1. Working Party on Regional Statistics and Rural Development Luxembourg, 1-2/10/2012
Item 9.6 Mainstreaming geo-statistics
Daniele Rizzi, Eurostat Unit Regional indicators and geographical information

2. A vision for geostatistics INSPIRE and statistics
Summary
A vision for geostatistics
INSPIRE and statistics
The GEOSTAT project(s)
Conclusions

3. A vision for geostatistics
Eurostat internal discussions
Streamline the contribution to INSPIRE
Support to Commission geospatial framework and activities
Strengthen the integration of geospatial and statistical information
Build on existing experiences and initiatives
Raise awareness and initiate a long term process in the ESS

4. A vision for geostatistics
DGINS Conference 2012 (Prague, September)
ESS Coordination of Geospatial Information and Statistics Eurostat background paper: All statistics have a spatial dimension: a vision for production efficiency, cost reduction and generation of more accurate and value added information
"What is needed to achieve the objective of improving the EU information capacity is a more in-depth and integrated approach, where spatial dimension, at the most appropriate level of accuracy, is associated at all stages of the statistical data production cycle."

5. A vision for geostatistics
Growing importance of GIS for statistics
Mutual benefits for both areas - cross fertilisation
Challenges for the ESS:
The geographical – statistical divide
Cooperation in the ESS – ESS-NMAs
Creation of an effective information infrastructure
Methodological issues
Accessibility and interoperability issues
Georeferentiation at the core of the production process

6. A vision for geostatistics: an action plan
Define priorities
Define the appropriate degree of harmonisation and the appropriate instruments
Projects to support and demonstrate the vision
Foster the links between NSIs and NMAs, develop/integrate MSs and EU location strategies
INSPIRE statistical component
Awareness raising, training
The global dimension, GGIM

7. A vision for geostatistics: first steps
GISCO Working Group 8-9 March 2012
Workshop on the combination of geospatial information and statistics, May 2012
Call for proposals on "Merging statistics and geospatial information in Member States", May-July 2012
Paper to DGINS 2012
ESSC 2013

8. Grants on "Merging statistics and geospatial information in Member States"
Objectives:
Improving the integration geo-information and georeference into the statistical production process
Illustrating how linking geo- and statistical information provides additional value and creates new information
Designing innovative web applications to show the spatial distribution of statistics

9. 11 proposals submitted, 8 selected for funding
Grants on "Merging statistics and geospatial information in Member States"
11 proposals submitted, 8 selected for funding
Wide range of proposed actions and mobilised resources, in line with the call for proposals
Web applications, data dissemination
Use of standard web services for linking statistical and geographic information (TJS)
Census georeferentiation, data collection and use
Start late 2012/January 2013; duration 6 to 24 M
New call for proposals in 2013

10. INSPIRE
Regulation on Annex II and III data specifications finalized, committee vote early 2013
Draft guidelines for all themes already available
Population distribution – demography
Statistical units
Utiity and governmental services
Environmental monitoring facilities
Production and industrial facilities
Agricultural and aquaculture facilities
Energy resources …

12. INSPIRE use cases

13. Statistical, administrative, functional areas

14. The GEOSTAT action – representing the 2011 Census on a 1km² grid
Long tradition for population grids in Scandinavian countries (since '70s)
The European Forum for Geostatistics
1998, 32 countries, voluntary cooperation, annual conferences, promotion of geocoded statistics
In 2004 the JRC released an estimated population density grid for Europe
In 2009 the EFGS produced a hybrid version with register data for a number of countries
2010 launch of the GEOSTAT project

15. The GEOSTAT action: three stages
GEOSTAT 1A: the foundations
User requirements
Methods
Guidelines
Network of experts
GEOSTAT 1B:
Test
Document
Convince
GEOSTAT 2: the census grid dataset
Already available

16. The GEOSTAT action: issues and challenges
Getting more than population
Confidentiality management (harmonisation)
Update and sustainability
Business model
Getting geocoding into the mainstream of statistics
Improve disaggregation
New sources of information (enumeration areas, …)
Input from Academia
Application of geostatistics
Data integration

17. http://epp. eurostat. ec. europa. eu/statistics_explained/index

18. Conclusions Integrated, streamlined collection and flow of information
The early in the production process, the most effective and less costly
Geostatistics and spatial analysis
Detailed input can be aggregated at the appropriate degree of generalization
Appropriate implementation of restrictions on disclosure of confidential data is possible
Collect/Report once, use many