State of play of labour market and other domains of regional statistics Items 4.2 and 4.3 of the agenda Gorja Bartsch Eurostat Unit E4

Working Party on Regional Statistics and Rural Development Content Labour Market Demography Tourism Environment Regional metadata Working Party on Regional Statistics and Rural Development 30/09-01/10 2013

1. Labour Market

Working Party on Regional Statistics and Rural Development 1. Labour Market NUTS 2 Annual EU-LFS data published on 22 May Punctuality improved by 6 weeks High policy and media interest in unemployment figures Unemployment rate (15-24y) key indicator for Youth Employment Initiative Statistics in Focus on regional dimension of youth unemployment to be published soon Working Party on Regional Statistics and Rural Development 30/09-01/10 2013

Working Party on Regional Statistics and Rural Development Youth Employment Initiative: eligible NUTS 2 regions (orange) Youth unemployment rate (%), 2012 Working Party on Regional Statistics and Rural Development 30/09-01/10 2013

Working Party on Regional Statistics and Rural Development 1. Labour Market cont. NUTS 3 data for regional typologies 2012 data for metro regions and urban-rural typology published this week Based on NUTS 3 data sent by MS and LFS unit NUTS 3 data collection further streamlined 14 MS (2012: 6) have given their consent to E4 to use LFS data provided by F3 No need for separate transmission via eDamis 9 MS used eDamis to transmit data, of which 4 do not provide NUTS 3 code in LFS data Working Party on Regional Statistics and Rural Development 30/09-01/10 2013

Working Party on Regional Statistics and Rural Development 1. Labour Market cont. Update on Task Force New Task Force on Precision Requirements set up by LFS unit Distributional requirements at NUTS 2/3? Results expected in 2014, will feed into discussion on streamlined social surveys Proposed Task Force on Small Area Estimates postponed to take advantage of other TF's results Working Party will be informed about the next steps Working Party on Regional Statistics and Rural Development 30/09-01/10 2013

2. Demography

Working Party on Regional Statistics and Rural Development 2. Demography 2013 Regional Demographic Data Collection to be launched in November No changes in content Deadline for data transmissions: 15/12/2013 Dissemination by Eurostat in March 2014 Impact of census results Revised population post-census 2011 estimates at regional level to be transmitted by 15/12/2014 Time series to be revised depend on census method and situation in MS Working Party on Regional Statistics and Rural Development 30/09-01/10 2013

Working Party on Regional Statistics and Rural Development 2. Demography cont. Demography Regulation Adoption expected by end of 2013 Entry into force for the 2014 data collection Main consequences for regional data collection: REGIONAL demographic collection to be merged with JOINT demographic and annual migration data collections Data transmission extended to end of December, improving consistency between regional and national level More harmonised definition of usual residence More detailed age groups at NUTS 3 level Working Party on Regional Statistics and Rural Development 30/09-01/10 2013

3. Tourism

Working Party on Regional Statistics and Rural Development 3. Tourism New legal base: Regulation 692/2011 First reference year 2012 Supply side data (accommodation statistics) by NUTS 2 regions Capacity (e.g. number of beds), occupancy (e.g. number of nights spent) Breakdown by type of accommodation Two types of locality at NUTS 2 level Degree of urbanisation Location close to the sea: coastal area Working Party on Regional Statistics and Rural Development 30/09-01/10 2013

3. Tourism cont. Definition of coastal / non-coastal areas NUTS 2/3 level insufficient to analyse coastal tourism Specific methodology to define coastal areas Municipalities (LAU2) bordering the sea or having 50% of their surface within 10 km from the sea 12% of all municipalities are coastal areas More information and correspondence tables Methodological Manual (pp. 78-89) http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_OFFPUB/KS-RA-11- 021/EN/KS-RA-11-021-EN.PDF

Share of nights spent at tourist accommodation establishments, by coastal and non-coastal area, 2012 (%) Note: No data available for IE, EL and UK.

4. Environment

Working Party on Regional Statistics and Rural Development 4. Environment Coverage Around 150 variables for NUTS 2 and River Basins, covering several domains Regional Environmental Questionnaire 2012 Good overall response rate, mixed quality/coverage Delays in data transmission for some MS, 3 MS did not participate First data for 2011 to be released in Oct/Nov 2013 Methodology and quality should be further improved Working Party on Regional Statistics and Rural Development 30/09-01/10 2013

Please also see the overview table of all regional data collections

Working Party on Regional Statistics and Rural Development 5. Regional Metadata E4 and B5 continue to promote harmonised treatment of regional metadata Guidelines provided to Eurostat thematic units ESMS files should have headings referring to "Regional data" Good examples: Tourism, Demography http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_SDDS/en/tour_occ_esms.htm http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_SDDS/en/demoreg_esms.htm Working Party on Regional Statistics and Rural Development 30/09-01/10 2013

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Thank you for your attention! More information http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/region_cities/introduction Contact: ESTAT-REGIO@ec.europa.eu Working Party on Regional Statistics and Rural Development 30/09-01/10 2013