Regional yearbook acknowledgements

Chief editor: Mariana Kotzeva

Editors: Teodóra Brandmüller, Réka Fodor and Bianka Fohgrub (Eurostat, Unit E.4., Regional statistics and geographical information)

Production: Informa s.à r.l. – Giovanni Albertone, Simon Allen and Andrew Redpath

Map production: Jorge Calvo, Joseph Davies, Bianka Fohgrub, Michael Harrop, Jørgen Rasmussen and Hannes Reuter (Eurostat, Unit E.4., Regional statistics and geographical information)

Dissemination: Gorja Bartsch, Catherine Coyette, Nina Jere, Annika Johansson, Lucie Peterkova and Dubravka Sušilović (Eurostat, Unit B.4., Dissemination and user support)

We would like to thank all colleagues involved in the editorial work of each chapter:

Introduction: Teodóra Brandmüller and Jane Schofield (Eurostat, Unit E.4., Regional statistics and geographical information); Åsa Önnerfors (Eurostat, Unit E.2., Environmental statistics and accounts; Sustainable development); Marina Brakalova (Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development; Unit A.1., Policy perspectives); Alexandra Benovicsova and Daniel Renftle (Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development; Unit C.1., CAP Strategic Plans coordination); Marina Royo De Blas (Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development; Unit D.1., Rural areas & networks); Carlo Scatoli (Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, Unit B.2., Skills Agenda); Barbara Bacigalupi (Directorate-General for Environment, ENV.01, Strategy, Digitalization, Better Regulation & Economic Analysis); Eva Mittermayr (Directorate-General for Environment, Unit A.3., Green knowledge and research hub, LIFE); Magdalena Grzegorzewska, Joachim Maes and Benoit Nadler (Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy, Unit B.1., Policy Development and Economic Analysis); Laura Liger (Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy, DDG.03, Inclusive Growth, Urban and Territorial Development); Teresa Geyer (European Committee of the Regions, Commission for Economic Policy (ECON)); Riccardo Sgaramella (European Committee of the Regions, Unit C.I, Coordination, Planning, Impact – Cross-border cooperation, territorial partnerships)

Population: Maja Berber, Encho Bicov, Veronica Corsini, Manfred Jacobi, Hannah Kiiver, Marta Labrence, Marija Mucic, Dara Petkovic Sesser and Gabriela Senchea Badea (Eurostat, Unit F.2., Population and migration)

Health: Ebba Barany, Ilze Burkevica, Antigone Gikas and Ángeles Hermosa López (Eurostat, Unit F.5., Education, health and social protection)

Education: Arnaud Desurmont, Ferenc Galik, Eric Géré, Leila Morris, Marco Picciolo and Malgorzata Stadnik (Eurostat, Unit F.5., Education, health and social protection); Elodie Cayotte and Sabine Gagel (Eurostat, Unit F.3., Labour market and lifelong learning)

Labour market: Elodie Cayotte, Sabine Gagel, Riccardo Gatto and Anna Emilia Martino (Eurostat, Unit F.3., Labour market and lifelong learning); Teodóra Brandmüller and Daniela Sciranková (Eurostat, Unit E.4., Regional statistics and geographical information); Carlo Scatoli (Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, Unit B.2., Skills Agenda)

Living conditions: Alessandro Albano, Emilio Di Meglio, Sigita Geske, Rasim Ryustem and Erika Taidre (Eurostat, Unit F.4., Income and living conditions; quality of life)

Digital society: Andrea Attwenger, Michaela Grell and Mathieu Mballa (Eurostat, Unit G.4., Innovation and digitalisation)

Economy: Panagiota Bisiela, Enrico Infante and Martina Patone (Eurostat, Unit C.2., National accounts production)

Business: Gemma Asero, Andreia Danila, Gregor Kyi, Jukka Jalava and Sarmite Visocka (Eurostat, Unit G.2., European businesses)

Research and development: Alvaro Díez Soto, Daniela Enache, Stefania Panaitescu, Alexandre Paredes and Sorina Vâju (Eurostat, Unit G.4., Innovation and digitalisation)

Tourism: Simon Bley, Christophe Demunter, Roxana Ilisei and Renata Lewczuk (Eurostat, Unit G.2., European businesses)

Transport: Anna Białas-Motyl, Miriam Blumers, Evangelia Ford-Alexandraki, Alain Gallais, Annabelle Jansen, Dorothea Jung, Boryana Milusheva, Joanna Raczkowska and Georges Xenellis (Eurostat, Unit E.3., Transport)

Environment: Kathrin Gebers, Christine Mayer, Friderike Oehler, Åsa Önnerfors and Ekkehard Petri (Eurostat, Unit E.2., Environmental statistics and accounts; Sustainable development); Michael Goll, Stavros Lazarou and Marek Sturc (Eurostat, Unit E.5., Energy); Teodóra Brandmüller and Aleksandra Galic (Eurostat, Unit E.4., Regional statistics and geographical information); Barbara Bacigalupi (Directorate-General for Environment, ENV.01, Strategy, Digitalization, Better Regulation & Economic Analysis); Eva Mittermayr (Directorate-General for Environment, Unit A.3., Green knowledge and research hub, LIFE); Michael Klinkenberg and Bettina Kretschmer (Directorate-General for Environment, Unit C.3., Clean air and urban policy); Jesus Maria Alquezar Sabadie (Directorate-General for Environment, Unit F.1., Planetary common goods, universal values and environmental security); Stefan Niemeyer (Directorate-General Joint Research Centre (JRC), Unit D.5., Food security); Alfredo Branco, Giorgio Liberta, Duarte Oom and Jesús San-Miguel (Directorate-General Joint Research Centre (JRC), Unit E.1., Disaster risk management); Roberto Boca, Daniele de Rigo and Pieralberto Maianti (external consultants at the JRC, Arcadia SIT s.r.l); Katarzyna Biala, Alberto González Ortiz, Artur Gsella, Elena Osipova, Mette Palitzsch Lund and Roberta Pignatelli (European Environment Agency); Lewis Dijkstra (Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy, Unit B.1., Policy Development and Economic Analysis – JRC); Birkan Erguc (Turkstat)

Agriculture: Klára Anwar, Edward Cook, Ruxandra Roman Enescu, Nicolas Lampach and Helena Ramos (Eurostat, Unit E.1., Agriculture and fisheries)

We are also very grateful to Viveka Palm (Eurostat, Director of sectoral and regional statistics) and Márta Nagy-Rothengass (Eurostat, Unit E.4., Regional statistics and geographical information), as well as Avis Beneš, Torbjörn Carlquist and Ana Maria Mancho Rojo (Eurostat, Unit B.3., Enlargement, neighbourhood and development cooperation)