1. State of play of labour market and other domains of regional statistics
Items 4.2 and 4.3 of the agenda
Gorja Bartsch Eurostat Unit E4

2. Working Party on Regional Statistics and Rural Development
Content
Labour Market
Demography
Tourism
Environment
Regional metadata
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3. 1. Labour Market

4. Working Party on Regional Statistics and Rural Development
1. Labour Market
NUTS 2
Annual EU-LFS data published on 22 May
Punctuality improved by 6 weeks
High policy and media interest in unemployment figures
Unemployment rate (15-24y) key indicator for Youth Employment Initiative
Statistics in Focus on regional dimension of youth unemployment to be published soon
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5. Working Party on Regional Statistics and Rural Development
Youth Employment Initiative:
eligible NUTS 2 regions (orange)
Youth unemployment rate (%), 2012
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6. Working Party on Regional Statistics and Rural Development
1. Labour Market cont.
NUTS 3 data for regional typologies
2012 data for metro regions and urban-rural typology published this week
Based on NUTS 3 data sent by MS and LFS unit
NUTS 3 data collection further streamlined
14 MS (2012: 6) have given their consent to E4 to use LFS data provided by F3
No need for separate transmission via eDamis
9 MS used eDamis to transmit data, of which 4 do not provide NUTS 3 code in LFS data
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7. Working Party on Regional Statistics and Rural Development
1. Labour Market cont.
Update on Task Force
New Task Force on Precision Requirements set up by LFS unit
Distributional requirements at NUTS 2/3?
Results expected in 2014, will feed into discussion on streamlined social surveys
Proposed Task Force on Small Area Estimates postponed to take advantage of other TF's results
Working Party will be informed about the next steps
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8. 2. Demography

9. Working Party on Regional Statistics and Rural Development
2. Demography
2013 Regional Demographic Data Collection to be launched in November
No changes in content
Deadline for data transmissions: 15/12/2013
Dissemination by Eurostat in March 2014
Impact of census results
Revised population post-census 2011 estimates at regional level to be transmitted by 15/12/2014
Time series to be revised depend on census method and situation in MS
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10. Working Party on Regional Statistics and Rural Development
2. Demography cont.
Demography Regulation
Adoption expected by end of 2013
Entry into force for the 2014 data collection
Main consequences for regional data collection:
REGIONAL demographic collection to be merged with JOINT demographic and annual migration data collections
Data transmission extended to end of December, improving consistency between regional and national level
More harmonised definition of usual residence
More detailed age groups at NUTS 3 level
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11. 3. Tourism

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3. Tourism
New legal base: Regulation 692/2011
First reference year 2012
Supply side data (accommodation statistics) by NUTS 2 regions
Capacity (e.g. number of beds), occupancy (e.g. number of nights spent)
Breakdown by type of accommodation
Two types of locality at NUTS 2 level
Degree of urbanisation
Location close to the sea: coastal area
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13. 3. Tourism cont. Definition of coastal / non-coastal areas
NUTS 2/3 level insufficient to analyse coastal tourism
Specific methodology to define coastal areas
Municipalities (LAU2) bordering the sea or having 50% of their surface within 10 km from the sea
12% of all municipalities are coastal areas
More information and correspondence tables
Methodological Manual (pp )
021/EN/KS-RA EN.PDF

14. Share of nights spent at tourist accommodation establishments, by coastal and non-coastal area, 2012 (%)
Note: No data available for IE, EL and UK.

15. 4. Environment

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4. Environment
Coverage
Around 150 variables for NUTS 2 and River Basins, covering several domains
Regional Environmental Questionnaire 2012
Good overall response rate, mixed quality/coverage
Delays in data transmission for some MS, 3 MS did not participate
First data for 2011 to be released in Oct/Nov 2013
Methodology and quality should be further improved
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17. Please also see the overview table of all regional data collections

18. Working Party on Regional Statistics and Rural Development
5. Regional Metadata
E4 and B5 continue to promote harmonised treatment of regional metadata
Guidelines provided to Eurostat thematic units
ESMS files should have headings referring to "Regional data"
Good examples: Tourism, Demography
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20. Thank you for your attention!
More information Contact:
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