Recent developments in Eurostat publications Ulrich Wieland, Unit B6 - Dissemination

Overview Publication strategy Publications programme 2009 Multilinguism Style guide XML publishing Some figures on Eurostat publications 17 Nov 2008 - Eurostat publications: new developments – page 2 of 15

Publications strategy Priority for electronic publications Printed statistical books limited to 5-6 flagship publications Strong support for Statistics in Focus and Pocketbooks 17 Nov 2008 - Eurostat publications: new developments – page 3 of 15

Publications programme 2009 Number of planned titles by collection In addition about 120 Statistics in Focus, 30 Data in Focus and 30 Methodologies and working papers. 17 Nov 2008 - Eurostat publications: new developments – page 4 of 15

Major 2009 publications Eurostat yearbook 2009 (EN, FR, DE) Eurostat regional yearbook 2009 (EN, FR, DE) Measuring progress towards a more sustainable Europe European economic statistics, 2009 edition Environment statistics – Environmental accounts Taxation trends in the EU (co-publication with DG TAXUD) The social situation in the European Union 2009 (co-publication with DG EMPL) Eurostat pocketbook 2009 (EN, FR, DE) Climate Change Statistics - An overview 17 Nov 2008 - Eurostat publications: new developments – page 5 of 15

Quarterly and monthly publications Eurostatistics (monthly, pdf only from 2009 on) Economic Pocketbook (quarterly) Quarterly Panorama on European Business Statistics 17 Nov 2008 - Eurostat publications: new developments – page 6 of 15

Multilinguism Multiple language versions (DE/EN/FR) limited to Eurostat yearbook (statistical book) Regional yearbook (statistical book) Key figures on Europe (pocketbook) Press releases Review of this strategy is planned for 2009 on the basis of a detailed analysis 17 Nov 2008 - Eurostat publications: new developments – page 7 of 15

Style guide Available since spring 2008 and used for all new publications Further work will be done on the harmonisation of graphs and tables and on an adaptation for Statistic in Focus and Methodologies and Working Papers 17 Nov 2008 - Eurostat publications: new developments – page 8 of 15

XML publishing pilot Content management system simplifying the production of regular publications Pilot: pocketbook Key figures on Europe Prototype by 12/2008 17 Nov 2008 - Eurostat publications: new developments – page 9 of 15

Sales and downloads of selected statistical books 17 Nov 2008 - Eurostat publications: new developments – page 10 of 15

Downloads of selected pocketbooks 17 Nov 2008 - Eurostat publications: new developments – page 11 of 15

Thank you for your attention 17 Nov 2008 - Eurostat publications: new developments – page 12 of 15