EU FAR - EU Funds by Area Results - European Social Fund (ESF) Funds absorbed by Romanian Municipalities 2019-2023

The cumulative European Social Fund (ESF) funds for the period of 2019-2023 represent financial data received from the Ministry of Public Finance, following a public information request submitted by the Research Institute for Quality of Life (payments under budgetary code 58.02 – European Social Fund). The database received from the Ministry of Public Finance included fiscal codes as unique identifiers for each municipality and provided information in national currency. The data management process included merging all the information for all the localities in Romania by assigning correct unique identification codes (LAU codes)[1] for all municipalities, for all the examined years. This exercise is based on a correspondence table between the fiscal and LAU codes provided by the Ministry of Development, Public Works and Administration. Notably, all the information in the database presents payments (executed budget) and not allocations. Furthermore, the process of data management for converting the sums in comparable data converted the sums for each year in euro, based on the Euro/ECU exchange rates - annual data.[2] Afterwards, the sums in euro have been converted in euro at constant 2010 prices, based on the price index, implicit deflator.[3] The next step included computing the constant euro per inhabitant for each year. The population information comes from the National Institute of Statistics, Population Census of 2021. For comparative purposes, the variable on total sum of EU funds, expressed as euro, in constant prices per inhabitant for the entire timeframe, is indicated to be used. All files associated with this database that use the .json or .md extensions can be opened with any basic text editor, such as Notepad on Windows or TextEdit on macOS. For improved readability, syntax highlighting, and better previews, it is recommended to use a specialized editor such as Notepad++. [1] From 2017 only LAU (see https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/nuts/local-administrative-units). [2] Eurostat indicator [ERT_BIL_EUR_A]. This means that each sum in lei has been divided to the annual value corresponding to Romanian leu from the corresponding Eurostat indicator – average value, information extracted from Eurostat database on January 4, 2025. [3] Eurostat indicator [NAMA_10_GDP], Price index (implicit deflator), 2010=100, euro, for updating the database for 2023 data has been extracted on December 19, 2024. Data for computing first version of the EU FAR database has been extracted on September 29th, 2022 and the values used for computing the sums correspond to the dates of extraction. This means that each sum converted in euro has been multiplied with 100 and then divided to the annual value from the corresponding Eurostat indicator. Updates have been performed for the budgetary year of 2020 based on this latest value of the deflator, as explained below. For the same year, data on the population of the districts of Bucharest has been processed from the Regional Statistical Directorate of Bucharest - https://bucuresti.insse.ro/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/POPULATIA-DUPA-DOMICILIU-LA-1-IANUARIE_2020.pdf.2019-2023年期间累计的欧洲社会基金（European Social Fund, ESF）资金，为生活质量研究所通过公开信息申请从罗马尼亚公共财政部获取的财务数据，对应预算编码58.02项下的欧洲社会基金拨付款项。 从公共财政部获取的数据库以财政编码作为各市级行政区的唯一标识符，并以罗马尼亚本国货币计价。 数据治理流程涵盖整合罗马尼亚所有行政区的全部信息：为所有调研年度的各市级行政区分配正确的唯一识别码——地方行政单位编码（Local Administrative Units, LAU codes）[1]。该整合工作基于罗马尼亚发展、公共工程与交通部提供的财政编码与LAU编码对应表。需特别说明的是，本数据库收录的均为实际拨付预算（已执行预算），而非预算拨款额度。 此外，为将数据转换为可比口径，数据治理流程先基于年度欧元/欧洲货币单位（Euro/ECU）汇率[2]，将各年度的原币金额转换为欧元；随后基于价格指数（隐性平减指数），将欧元金额转换为2010年不变价欧元[3]。 下一步为计算各年度的不变价欧元人均额度，所用人口数据来自罗马尼亚国家统计局2021年人口普查结果。 为便于横向比较，建议使用覆盖全调研周期的、以2010年不变价欧元计价的欧盟资金总额人均变量。 本数据库关联的所有.json或.md格式文件，可通过任意基础文本编辑器打开，如Windows系统的记事本（Notepad）或macOS系统的文本编辑（TextEdit）。若需获得更优的可读性、语法高亮效果与预览体验，建议使用专业编辑器如Notepad++。 [1] 自2017年起启用地方行政单位（LAU）编码，详见https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/nuts/local-administrative-units。 [2] 欧盟统计局指标[ERT_BIL_EUR_A]：即原币列伊金额均除以对应年度欧盟统计局公布的罗马尼亚列伊兑欧元年度平均汇率，相关数据于2025年1月4日从欧盟统计局数据库提取。 [3] 欧盟统计局指标[NAMA_10_GDP]：价格指数（隐性平减指数，2010年=100，以欧元计价）。2023年数据的更新基准于2024年12月19日提取；首次构建欧盟FAR数据库所用数据于2022年9月29日提取，所用金额对应提取当日的数值。即每笔转换为欧元的金额先乘以100，再除以对应年度欧盟统计局公布的该指标数值。如前文所述，已基于最新平减指数数值对2020财年数据进行更新。同年，布加勒斯特行政区人口数据由布加勒斯特区域统计局处理，详见https://bucuresti.insse.ro/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/POPULATIA-DUPA-DOMICILIU-LA-1-IANUARIE_2020.pdf。