1. Cities' report Teodora Brandmuller
WG on Regional, Urban and Rural Development statistics – 2014 October

2. Eurostat Flagship publications
Smarter, greener, more inclusive?
Sustainable development
Youth (in 2014)
Population (in 2015)
Smarter, greener, more inclusive? — Indicators to support the Europe 2020 strategy is the first of a new type of Eurostat flagship publication providing statistical analyses related to important European Commission policy frameworks or economic, social or environmental phenomena.
October 2014

3. 2016: Cities in Europe
emphasise the richness of the statistical information
highlight the importance of city statistics in relation to EU urban development policies
present data and analysis in an interesting way
addresses themes highly relevant for the general public and the political developments, in particular covering the priorities of the new Commission
October 2014

4. Geographical coverage
Urban region (by urban/rural typology)
Metro region
City (functional urban areas and greater cities)
Cities (by degree of urbanisation)
All Member States, Candidate and EFTA countries
October 2014

5. Thematic scope Urbanisation Demography Economic development
Labour market
Quality of life in cities
Environmental issues
Transport
etc
October 2014

6. Concept
Complimentary the State of European Cities report (UN Habitat and DG REGIO)
Part of a bigger portfolio including the flexible dashboards (City Statistics Illustrated), the Statistical Atlas and the dedicated websites (City statistics, Metro regions, etc.)
October 2014

7. Indicative timetable January-February 2015
Set up steering committee Bilateral meetings with production units in order to build a repository of existing data and analysis
March- April 2015
Elaborate the preliminary table of contents
May-July 2015
Agree on the chapters of the publication and on the broad content to be included
August- November 2015
Drafting
December 2015
Layouting
January 2016
Virtual publication available in Statistics Explained
February 2016
Printed publication available

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October 2014