Istanbul Declaration

At the OECD World Forum last month, delegates made a commitment to measure and foster the progress of societies "in all dimensions" in what is now being referred to as the Istanbul Declaration. Among the components discussed is the opportunity to create a Web 2.0/wiki model interative website to share, display, and discuss data and make information accessible to people all over the world. Read the Istanbul Declaration here, and the statements of support for the Declaration as well.

Michael Arrington, of TechCrunch, was one of the delegates to the forum. Read his article about the forum here (links to pictures provided!) Jesse Robbins (another presenter) shares his reactions to the conference, along with a video of Hans Rosling unveiling the beauty of statistics.

Here's Enrico Giovannini's closing talk from the OECD World Forum, speaking about the Istanbul Declaration and what it will mean.

And here's the OECD 2007 World Forum page with key presentations, information, press releases, and much more to continue to the conversations from Istanbul.

This is exciting stuff.