Organising co-operation Comparison across cities – the example of German co-operation Organising co-operation Most large German cities have their own department for statistics and urban research to support urban planning. KOSIS-Verbund – established in 1981 – is an open association of more than 100 European, mainly German municipalities and public institutions promoting the municipal statistical information system. Cities and other public institutions co-operate in self-governing sub-groups to develop statistical tools and organise urban data collections. The KOSIS association for the Urban Audit is one of them.  http://www.statistik.nuernberg.de/urban-audit

Urban Audit data collection In Germany, half the city data to be collected and all sub-city data are provided by the cities or estimated by them from state statistics. The Urban Audit is organised by the KOSIS association of UA cities, in co-operation with Federal and State statistics. Comparison across cities – the example of German co-operation

Co-operative analysis of the UA with “Dashboard” *) Comparison across cities – the example of German co-operation Co-operative analysis of the UA with “Dashboard” *) - 1 - *) European Statistical Laboratory of the Commission’s Joint Research Centre JRC Comparison between cities

Co-operative analysis of the UA with “Dashboard” *) Comparison across cities – the example of German co-operation Co-operative analysis of the UA with “Dashboard” *) -2- Comparing aspects of one city *) European Statistical Laboratory of the Commission’s Joint Research Centre JRC

German cities’ long tradition in perception surveys Comparison across cities – the example of German co-operation German cities’ long tradition in perception surveys Number of German UA-cities recently asking citizens about their perception of Source: Difu – German Institute for Urban Affairs

“Coordinated perception survey on the quality of life in DE cities” Comparison across cities – the example of German co-operation “Coordinated perception survey on the quality of life in DE cities” Initiated by the KOSIS association of Urban Audit cities Managed by a sub-group of VDSt, the association of German municipal statisticians, chair of the sub-group: Ulrike Schoenfeld-Nastoll, Oberhausen Involving 15 cities not included in the EU sample Conducted by IFAK institute at the same time (Nov.-Dec.2006) as the survey of the EU, with the same questions, same method (telephone interviews), sample size 500 - 1200 per city DG Regio and the German cities group agreed to exchange the data for combined comparisons. The cities can make their own analyses, in addition to common evaluations. Repeated attempts to encourage similar projects in other countries remained without success, so far.

This is a clean city (mean) Comparison across cities – the example of German co-operation Cleanliness & satisfaction to live in this city – „Co-ordinated perception survey“ Koblenz Stuttgart Wiesbaden Darmstadt Freiburg Heidelberg Nürnberg Dresden Köln Bremen Konstanz Braunschweig Oberhausen Frankfurt am Main Saarbrücken 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.8 2 2.2 2.4 2.6 2.8 (mean) quality of life Fitted values r= .664 Strongly disagree Satisfaction to live in this city (mean) Strongly agree This is a clean city (mean) Source: Stefanie Neurauter, Anke Schöb, Ulrike Schönfeld-Nastoll – presentation in Gera 2007

Comparison across cities – the example of German co-operation Green space area per capita and citizens‘ satisfaction – UA data and “Co-ordinated perception survey“ Green space area per capita Proportion “very satisfied” Source: Stefanie Neurauter, Anke Schöb, Ulrike Schönfeld-Nastoll – presentation in Gera 2007

Comparison across cities – the example of German co-operation 450.000 - 1.000.000 180.000 - 300.000 80.000 - 150.000 27,2 31,3 40,8 29,5 31,9 49,4 34,7 41,8 37,0 60,2 45,8 35,5 60,3 49,0 45,5 0% 25% 50% 75% Konstanz Koblenz Darmstadt Heidelberg Saarbruecken Freiburg Oberhausen Braunschweig Wiesbaden Dresden Nuernberg Bremen Stuttgart Frankfurt Koeln Anteil sehr zufrieden Satisfaction with cultural facilities – “Coordinated perception survey” Size of city % very satisfied Source: Stefanie Neurauter, Anke Schöb, Ulrike Schönfeld-Nastoll – presentation in Gera 2007

Comparison across cities – the example of German co-operation Conclusions Nothing can generate awareness for necessary actions better than a demonstration of strengths and weaknesses by comparison. Co-operation creates comparability and can lead to even more effective surveys. “I feel safe / rather safe” Source: Bureau for Statistics and Urban Research “Living in Nuremberg” 2005

Thank you for listening! …any questions? Comparison across cities – the example of German co-operation Thank you for listening! …any questions? For further information please visit the German Urban Audit cities website: http://www.statistik.nuernberg.de/urban-audit or send an e-mail to Klaus Trutzel via kum.trutzel@t-online.de