2009), see <a href="http://code.google.com/p/flex-cb/" target="_self">here. </a></p>http://ict4progress.depplab.net/blog/Commission-on-the-Measurement-of-Economic-Performance-and-Social-Progress<p>Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress was released in Paris on the 14th of September. The report is online at <a href="http://www.stiglitz-sen-fitoussi.fr/en/index.htm" target="_blank">www.stiglitz-sen-fitoussi.fr</a></p>http://ict4progress.depplab.net/blog/Why-ict4progress<p><b>Background</b></p><p>One of the big challenges that humanity faces in the internet era is the design and promotion of a process of democratization that can enable people world wide to gain a fact base view of the world.</p><p>As indicated by the <a href="/layout/set/print/../255/9/www.oecd.org" target="_self">OECD Council</a> and its Global Project on "<a href="http://www.oecd.org/pages/0,3417,en_40033426_40033828_1_1_1_1_1,00.html" target="_self">Measuring the Progress of Societies</a>", a key role is played by the design and development of sets of key economic, social and environmental indicators that can be used to promote evidence-based decision-making across the public, private and citizen sector.</p><p><b>Goals</b></p><p>The ict4progress website aims at allowing people to make sense of social indicators by pushing a well-informed use of statistics in evaluation of global and local facts. We have decided to create a space where people can discuss about progress and share those tools that can make sense of statistical data and facilitate its visualization and comprehension. Our intention is not to present numbers and data only, but also to stimulate the ICT community to share innovative tools that can make a difference in understanding the global challenges that await us and the future generations.</p><p>We aim at promoting innovative methods for interactive statistical analysis, visualization, synthesis of statistical knowledge and to support evidence-based decision making in the context of the <a href="/layout/set/print/www.oecd.org" target="_self">OECD</a> Global Project on "<a href="http://www.oecd.org/pages/0,3417,en_40033426_40033828_1_1_1_1_1,00.html" target="_self">Measuring the Progress of Societies</a>".</p>http://ict4progress.depplab.net/blog/Measuring-the-Progress-of-Societies<p>The Global Project on "Measuring the Progress of Societies"- hosted by the OECD and run in collaboration with other international and regional partners - it seeks to become the world wide reference point for those who wish to measure, and assess the progress of their societies.</p><p>The Global Project exists to foster the development of sets of key economic, social and environmental indicators. The project has been built around the outcomes of the previous OECD World Forums and it is run in collaboration with other international and regional partners - it seeks to become the world wide reference point for those who wish to measure, or assess, the progress of their societies. For further information, please visit the website: <b><a href="http://www.oecd.org/progress" target="_blank">www.oecd.org/progress</a></b></p>