1. Urban Statistics by “NORDSTAT”
Asta Manninen
City of Helsinki Urban Facts

2. NORDSTAT EXPERIENCES Work in phases
Start with a limited number of core indicators
Then capture new qualities and characteristics of the city
Regular follow-up and evaluation
Improvements

3. NORDSTAT PRODUCTS Nordstat - database up-dated once a year,
Also on internet:
Publication every year, issued in June
CD ROM every year in co-operation with the NSOs, issued in June
A specialised product every four to six years, at special occasions
Data utilised regularly in the statistical yearbooks and other media by the Nordstat-cities

4. NORDSTAT: HOW DO WE WORK?
All 16 cities are active members of the network and supply the data
The capitals play a key role: = the management group
Responsibility for the annual products and services
Supervision of development work
Each capital at its turn carries out specific operational tasks according to agreed work division. This is the main basis of finding the resources needed, although co-financing is the rule.
Co-ordinate the work in their country respectively
Close co-operation with the NSOs
International co-operation
Administrate the annual meetings

5. NORDSTAT DATABASE THEMES
Population and Vital Statistics
Labour Market
Education
Industry, Construction
Housing
Social Welfare
Transport and Communications
Elections

6. Organisations, city networks and projects developing urban statistics
INTERNATIONAL STATISTICAL INSTITUTE, ISI, especially
SCORUS, Standing Committee on Regional and Urban Statistics
UNITED NATIONS, especially
UNCHS, HABITAT: CITY DATA PROGRAMME and URBAN INDICATORS, URBAN OBSERVATORY
UN, STATISTICS DIVISION & POPULATION DIVISION
LCSP - LARGE CITIES STATISTICS PROJECT, maintained by N.U.R.E.C., UNCHS, United Nations Statistical Division, ISI and IULA.
The 1000 Cities - International Yearbook of Large Cities Statistics. Large Cities Statistics Project.
N.U.R.E.C., Network on Urban Research in the European Union.
NORDSTAT - a well established network maintaining an urban statistics database and other products
KOSIS – German cities

7. Organisations, city networks and projects developing urban statistics
EUROSTAT - the Statistical Office of the European Communities, providing regional statistics and developing urban statistics & indicators
EU/DG REGIO: Urban Audit- open tender 1997 and a project on urban indicators in
EUROCITIES, pilot projects on urban indicators
OECD, Urban Affairs Division - indicators etc.
IULA, International Union of Local Authorities
WORLD BANK
National Statistical Offices and their regional statistics
Regional administrative bodies, for example counties
CITIES themselves provide a wide range of statistical products and also carry out research.
In the case of very up-to-date statistics, only cities themselves possess the information.

8. The data is collected on three levels:
Core city
Functional urban region
The whole country for comparison

9. CULTURAL STATISTICS
FRAMEWORK AND MEASURES OF THE CULTURAL PERFORMANCE AND LIVELINESS IN CITIES
Asta Manninen and Salla Säkkinen
Laura Linda Sabbadini and Saverio Gazzelloni

10. What kind of cultural city statistics?
various cultural offerings
The audience of various performances and special events
Culture as professions and jobs
Professional training
Culture as hobby
Finance and support
Infrastructure

11. The cultural sectors or branches present in all cities
Music
Theatre
Dance
Visual arts
Books, libraries, reading
Museums and archives
Film (movies, cinema), video, photography, multimedia
Radio, TV, Press
Special events, festivals etc. and their audiences in different arts

12. the indicators most frequently used
Number of workers in recreational, cultural and sport activities
Proportions of various professions in the arts and culture in the city
Cultural workers employed by the city
Institutions of higher arts education and number of students in these institutions
City library loans
Symphony orchestra visits and number of orchestras
Museum visits and number of museums
Theatre visits and number of theatres
Cinema visits and number of films shown
Funding – public and private - of cultural activities
Expenditure on culture and leisure per inhabitant and by cultural sector

13. new entries to be observed in cultural statistics
graphic designers,
photographers and
other cultural entrepreneurs as well as
new media industries.

14. Available Sources
Arts and Culture Statistics 1999:15. City of Helsinki Urban Facts, Helsinki 1999.
The Information sector as the flywheel of economy in Helsinki. Statistics 1999:16. City of Helsinki Urban Facts, Helsinki 1999.
Proceedings from the 52nd Session of the International Statistical Institute, August 10-18, 1999, Helsinki.