1. New mandate for the Working Group
Item 2.1 of the agenda
Teodora Brandmuller
Eurostat Unit E4
WG on Regional, Urban and Rural Development statistics – October 2015

2. A bit of history…
In 2001 the "Regional Accounts" Working Group adopted a proposal to set up one single Working Group titled "Regional Statistics"

3. Labour market areas
The travel to work areas was already discussed in 2001

4. The NUTS … In 2001 the NUTS Regulation was only a plan
COMMISSION DECISION
of 30 May 1994
laying down detailed rules for the application oi Council Directive 93/23/EEC as
regards the statistical surveys on pig population and production
(94/432/EC)
REGULATION (EU) No 692/2011 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 6 July 2011
concerning European statistics on tourism and repealing Council Directive 95/57/EC
(Text with EEA relevance)
By 2015 the NUTS Regulation has proven its merits

5. The role "RESCO" is created
The Statistical Program Committee (SPC) of November 2001 establishes the Regional Statistics Co-ordination Officer (RESCO) role
In 2002 the Working Party discusses the tasks of RESCOs
assurance of a smooth data flow of all types of regional statistics from data suppliers to Eurostat
co-ordination with other data producing institutions in the Member State,
assistance in exchanging meta-data,
the distribution of information from Eurostat to the national partners.
The decision of the SPC of November 2001 concerning the RESCO was summarised. The various tasks of the Regional Statistics Co-ordination Officer (RESCO) were explained:
the assurance of a smooth data flow of all types of regional statistics from data suppliers to Eurostat,
co-ordination with other data producing institutions in the Member State,
working towards a harmonised data format of the data flow from NSOs,
assistance in exchanging meta-data (methodological texts),
the distribution of information from Eurostat to the national partners.
The work of RESCOs is essential for efficient co-operation

6. A bit of history…
In 2001 the "Regional Accounts" Working Group adopted a proposal to set up one single Working Group titled "Regional Statistics"
In 2003 the name changed to "Regional and Urban Statistics"

7. Guess who presented 45 slides on the Urban Audit in 2004?

8. Dissemination 10 years ago…

9. A bit of history…
In 2001 the "Regional Accounts Working Group" adopted a proposal to set up one single Working Group titled "Regional Statistics"
In 2003 the name changed to "Regional and Urban Statistics Working Group"
In 2011 the Working Group merged with the "Working Group on Rural Development"

10. In 2011 the new degree of urbanisation was discussed…

11. In 2011 the new degree of urbanisation was discussed…

12. New mandate
Within the European Statistical System (ESS), the objective of the group is to support economic and social cohesion policy, rural development policy and maritime policy of the EU through the supply of high quality statistical indicators on European regions, cities and other sub-national areas to serve as an evidence base for policy making.

13. New mandate
Within the European Statistical System (ESS), the objective of the group is to support economic and social cohesion policy, rural development policy and maritime policy of the EU through the supply of high quality statistical indicators on European regions, cities and other sub-national areas to serve as an evidence base for policy making.

14. New mandate
Within the European Statistical System (ESS), the objective of the group is to support economic and social cohesion policy, rural development policy and maritime policy of the EU through the supply of high quality statistical indicators on European regions, cities and other sub-national areas to serve as an evidence base for policy making.

15. New mandate
Within the European Statistical System (ESS), the objective of the group is to support economic and social cohesion policy, rural development policy and maritime policy of the EU through the supply of high quality statistical indicators on European regions, cities and other sub-national areas to serve as an evidence base for policy making.

16. New mandate
Within the European Statistical System (ESS), the objective of the group is to support economic and social cohesion policy, rural development policy and maritime policy of the EU through the supply of high quality statistical indicators on European regions, cities and other sub-national areas to serve as an evidence base for policy making.

17. New mandate
Within the European Statistical System (ESS), the objective of the group is to support economic and social cohesion policy, rural development policy and maritime policy of the EU through the supply of high quality statistical indicators on European regions, cities and other sub-national areas to serve as an evidence base for policy making.

18. Tasks of the Working group
To organise the statistical information required to design, implement, monitor and evaluate spatially targeted EU policies
To safeguard, implement and further develop the territorial classifications
To develop methods in cooperation with the ESS and beyond that allow cost-effective production and user-friendly dissemination
To further improve the quality
To improve the relationship between users and producers of statistics

19. ESS
Structure

20. DGs
ESPON
CoR
ESS
Produ-cers
OECD
Users
Structure

21. DGs
TFs
ESPON
CoR
ESS
Produ-cers
OECD
Users
NUACs
Structure

22. Structure TFs Users ESS CoR NUACs Produ-cers DGs OECD DIMESA ESSC
ESPON
CoR
ESS
Produ-cers
OECD
Users
DIMESA
NUACs
ESSC
Structure

23. Thank you for your attention!