1. The future of annual LAU data exchange Abolishing CONC/MODA
28/12/2018
The future of annual LAU data exchange Abolishing CONC/MODA
Oliver HEIDEN

2. The background Local Administrative Units (LAU) LAU data transmission
across EU27, more than 1000 changes/year
LAU data transmission
Before 2003: Informal agreements, CONC/MODA
Since 2003: Legal obligation: Art. 4. NUTS-Regulation
Workflow still agreed informally (COM (2005) 473)
Problems:
Heavy reporting burden, unbalanced supply/demand, awkward storage & poor dissemination practice
Working Group on Regional and Urban Statistics 8-9 October 2009

3. The initiative Reform the entire annual LAU data workflow
Analysis of supply and demand issues of LAU data 
Findings were presented in May 2009: “Proposal for reforming the collection of LAU territorial data”
Streamlining data collection 
New transmission format in July 2009: “LAU2 transmission format (excel file)”
Review data storage (internal) 
Redesign data dissemination 
Ongoing discussion
Working Group on Regional and Urban Statistics 8-9 October 2009

4. currently  LAU data transmission 
Message:
Terr.
change
3 NSI
15 NSI
5 NSI
2 NSI
1 NSI
NSI:
National
Coding
Writes changes via @
Post input extraction in
CONC/MODA format
Manual creation of CONC/MODA format
NSI prepares & sends
information
to EUROSTAT
Database
NSI updates
national
database
Presents changes on the
NSI internet page
Presents changes by
official publication
NSI disseminates
information
Validation
Creation of CONC/MODA
- Extraction of data &
- Creation of
CONC/
MODA
- Download &
- Creation of CONC/MODA via MS
Macro
EUROSTAT
acquires
data
LAU
Database
EUROSTAT
updates LAU
database 
EUROSTAT
crosschecks
with annual
LAU lists
 LAU data transmission
currently
Working Group on Regional and Urban Statistics 8-9 October 2009

5. future  LAU data transmission + CHANGE INFO. searchable database
Message:
Terr.
change
27 NSI
NSI:
National
Coding
Database
NSI updates
national
database
NSI prepares & sends
information
to EUROSTAT
+ CHANGE INFO.
NSI
disseminates
information
Validation
EUROSTAT
acquires
data
LAU
Database
EUROSTAT
updates LAU
database
searchable
database
EUROSTAT
disseminates
the LAU
 LAU data transmission
future
Working Group on Regional and Urban Statistics 8-9 October 2009

6.  The new transmission format
Working Group on Regional and Urban Statistics 8-9 October 2009

7.  Feed-back by countries
Working Group on Regional and Urban Statistics 8-9 October 2009

8.  The “snapshot” approach
LAU list and statistical data has the same reference date
If no statistical data for 1 January YYYY available: ‘n.a.’ and hand in asap
Working Group on Regional and Urban Statistics 8-9 October 2009

9.  Dissemination Commission has to publish the LAU lists
Article 4.1
Publication should be visible and user friendly
Partial migration from RAMON to NUTS dedicated webpage
Confidentiality issues should be clarified
Member States support is needed
Working Group on Regional and Urban Statistics 8-9 October 2009

10.  Old: RAMON
Working Group on Regional and Urban Statistics 8-9 October 2009

11.  New: NUTS webpage + RAMON
Working Group on Regional and Urban Statistics 8-9 October 2009

12.  Confidential? It’s on the web!
Working Group on Regional and Urban Statistics 8-9 October 2009

13.  Use of LAU data Urban – Rural typology Population density grid
Different models based on LAU population data
Population density grid
From 10-yearly to annual
Estimates calculation for inter-census commuting data
Working Group on Regional and Urban Statistics 8-9 October 2009

14. Thank you for your attention
Working Group on Regional and Urban Statistics 8-9 October 2009