Federal Planning Bureau - Staff

Johan Pauwels

Since December 2001, Johan Pauwels has been working at the Federal Planning Bureau as an expert in the Task Force on Sustainable Development. Within the framework of a transdisciplinary approach, he contributes to the analyses of the present situation, the policy assessments and the prospective scenarios in the Federal Reports on Sustainable Development. He holds a master's degree in economic sciences (Ghent University, 1982) and a certificate in text editing (teksten herteksten, KU Leuven, 1995).

His areas of expertise include development issues and indicators, both within the context of sustainable development, as well as editing and communication. He coordinates the Sustainable Development Indicators project (www.indicators.be). From 2003 until 2006, he was seconded to the Federal Public Planning Service Sustainable Development as a communication consultant.

Before joining the Federal Planning Bureau, Johan Pauwels worked as an assistant at the University of Antwerp, as a research and policy adviser at the National Centre for Development Cooperation and as a scientific staff member of the Federal Council for Sustainable Development.

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pj (at) plan.be
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Curriculum vitae [pdf - 119 Kb]
List of publications produced outside the FPB [pdf - 94 Kb]

Which priority for a sustainable development ? - Federal Report on Sustainable Development
The 2019 Federal Report on Sustainable Development takes stock of 51 indicators monitoring the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): the extrapolation/continuation of current trends does not allow all the objectives to be reached. The Report assesses the current sustainable development policies. It concludes that the federal public services have achieved concrete results, despite the lack of political momentum to reach the SDGs. This Report also analyses the impact on the SDGs of different modalities for applying a carbon tax and of alternative policies to company cars.
Sustainable development Report 2019 [25/06/2019]
Complementary indicators to GDP, 2019
This report presents the annual update of a set of indicators complementary to GDP. These indicators cover the period from 1990 to 2017, depending on the availability of the data. The Act of 14 March 2014, which complements the Act of 21 December 1994 establishing social and diverse provisions with a set of complementary indicators to measure the quality of life, human development, social progress and the sustainability of our economy, entrusts the National Accounts Institute with the development of this set of indicators and assigns this mission to the Federal Planning Bureau.
OPREP201901 [04/02/2019]
Complementary indicators to GDP, 2018
This report presents the update of a set of indicators complementary to GDP. These indicators cover the period from 1990 to 2016, depending on the availability of the data. The Act of 14 March 2014, which complements the Act of 21 December 1994 establishing social and diverse provisions with a set of complementary indicators to measure the quality of life, human development, social progress and the sustainability of our economy, entrusts the National Accounts Institute with the development of this set of indicators and assigns this mission to the Federal Planning Bureau.

This report also proposes a composite indicator to measure well-being Here and now‘. It should be completed in the forthcoming updates by composite indicators for the two other dimensions of sustainable development, ’Later‘ and ’Elsewhere‘.

The data are available on www.indicators.be.
OPREP201801 [15/02/2018]
Concrétiser les objectifs mondiaux de développement durable - Rapport fédéral sur le développement durable 2017
De mondiale duurzameontwikkelingsdoelstellingen concretiseren - Federaal rapport inzake duurzame ontwikkeling 2017
The 2017 Federal Report on Sustainable Development takes as its starting point the Sustainable Developments Goals (SDGs) adopted at the UN. The report assesses 34 indicators showing the evolution of Belgium towards the SDGs and examines the gap between existing scenarios and the SDGs in 3 areas: poverty, energy and transportation. Current developments usually go in the right direction, but most often lag far behind the quantified objectives.
Sustainable development Report 2017 [19/12/2017]
Aanvullende indicatoren naast het bbp, 2017
Indicateurs complémentaires au PIB, 2017
This report presents a first update of a set of indicators complementary to GDP. These indicators cover the period from 1990 to 2015, depending on the availability of the data. The Act of 14 March 2014, which complements the Act of 21 December 1994 establishing social and diverse provisions with a set of complementary indicators to measure the quality of life, human development, social progress and the sustainability of our economy, entrusts the National Accounts Institute (NAI) with the development and calculation of a set of indicators representing the four above-mentioned components. The calculation results are published every year. The same Act of 14 March 14 2014 assigns the development of this set of indicators to the Federal Planning Bureau. The NAI published a first edition of this set of indicators in February 2016.

