Recent Developments in Regional Accounts Andreas Krüger Eurostat C-2 27. Sept. 2010 13-Jul-07

Structure of the Presentation Data collection New indicators Quality assurance of regional GVA Task Force Methodology in Regional Accounts Data Transmission Programme of new ESA 2 / 8 Name of the presentation

Data Collection: Member States Table 1200 almost complete Table 1000: EMPL in hours worked available for most of the MS, but time series still relatively short GFCF becomes a problem, some NSIs are 3 and more years behind. Urgent improvement required. Further small historical data gaps 3 / 8 Name of the presentation

Data Collection: Candidate Countries Croatia makes steady progress GVA and EMPL available since 2000 HH accounts now urgent FYROM: Catches up GVA and Total Employment available for 2000-07 Most urgent: Employees and household accounts Turkey: Further progress necessary GVA 2004-2006, i.e. at T + 36, but T +24 required Most urgent: GVA at level 3, EMPL in persons 4 / 8 Name of the presentation

New Indicators Growth rates at NUTS level 2 Dispersion of regional GDP Switch to GVA growth 12 NSIs (incl. DE at NUTS 1) estimate themselves Key element of new ESA data transmission programme Dispersion of regional GDP Available at NUTS level 2 and 3 Time series 1995-2007 Dispersion of regional household income Test calculations postponed until resources available 5 / 8 Name of the presentation

Quality assurance of regional GVA Objective: Ensure quality of the 2012 dataset Inventory assessment questionnaire: Regional GVA Regional population Outdated Inventories to be updated Country missions where appropriate, between 2010Q4 and 2011 Q3 Follow-up of missions 6 / 8 Name of the presentation

TF Methodology of Regional Accounts All documents and inventories available on CIRCA Final report ready for WG approval Implementation of new Extra-Regio method expected for 2011 Tender for methodological manual ongoing, work should begin still in 2010 7 / 8 Name of the presentation

Data Transmission Programme of new ESA Main Objectives: Acceleration of Regional GDP Release by 12 months Very few new variables Main changes compared to ESA95: Total GVA by NUTS 2 at T + 12 months New Indicators: GVA volume growth rates at NUTS level 2 Selected items of general government expenditure at NUTS 2 Regional population at NUTS 3 Voluntary: Final consumption expenditure of private households at NUTS 2 8 / 8 Name of the presentation

Thank you for your attention 13-Jul-07