Elements to evaluate the GNH (Gross National Happiness) project in a town of the São Paulo state: an intervention experience with youth

• Grant number: 12/23662-6
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: April 01, 2013
• End date: December 31, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Education
• Principal Investigator: Marcos Sorrentino
• Grantee: Rachel Andriollo Trovarelli
• Host Institution: Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Piracicaba , SP, Brazil

Abstract

New assessment methodologies that adopt a more holistic and undermine the real situation of the population have created the need for new perspectives on progress indicator to communities. Gross National Happiness (GNH), which uses parameters that consist of systemic indicators in nine dimensions, stands out among these indicators. The GNH in Brazil involves the participation of youth as a catalyst for social changes. The objective of this project is to raise elements for the assessment of the GNH implementation that was elaborated with young people in an interior city, emphasizing the integration of youth in mobilizing the local community to take part in a social leadership to improve public policy dialogue about the consequences of this process in personal and social life. (AU)