{"id":117766,"date":"2026-05-05T10:56:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T14:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/?p=117766"},"modified":"2026-05-05T11:40:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T15:40:18","slug":"media-advisory-un-to-unveil-first-global-dashboard-to-measure-progress-beyond-gdp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/blog\/2026\/05\/media-advisory-un-to-unveil-first-global-dashboard-to-measure-progress-beyond-gdp\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Advisory | UN to unveil first global dashboard to measure progress beyond GDP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-117701 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screen-Shot-2026-04-28-at-5.21.52-PM-300x110.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screen-Shot-2026-04-28-at-5.21.52-PM-150x55.png 150w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screen-Shot-2026-04-28-at-5.21.52-PM-200x73.png 200w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screen-Shot-2026-04-28-at-5.21.52-PM-300x110.png 300w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screen-Shot-2026-04-28-at-5.21.52-PM-400x147.png 400w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screen-Shot-2026-04-28-at-5.21.52-PM.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\">Media Advisory<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>UN to unveil first global dashboard to measure progress beyond GDP<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>New York, 4 May 2026 &#8211;\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/beyondGDP\">The Secretary-General\u2019s High-Level Expert Group on Beyond GDP<\/a> will present their report to Member States at UN Headquarters in New York on Thursday, 7 May 2026 at 3:00 pm EDT, outlining recommendations for a country-owned, and universally applicable set of indicators that go beyond GDP to guide policy and decision-making.<\/p>\n<p>UN Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres appointed the independent High-Level Expert Group in 2025 to develop recommendations for measures that complement or go beyond GDP following a request by Member States in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sites\/un2.un.org\/files\/sotf-pact_for_the_future_adopted.pdf\">the Pact for the Future<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The world is facing a paradox: despite decades of GDP growth, people are feeling disenchanted with economic and political systems, and the planet is experiencing mounting crises.<\/p>\n<p>The report titled \u201c<strong><em>Counting What Counts: A Compass of Progress for People and Planet\u201d<\/em><\/strong> offers the Â鶹APP\u2019 first global framework for moving beyond GDP, proposing a wider set of measures to guide economic policy toward human well\u2011being and environmental sustainability.<\/p>\n<table class=\"x_MsoNormalTable\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"x_mcePastedContent\"><strong><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">WHAT:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_mcePastedContent\"><strong>Presentation of the Report of the Secretary-General\u2019s High-Level Expert Group (HLEG) on Beyond GDP:\u00a0<\/strong>Counting what Counts: a Compass of Progress for People and Planet<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"x_mcePastedContent\"><strong>\u00a0 WHO:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"x_mcePastedContent\">Opening and Remarks by the Co-Facilitators of the Intergovernmental Process, H.E. Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett (Guyana) and H.E. H\u00e9ctor G\u00f3mez Hern\u00e1ndez (Spain)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"x_mcePastedContent\">Remarks by the 80th President of the UN General Assembly, H.E. Annalena Baerbock<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"x_mcePastedContent\">Remarks by the UN Secretary-General, Mr. Ant\u00f3nio Guterres<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"x_mcePastedContent\">Presentation of the final report by the Co-Chairs of the High-Level Expert Group, Mr. Kaushik Basu and Ms. Nora Lustig<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"x_mcePastedContent\">Remarks from the floor by Member States<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"x_mcePastedContent\">Remarks by the Deputy Secretary-General, Ms. Amina Mohammed<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"x_mcePastedContent\">Closing remarks by the Co-Facilitators<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table class=\"x_MsoNormalTable\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"x_mcePastedContent\"><strong>WHEN<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_mcePastedContent\">Thursday, 7 May 2026, 3:00 p.m.- 6:00 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_mcePastedContent\"><strong>WHERE:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_mcePastedContent\">Conference Room 2, UN Headquarters, New York<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_mcePastedContent\">Watch live on\u00a0<a title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/www.us2.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=33cf89da7ade3a85156c5eda4&amp;id=5e2925cb92&amp;e=aa88bbcd07. 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