1. LUCAS long term perspective

2. Task Force

3. Task force Integration of national data into the LUCAS data collection
Task Force guides the process:
- Request for additional information (user needs, grants, LPIS …)
- Detailed feedback on the reference papers
- Experiences from Member States
- Technical advice
- Input on how to improve LUCAS Survey for Member States
- …

4. Results
Clarification of data flows in statistical tables and in-situ data
Proposal for statistical tables from Member States
Input for LUCAS survey content:
Methodologies for integration of MS data with LUCAS survey results (from grants)
Detailed review of LUCAS user needs (  additional activities for specific modules & Copernicus)
Proposal for a legal base

5. Legal base

6. Legal base for statistical tables
- mixed situations in Member States - limited availability of detailed data
(Grants)
 start with a gentleman agreement
 align activities to grants 2015
 review possibilities for a legal base after first full delivery of data

7. Legal base: LUCAS survey
Different options for a legal base:
Survey implemented by Member States
Survey implemented by both (mixed approach)
Survey implemented by the Commission
 Implementation of survey by ALL Member States?
(Grants)

8. Mixed approach: Mixed approach:
Implementation of a LUCAS in-situ survey by different stakeholders (Member States, Commission) in varying constellations.
In practice:
1) Grants to Member States
(budget, call, implementation)
2) Commission tender based on grant results
(budget, tender, implementation)

9. Mixed approach: feasibility
Detailed evaluation with the legal and the financial unit
Mixed approach not feasible in 3 years cycles
Aim reached?!
No parallel approach: grant signatures are not known
in time, risk to not reach the aim
Cost-effectiveness?!
Points will need to be visited twice (EU, MS), economy of
scale is reduced, contract handling costly, harmonisation
difficult.

10. Proposal for a legal base
 legal base for LUCAS survey implemented by the Commission
 spending program approved by the Council and the European Parliament
 no mixed approach does not mean that Member States input and data is not taken into account
close cooperation
compare MS data with LUCAS statistics
integrate MS data with LUCAS in-situ data

11. France

12. Grant results

13. LUCAS grant results Applications
Grants 2012: DE, EL, IT, NL, NO, PL, PT
Grants 2014: AT, FI, FR, HU, IT, RO
2012
2014
Part A (statistics) 7
6 (+5)
Part B (survey) 3
3 (+2)

14. Grants 2015 Call foreseen for June
Closing date foreseen: end of August
Objective 1: statistical tables from MS
 classification: fine-tuned
Methodological study - Evaluate grant results (2016):
Integration of data from MS with survey results

15. LUCAS Grants results – Part A
Cooperation
Assessments of data sets
Statistical tables (often based on mapping data)
Quality assessment: using LUCAS points, other data
Problem categories for LC: shrubland, grassland, wetland, bare land…
Problem categories for LU: industry, commercial vs. financial, transport…
Update of dataset

17. Portuguese Agricultural Parcel Identification
Theme 
LUCAS
COS'07 Level 5
NFI
Agricultural Census
Portuguese Agricultural Parcel Identification
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
LAND COVER (LC)
Portugal
A ARTIFICIAL LAND
A10 Built-up areas
High (1:M)
Medium (1:1)
Null
Poor (1:1)
A20 Artificial non-built up areas
B CROPLAND
B10 Cereals
Medium (M:1)
Poor (M:1)
B20 Root crops
B30 Non-permanent industrial crops
B40 Dry pulses, vegetables and flowers
B50 Fodder crops
B70 Fruit, nuts trees and berries
B80 Other permanent crops
C WOODLAND
C10 Forest FAO
C11 broadleaved (75%)
C12 coniferous (75%)
C13 mixed
C20 Other wooded land (FAO)
Medium (1:M)
C30 Other wooded land (non- FAO)
Poor (1:M)
D SHRUBLAND
D10 Shrubland with sparse trees
High (1:1)
D20 Shrubland without trees
E GRASSLAND
E10 Grassland with sparse trees
E20 Grassland without trees
E30 Spontaneous vegetation
F BARE LAND AND LICHENS
F10 Rocks and stones
F20 Sand
F30 Lichens
F40 Other bare soil
G WATER
G10 Inland water bodies
G20 Inland running water
G30 Coastal water bodies
G50 Glaciers, permanent snow
H WETLAND
H10 Inland wetlands
H20 Coastal wetlands

18. LUCAS Grant results – Part B
Full LUCAS implementation is the exception
IT: agricultural survey, no possibility to collect additional parameters
NO: update cycles different
PL: to be developed, different methodology
Methodology for integrating results

19. Conclusion on grants Statistical data In-situ data
Mixed situation for basic classes
Few detailed classes covered
Not always updated data
 Gentleman agreement
In-situ data
Few use cases
Different update cycles
Integration of survey difficult
Integration of survey results
 Legal base for LUCAS implemented by the Commission

20. Coordination activities in Eurostat

21. LC/LU Coordination Internal cooperation Cooperation with other DGs
Crop statistics and FSS
Forest
Environment
Demographics
GISCO
National Accounts
Cooperation with other DGs
User needs survey
INSPIRE compliance

22. Code harmonization project
Started 2007 (in 2011 for agriculture)
Several domains involved
10 codelists (out of 500 codelists in Eurostat) for agriculture have been cleaned
Aim: same code for the same product in the different domains
LUCAS touches many domains (AGR, APRO, DEMO, MAR, MET, URT, LAN, FOR, EF, MED)

23. Code harmonization project
Report delivered
7th May
Internal discussions foreseen

24. Code harmonization project
lan_lcv_ovw LCC Woodland LCC1 Forest FAO LCC11 Broadleaved and evergreen forest LCC12 Coniferous forest LCC13 Mixed forest LCC2 Other wooded land FAO LCC21 Broadleaved and evergreen other wooded areas LCC22 Coniferous other wooded areas LCC23 Mixed other wooded areas LCC3 Other wooded land no FAO LCC31 Broadleaved and evergreen other LCC32 Coniferous other LCC33 Mixed other lan_lcv_ovw LCD Shrubland LCD1 Shrubland with sparse tree cover LCD10 Shrubland with sparse tree cover LCD2 Shrubland without tree cover LCD20 Shrubland without tree cover lan_lcv_ovw LCE Grassland LCE1 Grassland with sparse tree/shrub cover LCE10 Grassland with sparse tree/shrub cover LCE2 Grassland without tree/shrub cover LCE20 Grassland without tree/shrub cover LCE3 Spontaneous vegetation LCE30 Spontaneous vegetation
for_area LAND_X_WT Total land area without
water bodies
for_area FOROWL Total area of forests and
other wooded land
for_area FOREST Forests
for_area OWL Other wooded land
for_area FAWS Forests available
for wood supply

25. Conclusions Grants with Member States
Collection of user needs from DGs
Coordination inside Eurostat
Detailed information on legal option
Coordination with cross-cutting initiatives