The data are available on www.indicators.be.
OPREP201701 [07/02/2017]
Progrès vers les objectifs de développement durable de l’ONU - Bilan 2016
Vooruitgang naar de duurzameontwikkelingsdoelstellingen van de VN - Balans 2016
This Working Paper presents a first assessment of the progress made by Belgium towards the 17 Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 adopted by the UN. This assessment was performed on the basis of 31 indicators derived from the sustainable development indicators database developed at the Federal Planning Bureau. This Working Paper also sets out the methodologies used to select these indicators and assess their evolution compared to their objective. This assessment shows that in many fields, additional efforts will be needed to reach the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.
Working Paper 07-16 [29/06/2016]
Indicateurs complémentaires au PIB, 2016
Aanvullende indicatoren naast het bbp, 2016
OPREP201601 [15/02/2016]
Federal report on sustainable development 2015 - Making our consumption and production sustainable
The 7th Federal report on sustainable development, Making our consumption and production sustainable, in Part A assesses current evolutions towards the sustainable development objectives. In Part B, it explores two scenarios for transition towards a sustainably developing Belgium and world in 2050. A key element of this Report is the Federal long-term strategic vision for sustainable development (LTV SD) adopted by the government in 2013, which contains 55 objectives that describe a sustainably developing Belgium in 2050.
Sustainable development Report 2015 [25/03/2015]
Visions à long terme - Concepts et application au développement durable
Langetermijnvisies - Begrippen en toepassing op duurzame ontwikkeling
Planning paper 113 [30/05/2013]
Contribution du Bureau fédéral du Plan au débat sur la vision à long terme de développement durable
Bijdrage van het Federaal Planbureau aan het debat over de langetermijnvisie inzake duurzame ontwikkeling
OPREP201201 [11/07/2012]
Organisation de l'exercice participatif de prospective 2011-2012 - Préparatoire à la vision à long terme 2050
Organisatie van de participatieve oefening inzake toekomstverkenning 2011-2012 - Ter voorbereiding van de langetermijnvisie 2050
This Working Paper describes the process of the participatory foresight exercise "Strategic Long Term Vision for Sustainable Development" and summarizes its results. It gathers the different documents of this exercise together and gives some concluding remarks on the process. This exercise was organized by the Task Force on Sustainable Development of the Federal Planning Bureau between September 2011 and February 2012, with a panel of experts brought together with this aim.
Working Paper 09-12 [28/06/2012]
Twenty Years of Political Commitment to Sustainable Development? Federal Report on Sustainable Development 2011
Sustainable development Report 2011 [15/02/2012]
Twenty years of political commitment to sustainable development?
The Federal Report on Sustainable Development 2011 has been published to implement the Belgian Act of 5 May 1997 on the Coordination of Federal Sustainable Development Policy. It is the sixth sustainable development report and the first since the 2010 revision of the act. That revision stipulates that a report has to be drawn up during each five-year cycle of the act and that it consists of a status and evaluation part and a foresight part. The 2011 report presents the status and evaluation part. It examines three aspects: sustainable development trends for the past twenty years based on indicators, the Belgian federal sustainable development strategy for 1997-2010, and a series of policy measures selected from the Federal Plan for Sustainable Development
Article 20120321 [16/12/2011]
Sustainable Development Indicators, Objectives ans Visions - Belgian Federal Report 2009 - Folder
Sustainable development Report 2009 - Folder [26/10/2009]
