Several of our activities are focused on a continuous broadening and deepening of the network of users and developers of ISD, by enhancing the general understanding of the challenges and threats to be addressed when constructing or working with ISD. In order to achieve these objectives, the platform periodically organizes a series of activities, including the elaboration and organisation of :

SEMINAR CYCLES
Seminars aim at building a common knowledge about ISD in Belgium (actors involved in indicators research and development), in order to favour the debate on the links between decision processes and indicators.

CONFERENCES
The objectives is to favour exchanges between the scientific, political, administrative, civil society actors with a view to link scientific capacities to concrete needs.

WORKING PAPERS
The Platform provides working papers on a series of issues raised by ISD.

NEWSLETTER
The Newsletter of the Platform is dedicated to : developers and users of Indicators for Sustainable Development and also interested people. It contains 4 categories : "Platform news"; "Belgium News"; "International News" and "Agenda".

METHODOLOGICAL SUPPORT
The Platform provides a methodological support to public institutions in relation to experience in methodological indicators ("indicators" pilot group of the Sustainable Development Interdepartmental Commission).

DOCUMENTS
This website presents a collection of documents and publications on ISD we found of particular interests.

 

In order to get a more detailed description of objectives and activities of PFISD, you can download the scientific reports.

 

 

Belgian Science Policy