1. EU-TTWA method: improvements, documentation and sharing knowledge activities
Luisa Franconi and Sandro Cruciani
Eurostat, Luxembourg, 28 June 2017
Istat, Directorate for Territorial and Environmental Statistics
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2. Activities and initiatives carried out Future actions Conclusions
Plan
Aims of the Grant
Activities and initiatives carried out
Future actions
Conclusions
Final meeting: Eurostat 28 Junel 2017

3. Aims of the Italian participation to Eurostat Grant
Istat aims for this grant are:
- Short-term aims
Further improve the products already delivered to the Expert group on LMA harmonisation;
Share experiences in the development of LMAs;
- Medium-term aims
Build a group of experts in the area of LMA development in order to increase the knowledge and improve advances.
Kick off meeting: Eurostat 5 April 2016

4. Task 3: to foster knowledge transfer by cooperation
Aims and Tasks
Aim: to make available methodologies and tools to facilitate the development of LMAs among EU countries.
Task 1: to systematise, improve and make available the methodological work carried out within Eurostat Task Force;
Task 2: to create an efficient tool for LMA development coupled with its documentation to be distributed freely
Task 3: to foster knowledge transfer by cooperation
Task 4: to build sustainable capacity.
Final meeting: Eurostat 28 Junel 2017

5. The Deliverable: Description of EU-TTWA methodology has been released.
Systematise and improve methodology experiences
Task 1:
The Deliverable: Description of EU-TTWA methodology has been released.
The detailed report is freely available at
Final meeting: Eurostat 28 Junel 2017

6. https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=LabourMarketAreas
Create an efficient tool
Task 2:
The package LabourMarketAreas v.3 is available in the R repository, Cran:
It covers the whole process of LMA delineation and dissemination
It is open source: it is modifiable and re-usable by all;
Complete documentation of all functions.
Final meeting: Eurostat 28 Junel 2017

7. Evolution of the tool 2013 2014 2016 2017 TF Grant
package LabourMarketAreas
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
SLL
script
v 1.0
v 2.0
v 3.0 +
speed +
speed
utilities
stats
Java script
script +
labelling storage +
utilities
fine tuning
visualisation
stats

8. We have released tools:
IT tools
Task 2:
We have released tools:
to identify Industrial Districts. (Istat web page and Cros portal)
to develop small area estimation of unemployment at LMA level
Proof of Concept for a web application to disseminate statistics at LMA level starting from data at municipality level (presentation at the workshop in Rome)
Final meeting: Eurostat 28 Junel 2017

9. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/cros/content/labour-market-areas_en
Foster knowledge exchange and best practice
Task 3:
Foster knowledge exchange and best practices: three meetings have been organized (Nuremberg, June 2016, Paris January 2017 and Rome June 2017): all material available on Cros portal
The first draft of the Guidelines for LMA delineation has been developed and released for comments 15 June 2017.
Final meeting: Eurostat 28 Junel 2017

10. Building sustainable capacity: Training course in Rome.
Build sustainable capacity
Task 4:
Building sustainable capacity: Training course in Rome.
All material is available on Cros portal
Final meeting: Eurostat 28 Junel 2017

11. Uploaded all material on Cros portal
Dissemination
Task 5:
Set up a Web page in our Institutional Web site;
a service address has been created for all request related to this area:
Uploaded all material on Cros portal
Participation to Scorus Conference: Lisbon 2016
Paper in Special Issue of SJIAOS forthcoming
Final meeting: Eurostat 28 Junel 2017

12. We look forward to starting new cooperation activities
Experience made so far has been extremely positive:
A lot of work done
A lot of cooperation
A lot of motivation
Question: to export this experience in other MSs we need to show utility of LMAs and generate interest in the creation of this geography
We look forward to starting new cooperation activities
Final meeting: Eurostat 28 Junel 2017

13. Thank you - Grazie lma_it@istat.it
For more information please contact:
Final meeting: Eurostat 28 Junel 2017