1. Urban Audit 3 State of play
Teodora Brandmüller
Eurostat

2. Overview of starting datesBE
12 Dec 2006 HU
01 Aug 2006 BG
01 Jul 2007 NL DK
01 Jun 2006 AT
01 Dec 2006 DE
01 May 2006 PL
22 Dec 2006 EE PT
14 Dec 2006 GR
13 Apr 2006 RO
01 Jan 2007 ES
01 Jul 2006 SI
11 Dec 2006 FR SK
14 Aug 2006 IT
30 Jun 2006
FIN CY
05 Dec 2006 SE LV
21 Dec 2006 UK
19 Jun 2006 LT
13 Dec 2006 HR
01 Mar 2007 LU

3. Time-frame of the project
Key tasks
Deadline
Starting date of project t
Classify the complete list of variables on the basis of availability and transmit the conclusions to Eurostat
t + 2 months
Compile data (category A and B) and transmit to Eurostat
t + 9 months
Compile data for the Large City Audit and transmit to Eurostat
Transmit maps on the spatial units in the Urban Audit
t + 6 months
Participate in the quality control of variables and indicators
t + 12 months
Write and transmit an operational final report to Eurostat
t + 18 months

4. Data availability for core cities countries starting data collection 6 months ago

5. Data availability for core cities countries starting data collection 3 months ago

6. Data availability for core cities per domain

7. Classification of variables for UA 3 – city level

8. Classification of variables for UA 3 – SCD level

9. Increased geographical coverage
63 new UA cities in EU UA cities in EU25
14 UA cities in RO
7 UA cities in BG
5 new UA cities in HR
9 new UA cities in CH
6 new UA cities in NO
26 cities in TR (?) - no funding available yet

10. The LUZ in UA 3 For 70 LUZ a new delimitation was defined
8 GR, 17 ES, 27 IT, 10 NL, 3 SE, 1 UK, 1 LU, 3 IE
8 cities have no LUZ
Occurs in CZ, FR, NL, DE, PL, UK

11. Large City Audit 222 LCA cities in the EU25
Involves all “non-Urban Audit cities” with more than 100 000 inhabitants in the EU
Data should be supplied for 53 variables at the core city level for the reference years 2001 and 2004
No maps required

12. Changes in the variables
The basic idea was to deviate as little as possible from the concepts used in the 2003/2004 data collection
Why did we need to change the variable list?
improve comparability
Increase data availability
enhance quality
new policy needs

13. Changes in the variables

14. F.A.Q. For new variables data for 2001 and 2004 should be sent
For new spatial units (new cities; revised LUZs; new Kernels; new SCDs) data for 2001 and 2004 should be sent
For DE2005V and DE2006V the concept of EU25 should be used also for 2001!
Data collected centrally will be sent out for comments to NUACs

15. Common errors in data transmission
No 1000 separator please!
Always include header line in Excel sheet
Data starts with second line
Keep the order of the columns
Footnotes no longer than 256 characters
Footnotes in English only
No special characters (é, ä, å ..)
Code for national data = CC
(for example LU)
IT2001V: not “yes” or “no”, but 1 or 0

16. Thanks for listening