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title: Where does Berlin spend its ERDF benefits?
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date: 2023-06-12
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authors: ['João Demenech']
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---
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In this data-driven story, let's analyze how the city of Berlin benefited from ERDF from 2008 to 2015.
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## What is ERDF?
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If you're not familiar with ERDF, it's the European Regional Development Fund. According to its [official website](https://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/funding/erdf_en):
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> The European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) aims to strengthen economic, social, and territorial cohesion in the European Union by correcting imbalances between its regions. In 2021-2027 it will enable investments in a smarter, greener, more connected, and more social Europe that is closer to its citizens.
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## A look into the data
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The dataset that will be used is this one: https://www.openspending.org/@os-data/de3-berlin-2007-2013-erdf (if you're looking for ERDF data for other cities/regions, take a look at the data catalog).
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Here's a sample of this data:
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<FlatUiTable url="https://storage.openspending.org/de3-berlin-2007-2013-erdf/concat.csv" />
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Note that we will only use the rows where the "amount_kind" column is set to "total_amount".
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## How has the total amount changed over the years?
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The line chart below shows the sum of the total amount of EUR that was approved for each year:
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<LineChart data="https://storage.openspending.org/de3-berlin-2007-2013-erdf/berlin-erdf-2007-2013-total-amount-apporved-per-year.csv" xAxis="approval_year" yAxis="total_amount" />
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As you can see, the total increased significantly from 2007 to 2010, later fluctuating between €7 million and €9 million per year.
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## Who were the top beneficiaries for each year?
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Now, let's try to understand who were the top beneficiaries each year. To do that, let's filter the data to show only the two top beneficiaries for each year:
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<FlatUiTable url="https://storage.openspending.org/de3-berlin-2007-2013-erdf/berlin-erdf-2007-2013-total-amount-approved-per-year-per-beneficiary--top-2.csv" />
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Since there are many years in this range, let's split this analysis into two ranges: one for 2008-2010 and the other for 2011-2015.
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<VegaLite spec={{
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"data": { "url": "https://storage.openspending.org/de3-berlin-2007-2013-erdf/berlin-erdf-2007-2013-total-amount-approved-per-year-per-beneficiary--top-2.csv"},
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"transform": [
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{"filter": "datum.approval_year <= 2010"},
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],
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"title": "Total Amount (EUR) x Approval Year (2007-2010)",
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"width": "container",
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"mark": {"type": "bar", "tooltip": true },
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"encoding": {
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"y": {
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"aggregate": "sum",
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"field": "total_amount",
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"title": "Total Amount (EUR)",
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"stack": null
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},
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"x": {"field": "approval_year", "title": "Approval Year"},
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"color": {
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"type": "nominal",
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"field": "beneficiary_name",
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}
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}
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}} />
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<VegaLite spec={{
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"title": "Total Amount (EUR) x Approval Year (2011-2013)",
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"data": { "url": "https://storage.openspending.org/de3-berlin-2007-2013-erdf/berlin-erdf-2007-2013-total-amount-approved-per-year-per-beneficiary--top-2.csv"},
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"transform": [
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{"filter": "datum.approval_year > 2010"},
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],
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"width": "container",
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"mark": {"type": "bar", "tooltip": true },
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"encoding": {
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"y": {
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"aggregate": "sum",
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"field": "total_amount",
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"title": "Total Amount (EUR)",
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"stack": null
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},
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"x": {"field": "approval_year", "title": "Approval Year"},
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"color": {
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"type": "nominal",
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"field": "beneficiary_name",
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}
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}
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}} />
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It's easy to spot some repeating colors. Now, let's see to which sector the top beneficiaries belong to:
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<Table csv="
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Beneficiary,Sector
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D & B,Education
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Stiftung Sozialpädagogisches Institut Berlin (SPI),Education/Social work
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IB e.V.,Social work
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gsub-Projektegesellschaft mbH,Consulting
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BBW Berufsvorbereitungs-u.Ausbildungsgesellschaft,Education
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Arbeit und Bildung e.V.,Consulting
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Gesellschaft für soziale Unternehmensberatung GSUB,Consulting
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SPI Consult GmbH,Consulting
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Beuth Hochschule für Technik Berlin,Education
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TU Berlin, Fakultät II,Education
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Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin,Education
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WeTeK gGmbH,Education
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" />
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Based on the sectors of the top beneficiaries, it's clear that education and professional training have been a major focus of ERDF investment in Berlin during that period of time.
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