The first Wikiprogress online consultation on Youth Well-being has gained a lot of momentum with over 400 comments to date, and we have decided to extend the deadline for commenting an extra few days to the 15th May. As we’re nearing the end of our consultation, we’re keen to hear what you think our key policy recommendations should be to tangibly improve well-being for youth. Sign up and contribute your opinion here: http://bit.ly/1OwPqdd. The post below by Laura Gillies of Bluenove, one of the moderators of the discussion highlights some of the key points in the discussion so far. We look forward to hearing from you! More...

'The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our life in harmony with all existence. But we find that this education of sympathy is not only systematically ignored in schools, but it is severely repressed. ' – Rabindranath Tagore on education
The recipe for a better life is made up of 11 key ingredients according to the OECD’s Better Life Index. Just as countries are ranked on their wealth and health, now we can complete the triangle and rank them on the quality of life of their populations. More...

Par Sylvie Aghabachian. Les groupes ANDRH Provence et Côte d’Azur ont organisé avec l’AIDP (Associazione Italiana per la direzione del personale) de Ligurie et du Piémont, le 11 octobre dernier, le 25ème colloque franco-italien des ressources humaines à Marseille. Plus de 100 participants étaient présents.
Comment peut-on à la fois lier le bonheur au travail à la performance dans l’entreprise ? Telle était la problématique RH posée à ce 25ème colloque qui réunissait des DRH français et italiens. Voir l'article...

By Paul Allin. The desire to explore and understand the territory ‘beyond GDP’ is gaining momentum all the time as we seek more relevant and meaningful measures of wellbeing and progress. The topic features not only in ProgBlog and WikiProgress, but increasingly in social media channels and in many on-line forums. A new book “The Wellbeing of Nations” reflects this interest and records many local, national and cross-national initiatives to build measures of wellbeing and progress that go beyond purely economic measures, and the headline measures of GDP and GNP in particular. More...