1. Urban Audit: Organisational Set-up
Berthold Feldmann
June 1997 Amsterdam Treaty

2. Content of my talk The role of DG REGIO and Eurostat
Organisation of data collection
Several levels from the data producer to the final database
The role of the NUAC and the cities

3. The role of the Commission
Chapter 1
The role of the Commission

4. DG REGIO DG REGIO is the main user of comparable statistics
Used for policy purposes, among other Structural Funding
Until now, DG REGIO funded all the grants and contracts for the Urban Audit
Since this year co-financing with Eurostat

5. Eurostat Eurostat is the organiser of the data collection
It is also the expert in statistical questions (methodology)
End of 2004 Eurostat included the Urban Audit as part of its “core business”
Since then Eurostat co-finances the grants and contracts in connection with the Urban Audit

6. Chapter 2
Data collection

7. The European level
Similar to regional statistics, Eurostat cannot keep contact with all data producers
it is complex enough to keep contact with 25 Member States plus several candidate countries
Therefore for regional statistics the RESCO (Regional Statistics Coordination Officer) was created
Likewise for the Urban Audit the NUAC (National Urban Audit Coordinator) was created

8. How we organise the data collection
Eurostat tries to deal only with the national contact point (RESCO or NUAC)
All data, collected from various sources, first flows into the national contact point
She or he then does a first quality check and transmits the data to Eurostat
The same applies for methodological questions

9. Data flow of urban statistics
Source 2
Source 1
Source 7
Source 6
Source 3
Source 4
Source 5
NUAC
National level
production db
urban statistics
Free dissemination
database
Eurostat

10. Staff at Eurostat
4 persons in unit D2 “regional statistics and geographical information” are involved
B. Feldmann
T. Brandmüller
T. Carlquist
B. Huber

11. The database manager Berthold Huber Urban statistics database
demography
Ramon classification server: NUTS update

12. Mr NUTS Torbiörn Carlquist NUTS amendments
Statistical regions in candidate countries
Local level statistics
Spatial units in the Urban Audit

13. Ms Urban Teodora Brandmüller Urban Audit data collection 2006
Urban Audit quality control
Web Portrait of the Regions

14. The head of sector Berthold Feldmann
Team leader (planning, priorities, motivation)
Regional Yearbook supervisor
Urban Audit supervisor
Methodological database MARS

15. The role of NUAC and cities
Chapter 3
The role of NUAC and cities

16. The National Urban Audit coordinator
..receives the data from the cities or other sources (central database, regional statistical offices)
..checks the data quality, in particular the comparability of data
..sends the data to Eurostat in an agreed format
..gives methodological advice to data collectors
..discusses with Eurostat the meaningfulness of variables and indicators
..discusses with Eurostat methodological issues

17. The city statisticians
..collect part of the Urban Audit data
..take care that their data is comparable with the data of other cities
..transmit the data to the NUAC in a standardised format
..discusses methodological issues with the NUAC

18. Final remark
The organisational set-up is necessarily quite complex, due to the nature of the data sources
It only works thanks to the good will of all participants and the dedication to our goal:
Provide users with meaningful statistics about the quality of life in cities

19. Thanks for listening !
Any Questions ?
Any questions?