1. Rural development and Maritime Policy statistics
Item 8.1 State of play of socio economics data used for Rural development and Maritime Policy statistics
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2. Plan
Introduction
General framework of Rural development and Maritime Policy statistics
Rural development statistics, examples
Integrated Maritime Policy statistics, examples
Summary
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3. Introduction
In recent years, demand for reliable small-area estimates has increased greatly worldwide due to
Growing use made of them in formulating policies and programmes
Allocating government funds
Regional planning
Small-area business decisions etc.
This is especially the case for the data needed on
Rural development statistics
Integrated maritime policy statistics
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4. General framework of Rural development and Maritime Policy statistics
The domains focus on socio economic fields including
Demography
Labour market, employment
Education
Economic accounts, economic activities etc.
The geographic areas for these domains use data at national, sub-national level including
Data at NUTS3 level
Precise geo-spatial data such as geographical coordinates of equipments (e.g.: port, school)
In order to calculate appropriate statistical indicators
Increase the availability of basic information at fine geographical level
Basic information may be used in order to estimate indicators or aggregates, depending on the reliability of the data
Develop small-areas statistics methodology and spatial analysis
Not elsewhere included n.e.i.
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5. Rural development statistics
Rural development statistics aim to measure economic, social and environmental issues related to rural areas. They give an insight into the specific features of the regions (NUTS3) in the light of their rural/urban types
The domain use the new rural/urban typology which split the regions at NUTS3 level
Predominantly rural regions
Intermediate regions
Predominantly urban regions
The list of indicators/variables for rural development statistics, as agreed at the meeting of the Working Party on Rural Development on However, Eurostat don't currently have all the basic information in order to estimate all the indicators
DG AGRI presents an annual report on rural development statistics, including socio-economic including indicators based on Eurostat data
Functional mailbox for Rural development
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Source: Eurostat (online data codes: demo_pjangroup and estimation)
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11. Integrated Maritime Policy statistics
Maritime policy statistics aim to measure economic, social and environmental issues related to maritime regions and maritime sectors. They are a horizontal domain in statistics from a geographical and sectoral point of view
Three main fields
Coastal regions
446 regions defined at NUTS3 level
Statistics on coastal regions aim to highlight their specific features, compared with national level, and to estimate their weight in terms of population, employment and the economy
Basins
Geographic entities made up maritime areas and coastal regions bordering these areas
Basin statistics aim to give an overview of the maritime activities based on a specific sea region and the socio-economic profile of the bordering regions
Maritime sector(s) — ongoing work:
The ‘maritime sector’ is made up of the activities linked to the sea
Statistics on the maritime sector focus on employment and economic indicators
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16. Summary Improve data availability at NUTS3 level
Develop a regional inventory
Develop small-areas statistics methodology and spatial analysis
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17. Thank you for your attention
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