Degree of urbanisation Item 7.3 of the agenda Gorja Bartsch Eurostat Unit E4 WG on Regional, Urban and Rural Development statistics – October 2015

Overview Dissemination activities Update of the classification Next steps Questions

1. Dissemination activities Online datasets by DEGURBA expanded (now 101) Educational attainment, lifelong learning (12) Living conditions and welfare (21) Labour market (5) Tourism (2) Information Society (61) New terminology implemented Cities, towns and suburbs, rural areas Data visualisations Dedicated website Statistical Atlas

http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistical-atlas/gis/viewer/

2. Update of the classification 2015 Update based on Population grid 2011 (previous DEGURBA: 2006) LAU boundaries 2014 (EBM version 9) Methodology itself has not changed Refinements necessary Eurostat validation on-going Member States asked check and provide feedback Updated DEGURBA sent on 6 October Reply by 13 November to ESTAT-REGIO@ec.europa.eu

3. Next steps Eurostat will analyse the changes and comments from Member States Refinements will be applied if necessary Updated DEGURBA to be disseminated by Eurostat After agreement with Member States Data for first reference year to be flagged as "break in time series"

4. Questions When and how are updates of DEGURBA applied in Member States? Updates based on new population data Annual LAU updates How to ensure a uniform application of the DEGURBA across domains? How could the process be improved?

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