EU-TTWA method: improvements, documentation and sharing knowledge activities Sandro Cruciani and Luisa Franconi Eurostat, Luxembourg, 5th April 2016 Istat, Direzione centrale per lo sviluppo dei sistemi informativi e dei prodotti integrati, la gestione del patrimonio informativo e la valutazione della qualità, DCIQ sacrucia@ istat.it, franconi@istat.it

Possible further meetings Further cooperation Conclusions Plan Aims of the Grant Activities made so far Planned Initiatives Possible further meetings Further cooperation Conclusions Kick off meeting: Eurostat 5 April 2016

Aims of the Italian participation to Eurostat Grant Istat aims for this grant are: - Short-term aims Further improve the products already delivered to the Expert group on LMA harmonisation; Share experiences in the development of LMAs; - Medium-term aims Build a group of experts in the area of LMA development in order to increase the knowledge and improve advances. Kick off meeting: Eurostat 5 April 2016

Further improve products Aim: make available methodologies and tools to facilitate the development of LMAs among EU countries. to systematise and improve the methodological work carried out within Eurostat Task Force on the TTWA algorithm; make it available; to improve the script produced so far to create an efficient tool for LMA development coupled with its documentation to be distributed freely. Kick off meeting: Eurostat 5 April 2016

develop guidelines on LMA development. Share experiences Aims: foster knowledge transfer and exchange by cooperation with other Member States on the creation of LMA and on ways to use this functional geography; develop guidelines on LMA development. Kick off meeting: Eurostat 5 April 2016

Uploaded material in the common CROS portal area; Activities made so far Uploaded material in the common CROS portal area; Set up a Web page in our Institutional Web site; http://www.istat.it/en/archive/182743 Created a service e-mail address for all request related to this area: lma_it@istat.it Kick off meeting: Eurostat 5 April 2016

Workshop in Nurenber 15-16 June 2016 Planned Initiatives Cooperation: With the Institute for Employment Research (IAB)/ German Federal Employment Agency (BA); Workshop in Nurenber 15-16 June 2016 Occasion to share views and start the guidelines on LMA development; Kick off meeting: Eurostat 5 April 2016

Training at Istat, 27-29 September 2016; Planned Initiatives Training: Training at Istat, 27-29 September 2016; Share the whole process of LMA development and see real word examples of the use of such geography; Occasion to improve the guidelines on LMA development; Kick off meeting: Eurostat 5 April 2016

Planned Initiatives Training content (besides the Guidelines for LMAs): Algorithm for LMA creation and its implementation: use of the R package; Analysis of input and output of the package: hands on data session Further steps to reach the final geography: - parameter selection and fine tuning of the results Creation of shape files to plot and investigate the geography Statistics produced at LMA level and further analysis Visualisation tools Small area estimation for unemployment rate at LMA level - implementation: hands on data session Industrial districts: the method used: - analysis of the input and description of the algorithm Kick off meeting: Eurostat 5 April 2016

DARES has proposed to dedicate a meeting to the guidelines Further initiatives Meetings: DARES has proposed to dedicate a meeting to the guidelines We will give more news about this in few weeks. Kick off meeting: Eurostat 5 April 2016

We look forward to starting new cooperation activities with you! Further cooperation We look forward to starting new cooperation activities with you! Kick off meeting: Eurostat 5 April 2016

We hope that this grant will be the occasion Conclusions We hope that this grant will be the occasion to start new initiatives and cooperation in the area of LMA as well as new activities in the release of this new geography. Kick off meeting: Eurostat 5 April 2016

Sl in Piemonte: morfologia e infrastrutture Kick off meeting: Eurostat 5 April 2016

Thank you - Grazie lma_it@istat.it For more information please contact: lma_it@istat.it Kick off meeting: Eurostat 5 April 2016