OECD World Forum on Measuring and Fostering the Progress of Societies - Istanbul 27-30 June 2007 Day 3: Friday 29 June 2007 [Afternoon] Parallel sessions Human Capital: the Largest Share of a Nation's Wealth Topkapi AA Variety of Flavors of Human Capital: Incorporating Humanities and International Exposure into Education by Ali DOGRAMACI Bilkent University
OECD World Forum on Measuring and Fostering the Progress of Societies Istanbul 27-30 June ’07
Focus: How can societies better measure their progress or setbacks?
The question lies at the heart of a long-term OECD project to explore how the effective use of information can benefit democracy, empower individual citizens and stimulate a global debate on what progress means.
The Istanbul 2007 Forum will aim to improve the development and dissemination of social, economic and environmental indicators.….
Title of our session: Human Capital: the Largest Share of a Nation's Wealth To explore what evidence societies need in order to optimise their investment in - and the return from - their human capital Human Capital1: The knowledge , skills, competencies and attributes embodied in individuals that facilitate the creation of personal, social and economic well-being.
1T. Healy, S. Cote, et al. The Well-Being of Nations: The role of human and social capital, Centre for Educational Research and Innovation, OECD (2001), p. 18.
