1. DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONAL STATISTICS IN ESTONIA
Working party meeting on
Regional and Urban Statistics
By Greta Tischler and Tatjana Smõkova
Statistical Office of Estonia
Luxembourg, 3-5 December 2003

2. MAIN TOPICS History Territorial division of Estonia
Production and dissemination of the regional statistics
Regional indicators
Urban Audit II in Estonia
Regional accounts

3. HISTORY 1918 – the Republic of Estonia was founded
1921 – the State Central Bureau of Statistics was established
1940 – 1991 Soviet period in Estonia
1991 – restoration of the independence of Estonia
2003 – Estonia voted to join the European Union in 2004
The Republic of Estonia attained independence on 24 February 1918.
On 1 March 1921 the State central Bureau of Statistics — the first independent institution of statistics was established
Independence was interrupted in 1940 by the annexation of Estonia by the Sovjet Union .
statistical work was carried out under the guidance of the Soviet Union. Estonian statistics part of the Soviet system
In the late 80s –a transition period began in Estonia. Big changes took place in society.
The movement to restore Estonia's independence,which started in the late 1980s, culminated in 1991 – on 20 August 1991 when the Estonia's independence was restored.
In the early 1990s – new principles of producing official statistics started to be introduced. The keywords for statistics are – confidentiality, methodological issues, system of local administration changed.
In last years one of the most essential tasks of the SOE in preparing to join the EU is the implementation of the EU legislation. In September 2003 EU accession referendum was carried out in Estonia. Mihkli motted ….

4. The Phare project “EUROPEAN UNION SUPPORT TO REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN ESTONIA”
Start – 1997
Aim – to develop Estonian Regional Development Strategy and to organise the system of regional statistics
in Estonia
Performer – Netherlands Economic Institute
Results – the Estonian Regional Development Strategy, the Estonian Regional Development Database, publications, workshops
Assistance received – Prof. Józef Oleński from Poland and Prof. Jussi Jauhiainen from Finland
The main tasks of the project were develop the Estonian Regional Development strategy and to create a functioning regional development database. Results also workshops
Jozef Olenski (Warsaw University) prepared report on Regional database systems in Poland.
Jussi Jauhiainen – network

5. ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION OF ESTONIA
According to the Administrative Division Act the administrative units in Estonia are: - county - rural municipality - city
The territory of Estonia is 45, 228 km2.
As of 1 January 2003, there were 15 counties, 202 rural municipalities and 39 cities in Estonia.
The territory of Estonia is 45, 228 km2. The sum of the areas of counties is 43,432 km2.

6. ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION, 1 JANUARY 2003

7. TERRITORIAL DIVISION FOR STATISTICAL PURPOSES
Territorial division of Estonia for statistical purposes is based on the principles of Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS)
Regional level 1 — Estonia
Regional level 2 — Estonia
Regional level 3 — groups of counties
Regional level 4 — counties
Regional level 5 — cities and rural municipalities

8. REGIONAL BREAKDOWN OF ESTONIA AT REGIONAL LEVELS 3 AND 4
Territory 45, 228 km²
Northeastern
Estonia
Population 1,36 million inh
Northern Estonia
Central Estonia
Western Estonia
Southern
Estonia
5 groups of counties, names came from location

9. PRODUCTION AND DISSEMINATION
The Statistical Office of Estonia (SOE) produces regional statistics on the basis of official statistical surveys and by using administrative data sources.
There is special section dealing with the content issues of regional statistics in SOE.
Three yearly publications are published in regional statistics:
Counties in Figures
Regional Statistics of Estonia
Cities and Rural Municipalities of Estonia in Figures
The list of annual statistical surveys shall be approved by the Government and the questionnaires used in surveys by the Ministry of Finance. In planning official statistical surveys, the proposals and amendments of ministries, state agencies, county governments, research establishments and other institutions as well as international requirements are taken into consideration.

