1. Urban Audit Results of the quality project
Teodora Brandmuller
June 1997 Amsterdam Treaty

2. Content of my talk The organizational setup The results
The control methods
Conclusions and actions ahead

3. The organizational setup
The objectives were to detect and correct potential errors
Started January, finalised September 2005
In strong collaboration with the national coordinators

4. Participation at the quality projectBE  FR  HU SK CZ IE  MT FI DK IT NL SE DE CY AT UK EE LV PL BG EL LT PT RO ES LU SI

5. The results - 390 897 records

6. The control methods Multivariate variable controls
Male Resident Population + Female Resident Population = Total Resident Population
Univariate variable control
sum of the total residents at the SCD levels = total residents number at the city level
Control against dynamic control ranges
Interactive controls

7. Conclusions and actions ahead (1)
Variable list needs review
on-going in the “Urban Audit Think Tank”
There are still national or even regional/local definitions applied
existing international standards should be used
The usage of flags and footnotes need to be clarified
Eurostat prepared a proposal which gives clearer instructions

8. Conclusions and actions ahead (2)
Better and clearer definition and labelling
The update of the Methodological Handbook is foreseen
A reference guide containing more detailed meta data is needed
The preparation of a Reference Guide is foreseen
Some NUACs did not respect data exchange formats
The requirement to respect data exchange formats will be more emphasized