1. Local Territorial Units: classification and data
A Project of the Phare 2000 Multybeneficiary Programme
Contractor: ICON Institute
Project Manager: Klaus Trutzel
with Experts: D. Bond, P. Martin-Guzman, W. Walla
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2. Phare 2000 - Local Territorial Units: classification and data
Objectives of the project
Ø to provide Eurostat with an updated nomenclature database on LTUs for all accession countries
Ø to help prepare a flow of reliable information to Eurostat from all 10 accession countries on changes of nomenclature and boundaries for NUTS5 units
Ø to collect a defined set of census results of 1990/91 for all NUTS5 units and integrate them into Eurostat’s SIRE database after verification
Ø to collect a defined set of census results of 1990/91 for NUTS units and the national level and integrate them into Eurostat’s Census database after verification.
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3. Phare 2000 - Local Territorial Units: classification and data
Basic documents
1990/1991Community Programme of Censuses of Population, “31200 Census Publication”,
Eurostat SIRE, European infra-regional information system, description of the SIRE data, August 1998
Technical Annex: Acquisition and updating of nomenclature for NUTS 5 territorial units
Statistical regions in the EFTA countries and the candidate countries, Eurostat, Theme 1, General Statistics, 2001 Edition
Commission of the European Communities, Eurostat, Boundaries Project, Final Report, November 1994 (BOU03), and Supplement: New Member States, March 1996
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4. Phare 2000 - Local Territorial Units: classification and data
Workshop in Nürnberg, Germany, May 2002
Agenda
Communication and sources of information
The missions
Boundary changes and „BOUndary report“
NUTS classification and nomenclature changes
National administrative units and NUTS classification in the CC
CONC/MODA
Census Data, mainly for NUTS 5 and NUTS 3
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Missions
Pilot mission, before the workshop, to the Chech Republic in May 2002
a mission to each of the 10 Accession Countries, July – Dec. 2002
Derek Bond: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania
Pilar Martin-Guzman: Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania
Klaus Trutzel: Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia
Wolfgang Walla: Slovenia
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Missions continued
All NSI answered a list of questions to prepare the mission
Agenda of the missions
Organisation and scope of activities of the NSI
the 1989/91 census regarding the data for LTU, NUTS 3 and national level requested by Eurostat
administrative territorial structure of the country, data flow of change information, management of nomenclature by NSI
boundary report: contact geodesy, cartography and mapping agency
training of CONC/MODA, Eurostat‘s format for all changes of names and codes of NUTS 5 and NUTS 4 units.
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Census tables 1989/91
65 tables in prescribed structure
NUTS5: Community Programme = 1 table  SIRE=12 tables
NUTS3: Community Programme = 1 table  Census DB=15+m,f,t
National: Community Programme= 27 tbls. Census DB=38 tables
Territorial Structure of 1989/91
Classifications
ISCED, NACE, ownership of dwellings, nationality, unemploym.
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8. Territorial Units in the Accession Countries
Phare Local Territorial Units: classification and data
Territorial Units in the Accession Countries
(lowest admin. level underlined)
Accession Countries
(Mio. population)
Number of national levels
Number of units on NUTS level (2001)
0+1 2 3 4 5
Bulgaria ( 8,1) 1 6 28
265
5340
Czech Republic (10,3) 8 14 91
6258
Estonia ( 1,4) 15
241
Hungary (10,0) 7
19+Bud
150
3135
Latvia ( 2,4) 33
548
Lithuania ( 3,7) 10 60
504
Poland (38,7) 16 45
380
2483
Romania (22,4) 42 --
2948
Slovak Republ. ( 5,4) 79
2883
Rep.of Slovenia ( 2,0) 12 58
192
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Municipal Codes in the Accession Countries
Accession Countries
(Mio. population)
Number of national levels
independent
hierarchical
Bulgaria ( 8,1) 3
(settlem. NUTS 5)
X (=NUTS 4)
Czech Republic (10,3) X
Estonia ( 1,4) 2
X (inverse)
Hungary (10,0)
Latvia ( 2,4)
Lithuania ( 3,7)
Poland (38,7)
Romania (22,4)
Slovak Republ. ( 5,4)
Rep.of Slovenia ( 2,0)
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10. Municipal codes for more than identification / hierarchy
Phare Local Territorial Units: classification and data
Municipal codes for more than identification / hierarchy
Accession Countries
number of administr. levels
Yes / no
number of extra digits
comment
Bulgaria 3 no
(2)
only for type of settlement
Czech Republic -
Estonia 2
yes
type/level of unit
Hungary
Latvia
Lithuania
Poland
1.=level, 10.= type of settlm.
Romania 1
control digit
Slovak Republ.
Rep.of Slovenia
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11. Codification Code: SK0
Source: Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic

