This document outlines an integrated approach to developing a Positive Economy Index and policy recommendations. It discusses the overview and architecture of the index, which is based on rational altruism and aims to address major challenges. The index measures positive interactions between generations, territories, and stakeholders across dimensions like education, participation, and finance. It also discusses the successes so far in growing awareness and engagement, as well as factors that contributed to its success and roadblocks still to address, such as limited understanding of user needs and incorporation in other countries.

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AN INTEGRATED APPROACH OF
POSITIVE ECONOMY INDEX AND
POSITIVE ECONOMY POLICY
RECOMMENDATIONS
MARCH 24TH 2014

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PRESENTATION OVERVIEW
✚Positive economy overview
✚Positive economy index
✚Positive outcomes
✚Success factors
✚Roadblocks of the process / Issues to be addressed

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POSITIVE ECONOMY, AS AN INTEGRETAD APPROACH
✚ Construction of an overall framework for a positive economy
✚ Based on rational altruism
✚ In the interest of the future generations
✚ Able to address major challenges that the world is facing today or will be in 2030 :
ecological, human, financial, technological, etc.
✚ That is intrinsically compatible with pragmatic economic imperatives, that is to say that is dynamic
and flourishing
✚ A 30 expert commission mandated by François Hollande and headed by Jacques Attali
✚ Joint construction of positive economy model (theoretical and ethical basis), policy
recommendations (45 of them), and index construction (positive economy index)
✚ Example : a) theoretical basis : altruism can be fostered ; b) index : professor attention ; c) policy
: develop altruism in the educational system

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ARCHITECTURE OF THE INDEX
Education Resources
Participate Connections
Finance Solidarity
InclusionGovernance
Dynamism
9 sub-dimensions
Global framework - Dynamics for a positive economy From dimensions to indicators
+ Provides a holistic approach to positive economy through 3 core
dimensions: time (rational altruism between generations), space (rational
altruism between territories) and human communities (rational altruism
between stakeholders).
+ Core principles of positive economy thus get disseminated through all
human activities (politics, culture, business, social development, leisure,
etc.), creating a movement of continuous progress (cf. the symbol of
the Fraser spiral).
+ This movement is anchored into real life, can be observed into existing
social innovations and is connected to recurrent “cycles” impacting all
economies.
+ Positive interactions between generations are about sharing knowledge
(education, lifelong learning), ensuring a balanced place for all generations in
society (participation) while maintaining a reasonable and sustainable
financial situation across generations.
+ Positive interactions between territories are about anticipating the needs of
resources (acknowledging the inequalities in resource availability), giving a
balanced access to resources for all (through appropriate connections) and
aligning around clear goals and actions to help the poorest (solidarity).
+ Positive interactions between stakeholders are about appropriate
governance (co-habitation), opportunity to progress (dynamism) and to build
inclusive societies (care).
Acknowledge
Sustain
Share
Align
Access
Anticipate
Co-create
CareCohabitate
3 core dimensions
Rational
altruism
Solidarity
Altruism between
territories
(space)
Loyalty
Altruism between
generations
(time)
Empathy
Altruism between
actors and
communities
(individual, group)
CARE
Index for
positive
economies/
entities

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ARCHITECTURE OF THE INDEX
Rational
altruism
Loyalty
Altruism between
generations
(time)
CARE
Example: focus on Dimension 1 (altruism between generations)
Education • Employability
• Empowerment
• Inequality
• Attitude
• Ratio of NEETS
• School has done little
to prepare me
• Educational success
adjusted for economic
background
• Professors attitude
Participation • Workplace
(junior to senior
interactions…)
• Politics
(balanced
representation
of
generations…);
• Attention (to
other
generations)…
• Outsider to insider
ratio
• MP age
representativeness
• Elderly suicide rate
Finance • Financial debt
(across
generations)
• Investment
level
• Demographic
debt…
• Government debt
(long-term only)
• Investment effort
• Labor to retired
ratio…
EXAMPLE
“Positive interactions between generations are
about sharing knowledge (education, lifelong
learning), dialoguing around past experiences to
show the way to younger generations
(capitalization, memory) while maintaining a
reasonable and sustainable debt (by all
meanings) across generations.”
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1 5
…
…
1 5
…
 Positive economy principles must work
throughout the human lifecycle…
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Source: Nomadéis

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SUCCESSES

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POSITIVE OUTCOMES
✚A concept that is finding its grounds, and growing roots
✚Growing visibility / media coverage
✚International spread : Italy, Canada, Singapore, Durban (WIP)
✚Civil society growing engagement
✚Policy proposals are finding ambassadors : among businesses,
academia, NGOs
✚Enthusiastic movement
✚Encouraging debate on societal model, across different spheres

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SUCCESS FACTORS
✚ From concepts to applications
✚ An explicit conceptual / ideological framework at its core (and a vision of Man …)
✚ Integrated approach : simultaneous work on theoretical approach, index construction, policy
recommendation
✚ Translation of index into different contexts : cities, businesses, OTHERS. (modular architecture)
✚ Multi-actors / strong support network
✚ Multiple funding / support : human resources from state, businesses, cities
✚ Joint work of civil society, policy makers, education system, business leaders
✚ Federation of the business world : large companies / (social) entrepreneurs
✚ Double sponsorship : Planet Finance NGO / Executive
✚ Organization of a movement (positive economy movement)
✚ With events : with a congress, side events, plus events throughout the year) ; repetitions / rituals
(1 event a month) ; several publications a year
✚ Vast partnership / delegating / appearance of relays : volunteering of ambassadors for policy
proposals / thematic leads for work threads / local partners for international forums
✚ Communication
✚ Catchy name, federating / non specific naming
✚ Publication of a “Journal of the index” or of a “Positive society journal”

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ROADBLOCKS OF THE PROCESS
+ ISSUES TO BE ADDRESSED
✚No BOP participation in index construction
✚Limited understanding of the needs of the "clients” or “targets” of
the index
✚To-date, limited other country appropriation of the index (despite an
international commission for the index construction)
✚Politicians awareness (of it) to be grown : not a centerpiece in
politics today
✚Articulation with other movements : social and solidary
economy, sustainable development, collaborative economy, etc.