WP7_D7.1 Inclusive Impact Assessment Plan_Annex 1_May_2021_v1

INHABIT INDICATORS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY DATA COLLECTION

INclusive Health And wellBeing In small and medium size ciTies (IN-HABIT) is an EU Horizon 2020 project that aims to identify visionary and integrated solutions to promote inclusive health and wellbeing in 4 small and medium size cities. Cordoba (ES), Lucca (IT), Riga (LTV), Nitra (SK). In each of the four pilot cities, the project will investigate how the mobilisation of existing undervalued resources, such as culture and heritage, food, human-animal bonds and art and environment might contribute to boost health and wellbeing, with a focus on gender, diversity, equity and inclusion.

The selected indicators include both qualitative and quantitative metrics: they represent the pool of indicators from which those that will be used from time to time for the different types of data collection will be selected. 

The proposed IHW Indicators have been grouped in 4 meta-categories, based on the following criteria:

a. capacity to reveal and describe those elements of the social, institutional and economic context of the 4 pilot cities which may influence health and well-being and its equitable distributions among social groups (Context Indicators)

b. capacity to detect the differences among social groups and individuals based on personal characteristics which may affect health and well-being and the impact of the solutions (GDEI indicators)

c. capacity to detect the differences among social groups and individuals based on socio-demographic characteristics which may affect health and well-being and the impact of the solutions (socio-demographic indicators)

d. capacity to measure and isolate the changes (both expected and unexpected) which are attributable, in whole or in part, to the visionary and integrated solutions which will be tested in the 4 cities (Key Impact Indicators)

Additionally, the design of the indicators has been guided by the following methodological objectives:

comparability: selected indicators should be able to measure those aspects of health and well-being which are considered by the main European and International statistics and research framework (OECD, WHO, Eurostat, European Commission, UNDP/SDGs, other H2020-funded projects) in order to ensure comparability and to fill the gaps in terms of data availability for small and medium sized cities

specificity: selected indicators are meaningful and relevant to the specific local context of the 4 pilot cities, since they refer to existing and measurable characteristics of the local population, project solutions, socio-economic and institutional context, also in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. For this reason many indicators have been borrowed from international standards and adapted to the project, while other new and complementary indicators have been co-designed. A description of the assessment framework of reference for each indicator is included in Annex 1, which also highlights the IN-HABIT new indicators.

The empirical definition of the IHW sub-dimensions within the present assessment framework has been carrieD starting from the review about existing dimensions and indicators on socio-economic well-being, healthy lifestyles and mental health, focusing on the following existent assessment frameworks on heath and well-being established by international organizations 

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
“Human development index” 1990/1993 “Sustainable Development Goals” 2015

World Health Organisation (WHO)
“Social Determinant of Health”

WHO-QOL “Measuring the quality of life”, 
WHO Five Well-being Index (WHO-5)

European Union Funding for Research and Innovation. Horizon 2020
"An impact evaluation framework to support planning and evaluation of nature-based solutions projects. An EKLIPSE Expert Working Group report"

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (EUROFOUND)
“Living conditions, social exclusion and mental well-being”
“Survey On Income And Living Condition”
“Employment security and employment: A contribution to the flexicurity debate” 2008

European Environmental Agency
Healthy environment, healthy lives: how the environment influences health and well-being in Europe, EEA Report No 21/20191994-2019

Eurostat
Final report of  the expert group on   quality of life indicators 2017 edition 

European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC)
Sustainable development in the European Union Monitoring report on progress towards the SDGs in an EU contetest – 2019 Edition

Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Better life initiative – compendium of OECD well-being indicators 2011