12. Codification Code: SK01, SK02, SK03, SK04 National code:1, 2, 3, 4
Source: Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic

13. Codification Code: SK01 (1), SK021, SK022, SK023, SK031, SK032, SK041, SK042 National code:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Source: Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic

14. Codification In the Slovak Republic there are 79 districts
Codification In the Slovak Republic there are 79 districts. Nomenclature of districts is formed by three digit code with the region number as the first one.
Source: Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic

15. Codification In the Slovak Republic there are 79 districts
Codification In the Slovak Republic there are 79 districts. Nomenclature of districts is formed by three digit code with the region number as the first one.
Source: Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic

16. Codification In the Slovak Republic there are 2883 municipalities
Codification In the Slovak Republic there are 2883 municipalities. Nomenclature of municipalities of the Slovak Republic is formed by identification numbers within interval
Source: Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic

17. Change on the level NUTS 3 in 1996 4  8
before 1996
since 1996
Source: Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic

18. Change on the level NUTS4 in 1996 37+1  79
before 1996
since 1996
Source: Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic

19. Change on the level NUTS5 in 1996 2821  2883
before 1996
since 1996
Source: Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic

20. Changes of municipal nomenclature and territory
Phare Local Territorial Units: classification and data
Changes of municipal nomenclature and territory
Eurostat‘s CONC/MODA
Information requested (varies by type of change): - Date of change - Type of change: nomenclature/territorial change (add/delete) - Name before and after change - Code before and after change, linked for territorial changes - Nomenclature of superior territorial units affected by the change
Problems:  Information to be spread over two different records  System hard to understand – not self-explaining  no information on volume of change (territory, population etc.) that has been transferred
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Census 1989/91: Territorial comparability
Territorial administrative structure (often also the coding system) has changed several times since the 1989/1 census.
Eurostat cannot make the Census results comparable.
Digital maps of administrative boundaries would have been very valuable.
The NSI were not asked to recalculate the 1989/91census results for the territorial structure of 2001.
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Boundary Reports
Land surveying, cadastre and mapping agencies (LSO) are responsible for administrative boundaries.
Digital maps have only recently become available, first as simple graphical representations, now mostly referenced for combination with content data.
National LSO are affiliated to EuroGeographics. This organisation provides SABE maps on a strictly commercial basis.
NSI don‘t have free access to the basic digital maps of administrative boundaries.
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Administrative Trail
Ministry of the Interior publishes information on changes of municipal nomenclature and territory.
LSO updates municipal boundaries and calculates new area.
NSI issues official code.
All parts of public administration are obliged to use this code.
LSOs have, nevertheless, used their own codes, also in SABE maps.
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Recommendations to CC
Keep the national codes simple.
Minimise changes of the national codes  don‘t integrate functions into the codes that are not necessary for identification.
Don‘t integrate NUTS codes into national codes.
Construct coding system close to the needs of public administration.
Establish closest possible co-operation between LSO and NSI: Users of information should get (compatible!) boundaries, codes and statistics from one supplier.
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Recommendations to Eurostat
Data requested from NSI should be defined as „identified classified aggregates“,not as tables, and use one common format (cf. UAII).
improve the system of change information on territorial administrative units:
One record per change per affected territorial unit!
Improve information by including effects of change on population, buildings/dwellings, area etc.
Try to become more compatible with national territorial management systems.
Link all territorial data with GIS data.
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Thank you for your attention !
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