National Milestones – have your say!

Posted on September 20, 2021 by georginamawdsley4960

This year we are setting National Milestones for Wales. We hope for these milestones to play an important role alongside the Programme for Government in fulfilling our commitment of delivering a stronger, fairer and greener Wales. We have been working closely with stakeholders to develop our thinking on draft national milestone values in eight important areas, and these have become the national milestones we will set in 2021 and areas are the values we are seeking views on in our current Shaping Wales’ future consultation.

Guest blog: How will climate change impact Wales in the future?

Posted on September 10, 2021 by orourkear

The Future Trends Report 2021 will feature ‘Planetary Health and Limits’ as a key driver of change for Wales’ well-being. Within this, climate change has become an independent driver of changes to our economy, society and environment, exacerbating existing risks. We are therefore pleased that our first guest blog is written by Miriam Kennedy, Senior Analyst at the Climate Change Committee, on how climate change will impact Wales’ future.

In June 2021, the Climate Change Committee published its 3^rd Independent Assessment of UK Climate Risk (CCRA3), a comprehensive assessment of the priority risks and opportunities facing the UK from climate change. The report draws on an extensive programme of analysis, consultation and consideration by the Committee involving over 450 people, 130 organisations and more than 1,500 pages of evidence and analysis, compiled over three years.

Future Trends Report 2021

Posted on September 6, 2021 by orourkear

In the first of our blog posts on Future Trends we introduced why thinking about the future is important in planning and decision-making and how the Future Trends Report, along with other tools, can help you do this.

In this post we want to share more about the structure of the Report and provide an initial overview of the key themes emerging in the trends, and drivers of change it will feature. Over the coming months, ahead of publication, we will provide more detailed narratives of specific trends emerging around these themes. By doing this we hope the blog can be a space to continue and encourage discussions about the opportunities and challenges facing Wales in the future.

The Shaping Wales’ Future consultation is live!

Posted on September 1, 2021 by georginamawdsley4960

Today we have published the consultation on ‘Shaping Wales’ Future: Using national milestones and indicators to measure our nation’s progress – Proposals for setting the first wave of national milestones for Wales and seeking views on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the national indicators.

The purpose of this consultation is to seek views on setting national milestones for Wales that will assist Ministers in assessing progress towards achieving the seven well‑being goals as set out in the Well‑being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015.

The consultation will also ask whether any revisions need to be made to the existing national indicators following the experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The consultation will run from 1 September to 26 October 2021 during which time we will be undertaking a programme of engagement to raise the profile of this important work and seek wider views.

It’s important that we draw on the views and experiences of people across Wales as we carry out this work and we invite you to contribute!

The Minister for Social Justice has published a Written Statement to launch the consultation.

Future Trends Wales

Posted on July 8, 2021 by rachaelpunton

If you have read the first of our Shaping Wales’ Future blogs, you will see that the Future Trends Report is one of the three important mechanisms under the Well-being of Future Generations Act which help us understand Wales now and in the future.

We are drafting this report for publication in December 2021 and will be using the Shaping Wales’ Future blog platform to update you on the work as it develops and shine a light on some of the trends and drivers that will feature in the final report.

National Indicators: What has the pandemic taught us about how we measure wellbeing?

Posted on June 29, 2021 by orourkear

It is impossible to ignore the changes we have experienced over the last 18 months and the different light the pandemic has shone on what contributes to the wellbeing of Wales. As a result, we’re looking at whether this experience has highlighted any gaps in the way we measure progress towards our well-being goals.

National Milestones

Posted on June 18, 2021 by georginamawdsley4960

Thank you for taking the time to find out more about National Milestones and how they will assist Ministers in measuring whether progress is being made at a national level towards the achievement of the well-being goals. The goals aim to help set us on a sustainable path for a more equal, prosperous, resilient, healthier and globally responsible Wales, with cohesive communities and a vibrant culture and thriving Welsh language.

Introducing the Shaping Wales’ Future Blog

Posted on June 8, 2021 by orourkear

Welcome to the blog. This is the first in a series of posts from the Welsh Government on some of the steps we’re taking to improve the well-being of future generations in Wales and how you can be a part of this.

The aim of this blog is to share with you the work we’re doing on developing National Milestones, updating National Indicators and developing a Future Trends Report. These are three important parts of the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 that tell us about the progress we’re making towards our well-being goals and any challenges we might face on the way.