Cities' report Teodora Brandmuller WG on Regional, Urban and Rural Development statistics – 2014 October

Eurostat Flagship publications Smarter, greener, more inclusive? Sustainable development Youth (in 2014) Population (in 2015) Smarter, greener, more inclusive? — Indicators to support the Europe 2020 strategy is the first of a new type of Eurostat flagship publication providing statistical analyses related to important European Commission policy frameworks or economic, social or environmental phenomena. October 2014

2016: Cities in Europe emphasise the richness of the statistical information highlight the importance of city statistics in relation to EU urban development policies present data and analysis in an interesting way addresses themes highly relevant for the general public and the political developments, in particular covering the priorities of the new Commission October 2014

Geographical coverage Urban region (by urban/rural typology) Metro region City (functional urban areas and greater cities) Cities (by degree of urbanisation) All Member States, Candidate and EFTA countries October 2014

Thematic scope Urbanisation Demography Economic development Labour market Quality of life in cities Environmental issues Transport etc October 2014

Concept Complimentary the State of European Cities report (UN Habitat and DG REGIO) Part of a bigger portfolio including the flexible dashboards (City Statistics Illustrated), the Statistical Atlas and the dedicated websites (City statistics, Metro regions, etc.) October 2014

Indicative timetable January-February 2015 Set up steering committee Bilateral meetings with production units in order to build a repository of existing data and analysis March- April 2015 Elaborate the preliminary table of contents May-July 2015 Agree on the chapters of the publication and on the broad content to be included August- November 2015 Drafting December 2015 Layouting January 2016 Virtual publication available in Statistics Explained February 2016 Printed publication available

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