Source: Regione Veneto official website - Statistics Office

The Annual Statistical Report of Veneto region was presented in the University of Padua.


This year's common thread is sustainable development.

Extract from the summary:
«Sustainable is a form of development “that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Sustainable development is not a fixed state of harmony, but rather a process of change in which the exploitation of resources, the direction of investments, the orientation of technological development, and institutional change are made consistent with future as well as present needs.”

Since it was first defined in the UN’s 1987 Brundtland Report, the concept of sustainability has reached such proportions that today it is the inspiration behind policies geared towards both economic progress and towards an improvement in every aspect of people’s lives, i.e. humanity’s basic physical, intellectual, emotional, moral and spiritual needs.

Sustainability has become a key term when describing, analysing and planning social systems at all levels of government, be they international, national, regional or local. Sustainability is also the theme of Veneto’s Statistical Report 2011; it is a natural step from last year’s theme of ‘creating networks’ and we will be analysing the links and dynamics between the environmental, economic and social phenomena that are compatible with improving living standards and optimising the use of natural resources.»