Session 1 - Insights on measuring well being from an international perspective Moderator: Romina Boarini, Director, OECD WISE Centre Speakers: Rachael Joanne Beaven Director, Statistics Division, UNESCAP; Pedro Conceição, Director of the Human Development Report Office, UNDP; Miguel Musngi, Assistant Director of the Poverty Eradication and Gender Division, ASEAN Secretariat; Discussants: Kristine Joy S. Briones, Assistant National Statistician of the Community Based Statistics Service, Philippine Statistics Authority; Batdavaa Batmunkh, Chairman, National Statistics Office of Mongolia. Calls to go “beyond GDP” have prompted many countries to put people’s well being, inclusiveness, and sustainability at the centre of public policy. International organisations have helped countries forward work on measurement of well being and on how well being evidence can inform better policymaking. For example, multidimensional dashboards such as the OECD Well Being framework, and its flagship report series How’s Life?, have enabled a more comprehensive assessment of people’s lives, today and in the future. This session will highlight such efforts by international organisations a nd global forums, including the OECD, UNESCAP, ASEAN and G7/G20, that have helped provide a richer picture of people’s well being and future opportunities