Expert Group on Quality of Life Indicators Headline indicators Economic and physical safety and Natural and living environment Luxembourg, 20-21 April 2015 Expert Group on Quality of Life Indicators

Expert Group on Quality of Life Indicators Overall purpose 70 existing indicators+ 20 topics to be developed a need for agreement on the criteria and then of selected headline indicators specifically for this meeting, finalise the list by choosing one indicator between the SILC-based and the objective one for Physical safety and Natural and living environment In this case, what can we expect from the ESAC in order to participate on the development of QoL indicators? Luxembourg, 20-21 April 2015 Expert Group on Quality of Life Indicators

Expert Group on Quality of Life Indicators General criteria Relevance Accuracy and reliability Timeliness/ frequency Comparability (level of harmonization between Member States) Clarity (easiness in understanding, communicability, capacity to tell naratives)) Luxembourg, 20-21 April 2015 Expert Group on Quality of Life Indicators

Expert Group on Quality of Life Indicators Specific criteria Both subjective and objective Breakdowns possible High/medium/low grouping of values "Aggregability" Association with well-being Coverage Continuity Luxembourg, 20-21 April 2014 Expert Group on Quality of Life Indicators

Material living conditions Expert Group on Quality of Life Indicators Luxembourg, 20-21 April 2015

Productive or main activity Luxembourg, 20-21 April 2015 Expert Group on Quality of Life Indicators

Expert Group on Quality of Life Indicators Health In this case, what can we expect from the ESAC in order to participate on the development of QoL indicators? Luxembourg, 20-21 April 2015 Expert Group on Quality of Life Indicators

Expert Group on Quality of Life Indicators Education In this case, what can we expect from the ESAC in order to participate on the development of QoL indicators? Luxembourg, 20-21 April 2015 Expert Group on Quality of Life Indicators

Leisure and social interactions In this case, what can we expect from the ESAC in order to participate on the development of QoL indicators? Expert Group on Quality of Life Indicators Luxembourg, 20-21 April 2015

Economic and physical safety In this case, what can we expect from the ESAC in order to participate on the development of QoL indicators? -Domestic burglary rate is proposed as an alternative for homicide (a too rare event), when it will become more harmonized (probably next year) Luxembourg, 20-21 April 2015 Expert Group on Quality of Life Indicators

Economic and physical safety Average homicide rate (in 100.000) 2010-2012 versus the percentage of people feeling a bit or very unsafe in 2013 In this case, what can we expect from the ESAC in order to participate on the development of QoL indicators? Luxembourg, 20-21 April 2015 Expert Group on Quality of Life Indicators

Economic and physical safety Self-reported crime, violence or vandalism in the area and low safety feelings (in % population) 2013 In this case, what can we expect from the ESAC in order to participate on the development of QoL indicators? Luxembourg, 20-21 April 2015 Expert Group on Quality of Life Indicators

Governance and basic rights Luxembourg, 20-21 April 2015 Expert Group on Quality of Life Indicators

Natural and living environment In this case, what can we expect from the ESAC in order to participate on the development of QoL indicators? Luxembourg, 20-21 April 2015 Expert Group on Quality of Life Indicators

Natural and living environment Low satisfaction with living environment versus self-reported exposure to pollution, EU-28, 2013 In this case, what can we expect from the ESAC in order to participate on the development of QoL indicators? Luxembourg, 20-21 April 2015 Expert Group on Quality of Life Indicators

Natural and living environment Mean satisfaction with environment versus urban exposure to PM, EU-28, 2013 In this case, what can we expect from the ESAC in order to participate on the development of QoL indicators? Luxembourg, 20-21 April 2015 Expert Group on Quality of Life Indicators

Overall experience of life In this case, what can we expect from the ESAC in order to participate on the development of QoL indicators? Luxembourg, 20-21 April 2015 Expert Group on Quality of Life Indicators

QUESTIONS/SUGGESTIONS/COMMENTS? Please address them now or later at: Aurelia-Georgiana.IVAN@ec.europa.eu Thank you! Luxembourg, 20-21 April 2015 Expert Group on Quality of Life Indicators