10. THE ESTONIAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT DATABASE
Main areas – economy, environment, population, social life, Population Census 2000, Agricultural Census 2001
Regional level – depends on data, mainly by NUTS 4 and 5
Data format – tables in PC-Axis, for download more formats
Availability – bilingual, via Internet, free of charge
Website – under the heading “Regional Development Database”
Contains – official regional statistics and regional statistics obtained from administrative sources. New data are added to the public database continuously
The statistical areas are divided into sub-areas. All the areas and sub-areas are presented in alphabetical order.
Regional level – depends on data, mainly by counties (NUTS 4) but also by municipalities (NUTS 5) population and by regions (NUTS 3) GDP, tourism
The database is bilingual – Estonian and English
Search – for a table via subject area or search a word

11. REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY OF ESTONIA
The Regional Development Strategy of Estonia was approved
by the Government of the Republic on 16 November 1999.
The objective of the regional policy of Estonia is the balancing of the regional development of the state.
The expected result of the implementation of the regional policy of Estonia by the end of 2003 shall be to balance
the regional development to such an extent that in no county:
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Eesti Riik paneb arengukavadesse sisse arvutatavaid indikaatoreid. SOE ülesanne on neid leida ja arvutada.
Jägnevad näitajad on regionaalsest aspektist kõige olulisemad:

12. THE FOCAL INDICATORS OF THE REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
the average living standard (measured as the average income of a household per household member) would be lower than 75% of the average of Estonia;
the unemployment (measured as the unemployment rate by the methodology of the ILO) would not exceed by more
than 35% of the average of Estonia;
municipal tax revenues (measured as personal income tax in local budget per inhabitant) would be lower than 75% of the average of Estonia, of which Tallinn has been excluded.

13. URBAN AUDIT II IN ESTONIA
Start –2003
Cities – Tallinn the capital city and Tartu the medium-size city
LUZ – are based on NUTS 4 (counties)
SCD – defined in co-operation with city governments
Variables – have been classified into A, B and C categories. Results are depending on spatial unit
Present state – compilation of A and B-type variables is going on
Future plans – to participate in the second phase of UA II
Preparations started in Spring 2003, official start on 3 June 2003.
SCD – Tln consist of 8 adm city districts, have been subdivided were necessary. Altogether 13 districts were established in Tln
Tartu – no administr districs, on the basis of 17 city-planning districts 9 sub-city units were formed.

14. CITIES AND LUZ IN ESTONIA
Tallinn
Tartu
On this map you can see the location of Urban Audit cities and LUZ in Estonia.
About availability of maps for UA in Estonia ….

15. REGIONAL ACCOUNTS
Start - end of 1997 with the Eurostat project “Regional accounts in Central European countries”
Responsible unit - Macroeconomic statistics division

16. REGIONAL ACCOUNTS : INDICATORS
Regional level 2 = National level
Gross Value Added - A 17 Compensation of employees - A Gross Fixed Capital Formation - A t+18 Households accounts Employment and employees - A t+5
Regional level 3 = 5 regions
Gross Value Added - A6, GDP t Employment - A t+5

17. REGIONAL GDP PER CAPITA

18. REGIONAL GVA ESTIMATION :
BASIC DATA SOURCES
Annual business statistics survey (sample survey)
A module on local kind-of activity units (non-financial enterprises with more than 20 employees)
Data on wages and salaries at institutional units level - wages statistics - Tax board data on wages

19. REGIONAL GVA ESTIMATION :
METHODS
Bottom-up method % of GVA (private enterprises with more than 20 employees, public enterprises)
Pseudo bottom-up method % of GVA (multiregional enterprises)
Top-down method % of GVA (small private enterprises, institutional units other than enterprises)

20. SHORT-TERM PLANS
Revision of National accounts data series at national level and consequently GDP data at regional level in 2004
Study on quality and usability of data on local units of register of governmental institutions for regional GVA estimation in General Government sector

21. ESA 95 DATA DELIVERY

22. Thank you for your attention!
Ms Greta Tischler, Senior Specialist of Regional Statistics Section
Ms Tatjana Smõkova, Senior Specialist of Production Approach Section