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Archive:Yearbook abstract

Latest update of text: May 2015. Planned article update: April 2016.


Editors: Teodóra Brandmüller and Åsa Önnerfors
(Eurostat, Unit E.4., Regional statistics and geographical information)

Production: Informa Sàrl — Giovanni Albertone, Simon Allen and Andrew Redpath

Map production: Bilbomática S.A., Guadaltel S.A. — Alex Garitaonandia, Elena Hinojosa and Miguel Peña,
coordinated by Michael Harrop, Åsa Önnerfors, Jørgen Rasmussen and Atanas Trifonov
(Eurostat, Unit E.4., Regional statistics and geographical information)

Dissemination: Isabelle Fiasse
(Eurostat, Unit B.4., Dissemination)


The chief editor and editors of the Eurostat regional yearbook 2015 would like to thank their colleagues who contributed to this publication and, in particular, to members of the steering group — Emanuele Baldacci, Philippe Bautier, Louise Corselli-Nordblad, Christophe Demunter, Marcel Jortay, Fabienne Montaigne, Andrew Redpath, Gunter Schäfer, Tiny Vandewiele and Sylvie Villaume — and to those involved closely in the editorial work for each article:

Introduction: Oliver Müller (Eurostat, Unit E.4., Regional statistics and geographical information)

Regional policies and Europe 2020: Simon Johannes Bley and Fritz Gebhard (Eurostat, Unit E.2., Environmental statistics and accounts; sustainable development); Lewis Dijkstra (Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy, Unit B.1., Economic analysis); Wolfgang Petzold and Andrea Forti (European Committee of the Regions)

Population: Gabriela Senchea Badea, David Thorogood and Franco Zampogna (Eurostat, Unit F.2., Population)

Health: Margarida Domingues de Carvalho, Marie Clerc, Jacques Lanneluc and Anke Weber (Eurostat, Unit F.5., Education, health and social protection)

Education: Marta Beck-Domżalska, Sabine Gagel and Sorin-Florin Gheorghiu (Eurostat, Unit F.5., Education, health and social protection)

Labour market: Gorja Bartsch and Daniela Sciranková (Eurostat, Unit E.4., Regional statistics and geographical information); Håvard Lien (Eurostat, Unit F.3., Labour market)

Economy: Andreas Krüger (Eurostat, Unit C.2., National and regional accounts production)

Structural business statistics: Beate Czech, Tatiana Mrlianova and Elisaveta Ushilova (Eurostat, Unit G.2., Structural business statistics and global value chains)

Research and innovation: Bernard Félix, Ángeles Hermosa López, Gregor Kyi, Corina Mihaela Niculeţ, Reni Petkova and Geneviève Villette (Eurostat, Unit G.4., Innovation and information society)

Information society: Petronela Reinecke and Heidi Seybert (Eurostat, Unit G.4., Innovation and information society)

Tourism: Christophe Demunter and Sylvie Villaume (Eurostat, Unit G.3., Short-term business statistics and tourism)

Transport: Anna Bialas-Motyl (Eurostat, Unit E.3., Transport)

Agriculture: Roberta Forti, Michel Henrard, Werner Kerschenbauer, Marjo Kasanko, Pol Marquer, Johanna Pleijte, Johan Selenius, Vincent Tronet and Ute Walsemann (Eurostat, Unit E.1., Agriculture and fisheries)

Focus on gender statistics: Denis Leythienne and Piotr Ronkowski (Eurostat, Unit F.3., Labour market)

Focus on quality of life: Didier Dupré, Georgiana Ivan and Agnieszka Litwinska (Eurostat, Unit F.4., Quality of life)

Focus on European cities: Filipe Alves, Teodóra Brandmüller and Kristina Dourmashkin (Eurostat, Unit E.4., Regional statistics and geographical information)


We are also grateful to:

the Directorate-General for Translation of the European Commission, particularly the German and French translation units;

the Publications Office of the European Union, and in particular Georgia Anargyrou-Hahn, Unit B.2., Publications







Principal Editor

Jukka Piirto

Eurostat, Unit B4 — Dissemination

Editors

Annika Johansson and Helene Strandell

Eurostat, Unit B4 — Dissemination


Content production

The content of the Eurostat yearbook is produced by Eurostat and Informa sàrl (Giovanni Albertone, Simon Allen and Andrew Redpath)

More information

Please consult the Eurostat internet site (http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat)

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