Working Party on Urban Statistics Luxembourg, 9th-10th December 1999 EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL REGIONAL POLICY Formulation of regional policies Coordination of Community initiatives, urban issues and the Urban Initiative, coordination of measures under Article 10 of the ERDF Regulation Working Party on Urban Statistics Luxembourg, 9th-10th December 1999 The Urban Audit, Next Steps Mireille Grubert g/mgr/exposes/LuxNext9et101299

Evaluating the Results Comments of all interested parties (cities, specialists, researchers, NSIs). Compare with other studies. Meeting with cities: the Audit Day.

Follow up Choice of cities, Selection of indicators, Methodology to be adopted.

Cities Paris and London, Cities next in size to those previously selected, Small and medium size cities, Regional capitals, Peripheral cities.

Indicators Present indicators to be kept. Gaps: not yet collected, difficult access, the city does not wish to publish.

Work organisation Unlikely to continue autonomously. The Urban Audit Manual. Need for harmonisation of the processing. Roles in the future: DG REGIO, Eurostat.