1. Population statistics
Recent developments
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2. Demography Regulation on demographic statistics Latest data releases
Aim: completion of the harmonisation of population statistics (after adoption of Regulations on Migration Statistics and on Population and Housing Censuses)
Broad consensus among Member States about need for Regulation
Main issue: concept of resident population (difficulties of using a harmonised concept vs. need for stricter harmonisation of statistics in directly policy-relevant areas)
New version of draft Regulation in preparation
Latest data releases
“Highly educated men and women likely to live longer” (SiF 24/2010)
“EU27 population 501 million at 1 January 2010“ (News Release, 27/7/2010)
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3. Population and Housing Censuses
1st Implementing Regulation: technical specifications and breakdowns
Adopted in November 2009 (1201/2009)
2nd Implementing Regulation: programme of statistical data and metadata
Adopted in June 2010 (519/2010)
3rd Implementing Regulation: quality reporting and data transmission format
WG meeting of April 2010 / of May 2010
ESSC of 1 October 2010
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4. Population Projections
Joint Eurostat / UNECE Work Session on Demographic Projections: Lisbon, April 2010
Successful meeting: some 100 participants, 40 papers
Proceedings will be available shortly
EUROPOP2011 to be released in spring 2011
Working Group to discuss preliminary results scheduled for December 2010
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5. Migration Statistics - Regulation
Implementing Regulation concerning article 3: definition of groups of citizenship, and country of birth, destination and origin
adopted in April 2010 (351/2010)
Implementing Regulation concerning article 6: categories of reasons for permits being issued
adopted in March 2010 (216/2010)
Latest data releases
“Around asylum applicants from 151 different countries were registered in the EU-27 in 2009” (SiF 27/2010)
“Acquisition of citizenship slightly declining in the EU“ (SiF 36/2010)
“Foreigners in the EU are diverse and largely younger than the nationals of the EU Member States” (SiF 45/2010)
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6. Migration Mainstreaming: Developing Social and Economic Information on Migrant Populations
Conceptual framework for migration-related statistics and draft work programme
LFS ad hoc module 2008
Task Force to evaluate experience and to prepare the ad hoc module 2014
First Statistics in Focus to be released shortly
Ministerial Conference on Integration (15/16 April 2010)
Pilot study analysing the availability, quality and significance of a set of integration indicators
Joint meeting of national experts on integration and representatives from NSIs planned for beginning 2011
Publication on the social situation of migrants
Based on existing data sources in the area of migration statistics, LFS and EU-SILC, ongoing
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