Criteria for selecting Social Well-being Indicators

Criteria for selecting Social Well-being Indicators
Criteria 1	Relevance to reef ecosystem health:	Does the indicator measure socioeconomic, governance cultural, and health phenomena and trends that are directly or indirectly related to the health of the reef ecosystem?
Criteria 2	Data readiness and feasibility:	Is the indicator based on readily available and routinely collected data, or data collectable in a cost-effective and timely manner, with sufficient spatial and time coverage and quality in all participating countries?
Criteria 3	Conceptual and methodological soundness:	Is the indicator conceptually and methodologically well founded, representative of established approaches and standards?
Criteria 4	Management responsiveness:	Is the indicator responsive to management interventions related to key policy goals and objectives for the MAR region and can it be measured in relation to progress towards agreed upon targets and timetables?
Criteria 5	Transparency and understandability:	Can the indicator be readily communicated to policy makers (preferably as an early warning signal), understood by the stakeholders and public in a non-scientific form?