Topic 1

Abstract

• Interaction of SDIs with national context & political issues depends on their importance • SDIs must be taken up by the media to foster pressure • SDIs should be closely related to strategy processes & political debate in general • Evidence-based policy-making is based on the citizens’ agenda: indicators should have a “social meaning” • Benchmarking has a different meaning to politicians (sometimes reluctant, only interested when highly ranked) and public administrators (use it to foster action and improve rating)