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The Task Force on Sustainable Development (TFSD) of the Federal Planning Bureau (FPB) acts since 1998 under the Federal Sustainable Development Strategy, of which it is one of the actors. Its missions include reporting on the evaluation of sustainable development policies and proposing long-term foresight scenarios.
A development is sustainable if it enables the needs of the current generation to be met equitably without compromising the satisfaction of the needs of future generations.
A sustainable development that addresses social, environmental and institutional problems on a systemic basis is guided by the following five cross-cutting principles:
- all countries' responsibility for the state of the planet, and especially of the rich ones;
- double equity, both among today’s generation and between the present and future generations;
- integration of the economic, social and environmental components of development;
- precautions against the risk of serious or irreversible damage and the need for preventive measures;
- public participation in the decision-making process by making information available to the public.
These five principles were adopted in 1992 by the international community at the Rio Conference and the sustainable development concept is best known mainly thanks to three world conferences organised by the United Nations :
- The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (Rio de Janeiro, 1992);
- The UN World Summit on Sustainable Development;
- The UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio de Janeiro, 2012 = Rio +20).
The overarching goals of a sustainable development that were adopted in 1992/2002 and confirmed in 2012 (Rio +20) are :
- Eradicating poverty;
- Changing unsustainable production and consumption patterns into sustainable ones;
- Protecting and managing the natural resources on which economic and social development is based.
To contribute to the follow-up of the commitments made in this framework, the FPB regularly publishes the Federal report on sustainable development in accordance with the Law of 5 May 1997 regarding the coordination of the federal policy on sustainable development. The law also introduced the Federal plan for sustainable development.
The last five press releases [More]
- COVID-19 et bien-être : quels sont les groupes vulnérables ?
COVID-19 en welzijn: wie zijn de kwetsbare groepen?29/04/2020 - Notre bien-être est-il soutenable à long terme?
Is ons welzijn houdbaar op lange termijn?05/02/2020 - Faire du développement durable une priorité politique
Van duurzame ontwikkeling een beleidsprioriteit maken25/06/2019 - Le bien-être en hausse, mais pas pour tous
Het welzijn verbetert, maar niet voor iedereen12/02/2019 - Bien-être et PIB évoluent-ils de concert ?
Evolueren welzijn en bbp in dezelfde richting?20/02/2018
The last five databases [More]
- Indicators complementing GDP 07/02/2017
- Progress towards de UN Sustainable development goals, Assessment 2016 28/06/2016
The last five publications [More]
- Crise du COVID-19 : quel impact sur le bien-être des Belges ?
COVID-19-crisis : welke impact op het welzijn van de Belgen? 29/04/2020 - Measuring wellbeing’s sustainability: construction of four composite indicators to measure the wellbeing of the future generations in Belgium 28/02/2020
- Complementary indicators to GDP, 2020 05/02/2020
- Analysis of the air pollution associated with household consumption in Belgium in 2014: the case of greenhouse gas emissions 05/09/2019
- Which priority for a sustainable development ? - Federal Report on Sustainable Development 25/06/2019
