22 November 2023 - Hybrid Policy Dialogue

Speakers: Andrew Charles, Deputy Director for Sustainable Futures, Welsh Government; Gary Gillespie, Chief Economic Advisor, Scottish Government; Lisa Hough-Stewart, Implementation Lead, Wellbeing Economy Alliance (WEAll); Romina Boarini, Head of the OECD Centre on Well-being, Inclusion, Sustainability and Equal Opportunity (WISE)

Moderator: Aileen McLeod, Director, WEAll Scotland & Senior Advisor, European Policy Centre

This hybrid Policy Dialogue marked the launch of the Well-being Economy Policy Lab.

To support the transformation to a new economic approach which delivers shared well-being for people and the planet, the EPC has established a Well-being Economy Policy Lab for high-level policy- and decision-makers at the EU and international level. The Policy Lab aims to create a ‘safe space’ for governments to co-create policy solutions and discuss their implementation, develop ideas on innovative well-being policies, identify key political issues and exchange best practice.

The launch event heard from governments already implementing well-being economy thinking in policymaking and looked at the ambitions at EU and international levels.