1. Overview of regional, urban and rural statistics Teodora Brandmuller Eurostat Unit E4 Regional indicators and geographical information Working Party on Regional Statistics 1-2 October 2012 1

2. Feb-2012 Regional Statistics Stakeholders National Statistical Institutes European Commission DG Regional Policy DG Agriculture and Rural development DG Maritime affairs Eurostat OECD Researchers (ESPON) General public

3. The plot - statistical production process IT conditions; Management, planning and legislation; Staff, work conditions and competence User needs Data collection Validation, confidentiality Docu- mentation Disse- mination

4. Data collection Working Party on Regional Statistics 1-2 October 2012 4

5. Spatial dimension Working Party on Regional Statistics 1-2 October 2012 5 Local Area Units Cities NUTS regions Regional typologies Degree of urbanization Labour market areas

6. Feb-2012 Regional Statistics Accomplished and ongoing work in 2012 NUTS 2010 revision Commission Regulation (EU) No 31/2011 Entry into force 1 January 2012 Data transmission in revised classification Data dissemination follows the data transmission Historical Time Series Regional typologies Implementation of revised degree of urbanization Implementation of the harmonized city definition

7. Feb-2012 Regional Statistics Regional statistics More domains More indicators Improved quality

8. Feb-2012 Regional Statistics Urban statistics Revision of the data collection Launching new round Finalizing previous round

9. Feb-2012 Regional Statistics Rural development Grant exercise accomplished Improved visibility Publications New data collection

10. Feb-2012 Regional Statistics Maritime statistics Action group finalized its work Indicator calculation using available data

11. Matching thematic domains with a meaningful geography Working Party on Regional Statistics 1-2 October 2012 11

12. October 2008 Scorus conference Where are we? Government finance statistics United Kingdom

13. October 2008 Scorus conference Where are we? Labour market statistics NUTS level 2 region

14. October 2008 Scorus conference Where are we? Urban transport City

15. October 2008 Scorus conference Where are we? Water statistics River basin

16. Validation, confidentiality, documentation Working Party on Regional Statistics 1-2 October 2012 16

17. Validation, confidentiality Working Party on Regional Statistics 1-2 October 2012 17 Methodological study on education indicators Methodological study on NUTS 3 Labour market data improved validation confidentiality Methodological improvements in city statistics

18. Improvements in metadata Working Party on Regional Statistics 1-2 October 2012 18 Inventory Guidelines Follow-up National reference metadata files for urban statistics

19. Dissemination Working Party on Regional Statistics 1-2 October 2012 19

20. Dissemination, communication Working Party on Regional Statistics 1-2 October 2012 20 Improvements in EuroBase New collections New production process for the Regional Yearbook New Statistical Atlas Improvements in dedicated sections Improvements in Statistics Explained