« Social Statistics Department / Territorial Statistics Unit major developments « «

Major developments « ISDR – a Regional Development Composite Indicator for Portugal The overall development in each region results from the performance regarding three components: competitiveness, cohesion and environmental quality. Annual results for 2004-2007 were released last April. The study was included in the current activities of Statistics Portugal and will be produced annually. Urban Audit The Identification of variables and compilation of variables for the Annual Urban Audit) were sent to Eurostat For this new Urban Audit round Portugal has a new NUAC: Ms. Elsa Soares (elsa.soares@ine.pt) «

« Major developments Functional Urban Regions / Labour Market Areas Data for the New Portuguese Urban-Rural Typology Preparation of demography data for the new Urban, Rural and Median Urban areas (build upon LAU 2). Data will be disseminated in Statistics Portugal Portal | Database Functional Urban Regions / Labour Market Areas Approach and results for Portuguese FUR were presented and discussed in Statistical Council Territorial Base Standing Section (SPEBT-CSE). «