Indicateurs, objectifs et visions de développement durable - Rapport fédéral sur le développement durable 2009
Indicatoren, doelstellingen en visies van duurzame ontwikkeling - Federaal rapport inzake duurzame ontwikkeling 2009
Sustainable development Report 2009 [26/10/2009]
Tableau stratégique d'indicateurs basé sur 11 ans de rapportage fédéral de développement durable - Contribution à la table ronde du 19 mars 2009
Strategische indicatorentabel op basis van 11 jaar federale rapportering over duurzame ontwikkeling - Bijdrage tot de rondetafel van 19 maart 2009
"Strategic table with sustainable development indicators" (SDI) contains 88 indicators on 51 issues. All these indicators are classified within the DPSR framework (driving force, pressure, state, response). A trend assessment in relation to goals, established in the sustainable development strategies at different policy levels (world, EU, Belgium), could be made for 54 of the SDI. 17 of these SDI, where quantified targets with time limits were alloted, were assessed in relation to these targets. The SDI table is available in French and Dutch.
TFSD 0901 [20/03/2009]
Scenario's voor transitie naar een duurzame ontwikkeling tegen 2050. Toekomstverkennende nota gerealiseerd voor de 'Lente van het Leefmilieu' op basis van het vierde Federaal rapport inzake duurzame ontwikkeling
Scénarios de transition vers un développement durable à l'horizon 2050. Note de prospective réalisée pour le "Printemps de l'environnement" sur base du 4e Rapport fédéral sur le développement durable
Working Paper 16-08 [27/08/2008]
Organisation de l’exercice participatif de prospective à l’horizon 2050 préparatoire au 4° Rapport fédéral sur le développement durable
Organisatie van de participatieve oefening inzake toekomstverkenning tegen het jaar 2050 ter voorbereiding van het vierde Federaal rapport inzake duurzame ontwikkeling
Working Paper 15-08 [12/08/2008]
Accélérer la transition vers un développement durable - Synthèse
De transitie naar een duurzame ontwikkeling versnellen - Synthese
Sustainable development Report 2007 - Synthese [18/02/2008]
Accélérer la transition vers un développement durable - Rapport fédéral sur le développement durable 2007
De transitie naar een duurzame ontwikkeling versnellen - Federaal Rapport inzake Duurzame Ontwikkeling 2007
Sustainable development Report 2007 [18/02/2008]
Accélérer la transition vers un développement durable - Brochure
De transitie naar een duurzame ontwikkeling versnellen - Brochure
Sustainable development Report 2007 - Folder [18/02/2008]
Tableau d'indicateurs de développement durable : Supplément au troisième Rapport fédéral sur le développement durable
Tabel met indicatoren van duurzame ontwikkeling : Supplement bij het derde Federaal Rapport inzake duurzame ontwikkeling
Sustainable development Report 2000-2004 - Indic [19/12/2005]
CD ROM : Un pas vers un développement durable? Deuxième rapport fédéral sur le développement durable et autres documents de référence relatifs au développement durable
CD ROM : Een stap naar duurzame ontwikkeling? Tweede federaal rapport inzake duurzame ontwikkeling en andere referentiedocumenten over duurzame ontwikkeling
Sustainable development Report 2002 - CD Rom [28/02/2003]
Brochure : Un pas vers un développement durable? Deuxième rapport fédéral sur le développement durable
Brochure : Een stap naar duurzame ontwikkeling? Tweede federaal rapport inzake duurzame ontwikkeling
Sustainable development Report 2002 - Folder [28/02/2003]
A step towards Sustainable Development? Federal Report on Sustainable Development 2002: Executive Summary
Sustainable development Report Summary 2002 [28/02/2003]
Un pas vers un développement durable ? Rapport fédéral sur le développement durable 2002
Een stap naar duurzame ontwikkeling ? Federaal rapport inzake duurzame ontwikkeling 2002
Sustainable development Report 2002 [28/02/2003]

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