Geostatistics and maps
A tentative plan for a project
European Forum for Geostatistics,
October 2008
Geostat_Europe Project, Subproject 2(?)
Geostatistics and maps
Objective of the proposal
 Background to the proposal
 Expected Deliverables and Users of the Results
 Phases of the work
 Organisations involved and their roles
 Expected costs and duration of work
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Marja Tammilehto-Luode
October 2008, Bled
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Objectives of proposal
to develop an infrastructure for the compilation of small area statistics,
 to develop harmonised building blocks for small area and regional
statistics
 to describe and harmonise methods for compilation of small area
statistics
 to offer spatial statistics to meet the demands of the INSPIRE
 to develop common specifications for the production of harmonised,
comparable spatial data
-guidelines on the methods for producing the data,
-descriptions of the production process,
-descriptions of characteristics of the final dataset,
-guidelines on data protection
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Background to the Proposal
Tandem project 2001, 2003: two major ways to compile grid
based statistics
 aggregation and disaggregation methods
 it may be possible to produce grid data for the whole of
Europe by developing and harmonising these two methods
 target: due regard to confidentiality, consistent and
comparable European-wide territorial population data on
different scales and territorial levels.
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Expected Deliverables and Users of the Results
harmonised data specifications (with due regard to
confidentiality) for aggregated and disaggregated grid data
 guidelines on aggregation and disaggregation methods
 specifications for the hybrid dataset
 a harmonised demographic dataset
 illustrations by maps on how to use the grid data.
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October 2008, Bled
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Phases of the work
Work package 1: Data specifications for harmonised
dataset
 Work package 2: Solutions for data protection
 Work package 3: Disaggregation methods
 Work package 4: A hybrid dataset
 Work package 5: Maps (Illustrations)
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Organisations involved
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Statistics Finland: The interim leader of Subproject 2, member of the
Taskforce
Statistics Austria: Member of the Taskforce
 Statistics Netherlands: Member of the Taskforce
 Statistics Slovenia: Member of the Taskforce
 Statistics Switzerland: Member of the Taskforce
 EC/JRC: Member of the Taskforce
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October 2008, Bled
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Organisation of the project
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Executive team: project manager and leading partners of each work
package
A proposal for leading parteners:
 Work package 1: Data specifications for harmonised dataset, Statistics
Finland, Rina Tammisto
 Work package 2: Solutions for data protection, Statistics Slovenia, Igor
Kuzma
 Work package 3: Disaggregation methods, JRC, Javier Gallego
 Work package 4: A hybrid dataset, Statistics Netherlands, Niek van
Leeuwen
 Work package 5: Maps (Illustrations), Statistics Austria, Ingrid
Kaminger,
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Human resources and duration of work
A preliminary estimation
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13 staff-months of professional work divided evenly among
the work packages, with one month added for
administrative work:
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WP 0 project management
2
WP 1: Data specifications for harmonised dataset
2
WP 2: Solutions for data protection
2
WP 3: Disaggregation methods
2
WP 4: A hybrid dataset
2
WP 5: Maps (Illustrations)
2
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The duration of the work 18-24 months.
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Expected cost
will be estimated after a consortium is established and
project manager elected
 a rough estimate 100 000 - 120 000 Euros
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Next steps
establish a consortium; project leader, leading partners
 make a work plan, each leading partner involved
 integrate the work plan to the GEOSTAT project
 make an application for a grant
 execute the action
 make a report, results available via web
 inform, communicate, contribute (a plan for dissemination
of results)
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