1. Eurostat Flagship publication on cities
Lupu Iuliana
Eurostat

2. Eurostat Flagship Publications
• Goals:
-to address cross-cutting themes highly relevant for users and EU policy-makers;
-to increase the visibility of the statistical data needed for European policies;
-broad target audience;
-interesting and innovative way of presentation;
• 2016:
- Cities in Europe
- Long-term trends of the EU economy

3. Eurostat Flagship Publications - 2015
▪ Being young in Europe today
(April 2015)
▪ Quality of life – Facts and views
(June 2015)
▪ People in the EU: who are we and how do we live?
(November 2015)

4. Flagship publication on cities: Objectives
• to promote the existing statistics on urban development and quality of urban life • to highlight the importance of city statistics (Europe 2020 targets, Urban Agenda initiatives) • to address highly relevant topics, especially the priorities of the new Commission ("A new boost for jobs, Growth and Investment, "Towards a resilient Energy Union", "Towards a new policy on migration") • to present the data and analysis in an interesting way

5. Concept of the publication
• focus on cities, metro regions, urban-rural typologies
• the publication is part of a bigger communication portfolio:
Flexible dashboards: City statistics illustrated (existing)
Dedicated website (existing)
- Statistics explained articles (new articles)
Interactive infographics (potential project)

6. Infographics: Quality of life

7. Content of the publication (indicative)
• Urbanisation • Demographic trends • Migration • Economic developments • Labour market and aspects of working life • Environmental issues • Housing and living conditions (housing stocks, housing conditions, poverty and social exclusion) • Culture and tourism • Quality of life in cities (satisfaction with life in cities)

8. • Indicative time table
Date
Phase
Oct-Dec 2015
Preparatory phase: table of content, structure of each chapter with indicators to be used
Jan 2016
Data extraction; processing data for the creation of maps, tables and figures; data checking
Feb-May 2106
Drafting, review and maps making
June –July 2016
Completion phase: delivery of maps, layout of the printed publication, validation of articles in Statistics explained
July 2016
Release of the publication
• Other events (2016)
 DG REGIO report on European cities (complementarity)
 October: UN Habitat III Conference

9. Challenges
• large amount of information: - different data sources (Urban Audit, national accounts, administrative data, surveys like LFS, EU- SILC) - different level of analysis: cities, metro regions, rural- urban typology, degree of urbanisation • presenting the information in an attractive and accessible way

10. • Ideas, suggestions. • Interesting publications
• Ideas, suggestions? • Interesting publications? • Need more information?

11. Thank you for your attention!