1. The 2016 update of the Manual on City statistics
Valeriya Angelova
Eurostat Unit E4
NUAC meeting
10/05/2016, Brussels

2. Just arrived!

3. Main topics unchanged
1. Introduction 2. History and future of the City statistics 3. Information on methodology 4. Spatial dimensions 5. Flags 6. Glossary (data domains) 7. Data quality (validation procedures) 8. Other information

4. What is new?
Maps illustrating the spatial dimensions have been updated

5. New list of accepted for publication flags at Eurostat level:
b = break in time series
c = confidential
d = definition differs, see metadata
e = estimated
f = forecast
n = not significant
p = provisional
u = low reliability
z = not applicable

6. The glossary
The variables are sorted by "included in the grant" and "optional"
Frequently asked by the NUACs questions have been analysed and in line with it, some incomplete or misleading definitions have been updated
The latest references to legal base, statistical classifications and external sources

7. The validation rules Divided now into levels
The use of the Edit tool before sending the data will be very much appreciated

8. Thank you for your attention!
Any comments, questions and proposals for improvements are welcome!
Contact: E4