1. LAMAS Working Group 7-8 December 2015
Agenda Item 5 Any other business

2. 11th Workshop on Labour Force Survey Methodology
Focus: Data Quality and Process
When: April 2016
Where: Cardiff

3. LFS ad-hoc requests and confidentiality
Flags for reliability (a, b) and confidentiality (c)
Examples with LAMAS involvement: results on flows and AHM 2014
Occasionally to very close users (e.g. DG EMPL)
Not for publishing!
Currently under review
Aim:
Clear standards and rules
Distribution via secure channels (eDamis, etc.)
LAMAS consultation in 2016

4. NUTS 2013 implementation Historical time series (back to 2010):
Legal requirement: 'by end 2016'
But: NUTS 2 required early 2016 (DG REGIO); recoding at Eurostat or countries contacted
NUTS 3 (voluntary): by end 2016
Not exactly defined:
Weight revision?
Data of other countries (REGIONW, REGION1Y)?

5. Anonymised microdata Public use files (PUF):
Start with LFS and EU-SILC
Group of 7 Member States made a methodological proposal
WG Statistical Confidentiality discussion last week
LAMAS WG members might be contacted (for information…)
Release 2015 – NSI version:
Basically ready
Distribution early 2016 (via 'secure FTP'?)
IPUMS – Eurostat discussions on LFS data

6. Other issues
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