1. Teodora Brandmuller Unit E4
Urban Audit
Teodora Brandmuller
Unit E4
07-Oct-2009
NUAC meeting Luxembourg

2. Why bother?
57 % of the population – live in cities (over inhabitants) and urban agglomerations
Some €21.1 billion has been earmarked for urban development between 2007 and 2013, representing 6.1% of the total EU cohesion policy budget.
The Urban Audit is unique in its thematic, geographic and time coverage
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3. Planned actions I. 1 Identification of variables
2 Compilation of variables for the ANNUAL Urban Audit
reference year: 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008
variables: variables marked as "annual" in the variable list
cities: cities listed as "Urban Audit" cities
spatial levels: core city, larger urban zone, kernel
3 Compilation of variables for the EXHAUSTIVE Urban Audit
reference year: 2008 (if unavailable, 2009, 2007 or 2006 may be used)
variables: all
spatial levels: core city, larger urban zone, kernel, national level
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4. Planned actions II.
4 Compilation of variables for the Large City Audit
reference year: 2008 (if unavailable, 2009, 2007 or 2006 may be used)
cities: cities listed as "Large City Audit" cities
variables: variables marked as "LCA" in the variable list
spatial levels: core city, larger urban zone
5 Compile an interim operational report
6 Compilation of variables for the 2009 ANNUAL Urban Audit
reference year: 2009
variables: variables marked as "annual" in the variable list
cities: cities listed as "Urban Audit" cities
spatial levels: core city, larger urban zone, kernel
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5. Planned actions III. 7 Participate in the quality control of variables
8 Participate in the quality control of indicators
9 Compilation of maps
10 Compile a final operational report
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6. Next steps: Identification of variables
Find out about data availability
Resolve remaining issues of variable definitions
Classify the list of variables for each territorial level into three categories: A= available, B= can be estimated, C= can not be estimated
Transmit the conclusions to Eurostat in an Excel spreadsheet (use template from CIRCA)
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7. Next steps: Compilation of variables for the ANNUAL Urban Audit
Contact the data providers
Compile the ANNUAL variables for the different spatial units (core city, larger urban zone and kernel) for the reference year 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008.
Thoroughly check the compiled data.
Estimate missing data
Transmit the data via eDAMIS to Eurostat in a standardised format (use template from CIRCA)
Use the data set ID: URBANREG_AN for all domains
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8. NUAC meeting Luxembourg
Grants
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9. The most important steps of the grant procedure
Financing Decision
Ex ante publicity
Call for proposals
Evaluation
Decision
Ex post publicity
Payments
Ex post control
Audit by other Community organisations
 21 applications received
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10. Participation in the projectBE  FR ? MT FI BG IE  NL SE CZ IT AT UK DK CY PL CH DE LV PT NO EE LT RO TR EL LU SI ES HU SK
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11. The most important steps of the grant procedure
Financing Decision
Ex ante publicity
Call for proposals
Evaluation
Decision
Ex post publicity
Payments
Ex post control
Audit by other Community organisations
07-Oct-2009

12. The "4 eyes" principle
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13. The most important steps of the grant procedure
Financing Decision
Ex ante publicity
Call for proposals
Evaluation
Decision
Ex post publicity
Payments
Ex post control
Audit by other Community organisations
 grant agreements
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14. Thank you for your contributions!
Question?
Thank you for your contributions!
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