1. LUCAS 2015 Process intermediate report Item 4.2
WG LC/LU Bech building, Quetelet Alessandra Palmieri (ESTAT.E4)

2. Generic Statistical Business Process Model

3. LUCAS 2015 Strenght: Lucas 2015 273400 points
Short Term Strategy on Land Cover /Use approved by ESSC 
Funded by DGs [AGRI, CLIMA, ENTR, ENV (88%)] and ESTAT
Budget available over 2 years
Tender split in 7 LOTS and 2 Actions each (5 reports: 2 FR +3 IR for each LOT)
28 MS  27 + HR [ IPA]
26900 Top-Soil [multi-purpose in situ data collection platform]
LUCAS soil in Switzerland and Balkan (JRC)
Strenght:
Lucas points
= 64.9% panel 3
= 67.1% ∩ 2015/2009
= 83.6% ∩ 2015/2012
Ps: ∩ 2009/2012
Experience from previous LUCAS still fresh
75% the same team in Eurostat as in 2012.
[50% carried out already 2 campaigns]
Experienced companies as contractors as in 2012.
1.5 year in preparation [from tender specifications to documentation]

4. Experience from 2012
Instructions and classification: clarification and improvement [a neverending process but grey areas are decreasing]
Timelines of consolidated data set
Eurostat got the final data set 3 months later than in 2009
LUCAS more and more popular
Expectation from the users
for land cover/use change
Soil
Landlords' attitude (?)
When a change is a real change?

5. Points per lot [FW contractors]
HR – 3.533

6. Relation between LOTs
Figure 1 - Schematic relations between the lots.

7. Data collection Similar to previous campaigns Land cover Land use
Water management
INSPIRE PLCC (new)
Soil (in 10% of points for all participating countries)
Transect
Photos

8. Improvements Sample strategy Updated documentation
Alignment with INSPIRE
Improvements in the Data Management Tool
Reengineering of the database
Clear listing of controls (not hard-coded)
Centralized database
Additional tools for quality control

9. Collected information - Core data: LC

10. Collected information - Core data: LU

11. LUCAS 2012 – Refused access to points due to aggressive/angry/drunk/insulting landowner
* Cases recorded by surveyor in specific remark in DMT

12. Mitigation actions for the security of the surveyors and the success of the survey
Companies contact local association
Accreditation letters for the surveyors
Specific cards w/ photo
Clear instructions:
to talk to landlords
not to damage any crops or property
take the contacts to give feedback to landowners interested in the results of soil analysis
Recommandation letter from National Authorities [50%]

13. Measures to ensure quality
PREPARATION
Common documentation and instructions for all surveyors,
Common “Frequently Asked Questions and Answers” document,
Standardised and automated Data Management Tool (DMT),
Common training for all the Survey Managers.
DATA PRODUCTION PROCESS
Follow-up visit to each country by a team of experts,
Internal quality check,
Independent data quality control
Eurostat quality control
[Second independent External validation]

14. Survey status
Action 1
Action 2
Finished Ongoing Not Started

15. Survey status Survey not started Points allocated Survey started
Points controlled
5.689 points surveyed on
(2%)

16. Survey management dash-board: 2015.05.08
In 2015, thanks to the central database, it is possible to have a near-real time image of the survey progress
Near-real time image of survey progress

17. points per country available for viewing
DMT
viewer
Points per country available for viewing

18. DMT MAP Points, pictures, tracks and data immediately visible
Points, pictures, tracks and data are immediately visible on DMT map allowing for a quick feedback to the surveyor in case of need

19. Example of Ground Document

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