The 3 rd meeting of the Steering Committee

The 3 rd meeting of the Steering Committee of the INTOSAI Committee on Knowledge Sharing and Knowledge Services PROGRESS REPORT ON THE INTOSAI WORKING GROUP ON KEY NATIONAL INDICATORS ACTIVITY for 2010 - 2011 Moscow, October 5 -6, 2011

Results of the subprojects of the INTOSAI Working Group on KNI • KNI: Guide to terms and concepts (SAI of the USA); • Review on KNI describing the processes of knowledgebased economy and society (SAI of Hungary); • Review of international experience in development and use of KNI • (SAI of Latvia); • Guidelines for the use of KNI in performance audit (SAI of Russia); • Principles for SAIs application of KNI (SAI of Denmark). 2

International experience • French President Sarkozy’s Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress; • Report «Global risks» , World Economic Forum; • OECD Better Life Index; • «Human Development Report 2010. The Real Wealth of Nations: Pathways to Human Development» , UN; • Special Commission on KNI to oversee the development of a KNI system for the USA, with the participation of GAO and the US National Academy of Sciences. 3

The INTOSAI Working Group on KNI members and observers • • • Working Group members (22) SAI of Armenia SAI of Austria SAI of Bulgaria SAI of Hungary SAI of Denmark SAI of Israel SAI of Indonesia SAI of Italy SAI of Kazakhstan SAI of China SAI of Latvia • • • SAI of Lithuania SAI of Mexico SAI of New Zealand SAI of Pakistan SAI of Poland SAI of Russia SAI of Slovakia SAI of the USA SAI of Ukraine SAI of Finland SAI of Switzerland Observers (4) • SAI of Belorussia • SAI of Canada • SAI of Moldova • SAI of Kyrgyzstan 4

Problem of transparency vision of progress 5

Main indicators of G 20 (1) public debt and fiscal deficits; private savings rate and private debt; (2) the external imbalance composed of the trade balance and net investment income flows and transfers, whilst taking due consideration of exchange rate, fiscal, monetary and other policies. 6

Revision to US Annual Percent Changes in Real GDP and Gross Domestic Purchased Price Index 7

Analysis of the main results of the G 20 Mutual Assessment Process (case of China) 8

Analysis of the main results of the G 20 Mutual Assessment Process (case of USA) 9

Analysis of the main results of the G 20 Mutual Assessment Process (case of Russia) 10

Economic inequality The income of the richest people (0, 01% of the world population) has increased in 1000 over the past 30 years www. farukyuce. com Only 1% of population owns 43% of the world's assets Copyright©Martyn Turner 11

World economy growth Growth of 4 -5% per year 12

Need versus Greed “There is enough on Earth for everybody’s need, but not enough for everybody’s greed”, Mohandas Gandhi. Copyright © Brittany Jackson 13

Gross National Happiness (GNH) Psych. Well-being Community Vitality Ecology Time Use Health GNH Culture Education Governance Living Standard 14

Visualization of comparisons of countries position and development goals 15

Visualization of countries position according to input and output indicators 16

OECD Better Life Index 17

OECD Better Life Index • Each flower represents one country; • Each petal has its own color and represents one of the eleven topics; • The length of a petal represents the country’s score in a topic. 18

Comparison of CGI and BLI assessments (case of Russia) Better Life Index Global Competitiveness Index 19

Subprojects for 2011 -2013 • Preparation of Draft Methodology on the KNI selection for the use in SAIs activity; • Analysis of opportunities on the use of KNI for international comparisons in the context of sustainable development and preparation of appropriate recommendations; • Possibilities of development and use of key indicators for R&D evaluation; • Methodic and informational support of the KNI selection for the assessment of global economic imbalances. 20

White Paper on KNI • Summary • Introduction • Problem overview Ø Countries experience in development and use of Key National Indicators Ø International organizations experience in progress measurement Ø Role of KNI in sustainable development monitoring • Conclusions Ø Principles for SAIs application of KNI Ø Key national indicators: Guide to terms and concepts Ø Recommendation for knowledge-based economies Ø Recommendations for the development and use of KNI in developing economies (the example of the CIS member-states) • Final statement 21

Knowledge Base on KNI (http: //nfbr. prognoz. ru/kni) 22

Web-site of the INTOSAI Working Group on KNI www. ach. gov. ru/en/intosaikni 23

Thank you!