Module 8: Strengthening capacity and accountability for progress
Congratulations on completing Module 8!
This module has :
Provided practical examples of what capacity building programmes might look like
Offered examples and guiding questions to help distinguish between genuine wellbeing economy approaches and wellbeing economy 'window dressing'
Described the wellbeing economy journey of Wales and how the Welsh government has strengthened accountability for wellbeing, what the results have been and which ongoing challenges remain
Join us in Module 9 to explore how to apply a wellbeing economy approach to (prospective) policy impact assessment.
As always, if you have any feedback or suggestions to further improve Module 8, we would love to hear from you in the End-of Module survey!
Further reading
If you’d like to read more about ‘Building capacity and accountability for a wellbeing economy?’, have a look at the following resources:
Davidson, J. (2022). Futuregen. Lessons from a small country. Chelsea Green Publishing.
Howe, S. & Nutbeam, D. (2023). Interview with inaugural Future Generations Commissioner for Wales, Sophie Howe: Embedding a wellbeing approach in government. Public Health Research and Practice, 33 (2): 3322314, doi: 10.17061/phrp3322314
McCartney, G., Hensher, M. & Trebeck, K. (2023). How to measure progress towards a wellbeing economy: distinguishing genuine advances from ‘window dressing’. Public Health Research & Practice, 33(2), https://doi.org/10.17061/phrp3322309
The Wales Future Generations Commission’s website.