1. Urban Audit Results of the November meeting

2. Structure of my talk Methodological Work Data flow National data
Candidate countries
Dissemination
Priorities of DG REGIO

3. AIM OF THIS TALK:
Summarize the results of our meeting in Brussels 4 November 2003

4. Methodological Help Subcontracted to LANDSIS
Various versions of the Glossary were produced
A 2 day Workshop in Paris was organised
Help in estimation techniques is offered
The final country report should provide an exhaustive description of methods used for estimation

5. Data Flow Subcontracted to GHK
Further data welcome until the end of 2003
Currently a thorough validation takes place
Updates / revisions should be separated from new data
Data should refer to the reference year 2001 or years around ( )

6. National Data Subcontracted to Revolux
Around half the variables of the variable list could be found in NewCronos and loaded into the database
Eurostat will receive a list of still missing variables for each country. This will be sent to the RESCO, asking to fill the gap
Candidate countries included

7. Candidate Countries
All core cities and most LUZ and SCD have been defined
Population data has been sent as test
First wave of data flow should be terminated end of 2003
Countries are optimistic to fulfil this goal

8. Dissemination Dissemination will take place in 2004
Cohesion Report in January
NewCronos in ???
The Internet site in April (GHK)
The maps in spring
The book in April (GHK)
Outsourced part works according to plan

9. Future focus of DG REGIO
Sustainable development
based on Göteborg summit, focus on waste management, energy use, land use, transport
Knowledge Economy
educational profiles, jobs in the IT sector
Demographic Profiles
pensioners, children, foreigners, lone person households
Services
what attracts citizens to their city? For example health services, entertainment, universities
Local Administration
employment, national legislation, political influence of local governance, best practice

10. Availability of variables 3/12/2003

11. Thanks for listening !
Any Comment ?