LUCAS 2015 Process intermediate report Item 4.2 WG LC/LU 2015.05.11-12 Bech building, Quetelet Alessandra Palmieri (ESTAT.E4)

Generic Statistical Business Process Model

LUCAS 2015 Strenght: Lucas 2015 273400 points Short Term Strategy on Land Cover /Use approved by ESSC  Funded by DGs [AGRI, CLIMA, ENTR, ENV (88%)] and ESTAT Budget available over 2 years Tender split in 7 LOTS and 2 Actions each (5 reports: 2 FR +3 IR for each LOT) 28 MS  27 + HR [ IPA] 270.000 + 3533 26900 Top-Soil [multi-purpose in situ data collection platform] LUCAS soil in Switzerland and Balkan (JRC) Strenght: Lucas 2015 273400 points 177415 = 64.9% panel 3 183333 = 67.1% ∩ 2015/2009 228461 = 83.6% ∩ 2015/2012 Ps: 184641 ∩ 2009/2012 Experience from previous LUCAS still fresh 75% the same team in Eurostat as in 2012. [50% carried out already 2 campaigns] Experienced companies as contractors as in 2012. 1.5 year in preparation [from tender specifications to documentation]

Experience from 2012 Instructions and classification: clarification and improvement [a neverending process but grey areas are decreasing] Timelines of consolidated data set Eurostat got the final data set 3 months later than in 2009 LUCAS more and more popular Expectation from the users for land cover/use change Soil Landlords' attitude (?) When a change is a real change?

Points per lot [FW contractors] HR – 3.533

Relation between LOTs Figure 1 - Schematic relations between the lots.

Data collection Similar to previous campaigns Land cover Land use Water management INSPIRE PLCC (new) Soil (in 10% of points for all participating countries) Transect Photos

Improvements Sample strategy Updated documentation Alignment with INSPIRE Improvements in the Data Management Tool Reengineering of the database Clear listing of controls (not hard-coded) Centralized database Additional tools for quality control

Collected information - Core data: LC

Collected information - Core data: LU

LUCAS 2012 – Refused access to points due to aggressive/angry/drunk/insulting landowner * Cases recorded by surveyor in specific remark in DMT

Mitigation actions for the security of the surveyors and the success of the survey Companies contact local association Accreditation letters for the surveyors Specific cards w/ photo Clear instructions: to talk to landlords not to damage any crops or property take the contacts to give feedback to landowners interested in the results of soil analysis Recommandation letter from National Authorities [50%]

Measures to ensure quality PREPARATION Common documentation and instructions for all surveyors, Common “Frequently Asked Questions and Answers” document, Standardised and automated Data Management Tool (DMT), Common training for all the Survey Managers. DATA PRODUCTION PROCESS Follow-up visit to each country by a team of experts, Internal quality check, Independent data quality control Eurostat quality control [Second independent External validation]

Survey status Action 1 Action 2 Finished Ongoing Not Started

Survey status Survey not started Points allocated Survey started Points controlled 5.689 points surveyed on 2015.05.08 (2%)

Survey management dash-board: 2015.05.08 In 2015, thanks to the central database, it is possible to have a near-real time image of the survey progress Near-real time image of survey progress

points per country available for viewing DMT viewer Points per country available for viewing

DMT MAP Points, pictures, tracks and data immediately visible Points, pictures, tracks and data are immediately visible on DMT map allowing for a quick feedback to the surveyor in case of need

Example of Ground Document

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