1. Urban Audit II work
Experience so far
Riitta Koskinen

2. Content Summary National organisation Contacts
Experience with Urban Audit I
Tasks so far
Plans in the near future
Riitta Koskinen

3. Location of Helsinki, Tampere, Turku and Oulu
Distance between Helsinki and Oulu is 775 kilometres
Riitta Koskinen

4. How our experiences would help participating countries?
Quick start helps collect the data
Co-operation inside the Country
Motivation of the people
Create a communication network
Informing all who are related to the project
Riitta Koskinen

5. Contacts - informing other parties
First meeting with the cities’ representatives 28th October
Co-operation and informing city representatives
Informing everybody in Statistics Finland about the Urban Audit II project and its purpose
Contacts to experts inside Statistics Finland
Advise and help co-worker in Population Statistics
Informing the Finnish Urban Network incl. Urban Indicator Working Group
Riitta Koskinen

6. Tasks so far
Discussions with expert within Statistics Finland concerning the variable list
Feedback to Eurostat on the definition of variables
Feedback to Eurostat on the document about the Larger Urban Zones and sub-city units
Organised national workshop between cities
Contact and discussions with the Urban Audit I pilot national person
Riitta Koskinen

7. Data available and tasks for the near Future
Our goal is to produce reliable, high-quality data for Urban Audit indicators
Register-based census data is available
Task 1 is done and it provides a good basis for the remaining work
Next task is to organise data collection and to make a plan for data checking
We are optimistic that we will have the key indicators in March 2003
Riitta Koskinen