Task Force on Labour Market Areas Item 3.4 of the agenda Oliver Heiden Eurostat Unit E4

Announcement of LMA Task Force Purpose Follow-up Eurostat commitment to explore the field of functional regions Follow-up the results of the Study on harmonised Labour Market Areas (2012) Take advantage of the initiative in some Member States (connected to fresh Census data) Aim: conclude with a harmonised methodology for the next WP (2014) 30/09-01/10 2013 Working Party on Regional Statistics and Rural Development

LMA Task Force Schedule 18th November 2013 Draw conclusions from the Study on harmonised LMA for NSIs 24th February 2014 Draft a preliminary proposal for a harmonised methodology 16th June 2014 Finalise the proposal of the LMA methodology WP 2014 Present the methodology to the WP and ask for approval 30/09-01/10 2013 Working Party on Regional Statistics and Rural Development

Working Party on Regional Statistics and Rural Development Next steps Members of the Working Party are requested to Inform colleagues in the NSIs Discuss participation or other contribution Signal interest (written) in participating Members shall be experts in the field Make sure that participants can contribute Eurostat Invite 6-9 participants ensuring Balanced geographical coverage, Inclusion of both beginner and expert countries, Countries representing different methods. 30/09-01/10 2013 Working Party on Regional Statistics and Rural Development

Thank you for your attention! More information: http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/nuts_nomenclature/introduction Contact: ESTAT-Nuts@ec.europa.eu 30/09-01/10 2013 Working Party on Regional Statistics and Rural Development