1. LAMAS Working Group 7-8 December 2016
Agenda Item 5 - AOB
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2. EMCO IG Meeting of 18 October 2016 Next meeting in January 2017
Feedback from June 2016 LAMAS
NEET indicator (outcomes of LAMAS consultation)
NEEDCARE (September TF2 meeting)
Flows
Next meeting in January 2017
Feedback from December 2016 LAMAS
Breaks in time series (list of indicators)
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3. NUTS 2016 Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/2066 Changes at NUTS level 2
Splits or boundary shifts in IE, LT, HU, PL, UK
Code changes in FR (reassignment NUTS 2 -> 1)
First transmission: 2018Q1
Back data to be sent by end of 2019 (length of series to be determined)
February 2019: NUTS 2 for probably required
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4. Degree of urbanisation
Changes to be implemented from 2017Q1
2011 population grid
2014 LAU boundaries
LAU -> DEGURBA mapping provided by Eurostat
New DEGURBA labels
Cities = Densely-populated areas
Towns and suburbs = Intermediate density areas
Rural areas = Thinly-populated areas
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5. Luxembourg
LAUs and
1 km2 grids

6. Consultation on geographical coding
Results
NUTS 3: widely available (>80% of countries)
LAU 2: residence in ~ 60% of countries place of work in ~ 45% of countries
1 km2 grid cells?
Inclusion planned in 2021 census
Allow derivation of various territorial typologies
Proposal for a two-step approach
Inclusion of NUTS 3
Feasibility studies related to 1 km2 grid cells (Article 13 of IESS FR)
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7. Anonymised microdata 2016 release
Core data up to 2015
AHM up to 2014
Change in distribution and encryption
Secure FTP replacing DVDs / EDAMIS
Public key encryption (OpenPGP) replacing simple password encryption
Instructions to follow
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8. LFS main indicator releases
Full 2016 data and related press releases:
Employment rate etc.: 25 April 2017
Education indicators: 26 April 2017
Regional unemployment: 27 April 2017
+ a press release on annual results in May/June
Other quarterly releases:
19 January, 13 July, 12 October 2017
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9. SDMX for Labour Statistics
Statistical Data and Metadata Exchange
New project with OECD (project leader), ECB, ILO, World Bank
Standardisation and harmonisation of data exchange
Between the participating organisations
Using aggregated data
Microdata transmission from MS to Eurostat out of scope
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10. Data flows between organisations
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