Europe on the Internet A selection of useful websites for information on the European Union and the wider Europe Ian Thomson Director, Cardiff EDC Cardiff University College of Europe: Natolin Library Information Seminar 11 September 2010

College of Europe – Natolin Library Information Seminar, 11 September 2010 Contents Searching for European information Legislative, judicial and policy-making information Keeping up to date Information on EU policies and countries Grants and loans – Statistics Contact information Terminological and linguistic information Useful websites and other sources for European information

College of Europe – Natolin Library Information Seminar, 11 September 2010 Searching for European information EUROPA  EUROPA Search Engine EUROPA Search Engine General Search engines (e.g.Google)Google  Google Advanced (restrict to EUROPA.EU ) Google Advanced  Google Scholar Google Scholar European Commission: Library: ECLAS EU Bookshop European Sources Online  A more detailed guide to ESO is availableguide Searching for European information

College of Europe – Natolin Library Information Seminar, 11 September 2010 Legislative Acts  Primary legislation The Treaties  Secondary legislation Regulations Directives Decisions Recommendations Opinions The European Union Legislative acts

College of Europe – Natolin Library Information Seminar, 11 September 2010 The European Union: Judicial Decisions The Courts  European Court of Justice (C cases)  General Court [formerly ECFI] (T cases)  Civil Service Tribunal (F cases) Judicial acts  Judgments  Opinions  Orders The European Union Judicial Decisions

College of Europe – Natolin Library Information Seminar, 11 September 2010 European Commission: EUR-Lex  Official Journal Official Journal  COM Docs COM Docs  SEC Docs SEC Docs  Directory of Community Legislation Directory of Community Legislation  Directory of Community Legislation in preparation Directory of Community Legislation in preparation  Simple search Simple search  LexAlert LexAlert  Eurovoc Eurovoc  Consolidated Legislation Consolidated Legislation SCADPLUS: Summaries of legislation Citizens Summaries: DG Agri example European Court of Justice: Case law  CURIA: Search page – Numerical Access – Press Releases CURIASearch pageNumerical AccessPress Releases  EUR-Lex: Search and BrowseSearchBrowse  Summaries of important judgments Summaries of important judgments Legislative and judicial information

College of Europe – Natolin Library Information Seminar, 11 September 2010 Offers links to related pages in IPEX and PreLex [Example] and Summaries of key stagesExample Offers visual timeline + multiple hyperlinks to further key sources of information Policy-tracking: Monitoring EU legislative proposals and other initiatives Complementary databases to help you follow the progress of EU legislative proposals and other initiatives

College of Europe – Natolin Library Information Seminar, 11 September 2010 Council of the European Union [Example] Council of the European UnionExample European Parliament European Commission Comitology Committees  [Old Register] / [List of Committees]Old RegisterList of Committees Policy-tracking: Registers of Documents Despite failings the various EU Registers of Documents can help you find EU documents not accessible elsewhere, especially draft documents

College of Europe – Natolin Library Information Seminar, 11 September 2010 Policy-tracking : European Commission

College of Europe – Natolin Library Information Seminar, 11 September 2010 Policy-tracking : European Commission Use this website to follow the key activities of the European Commission Five year Strategic Programme [not issued for the period but see President Barroso’s Political Guidelines]Political Guidelines Annual Policy Strategy [2010]2010 Legislative and Work Programme [2010]2010 Weekly Commission Meeting [Agenda & Minutes]AgendaMinutes Detailed day-by-day planning of Commission activities [2010]2010 Websites of Commission Directorates-General & ServicesWebsites Management plans of DGs [Annual Management Plans /Annual Management Plans Annual Activity Reports / Synthesis Report]Annual Activity ReportsSynthesis Report HearingsHearings of Commissioners 2010

College of Europe – Natolin Library Information Seminar, 11 September 2010 Policy-tracking: The EU Budget Use this website to find information on the EU Budget Understanding the EU Budget Financial Framework Information on the 2010 Budget [ Summary ]Information on the 2010 BudgetSummary Information on the 2011 Budget [ Summary ]Information on the 2011 BudgetSummary Texts of proposed and adopted EU Budget are also available on ECA carries out the audit of the EU’s Finances Annual Reports Special Reports

College of Europe – Natolin Library Information Seminar, 11 September 2010 Homepage Homepage of the President of the European Council Homepage of the President of the European Council Policy-tracking: European Council

College of Europe – Natolin Library Information Seminar, 11 September 2010 Trio Presidency Programmes  18 month Programme of the Spanish, Hungarian and Belgian Presidencies, January 2010 – June month Programme of the Spanish, Hungarian and Belgian Presidencies, January 2010 – June 2011 [Trio concept / Trio of Presidencies]Trio conceptTrio of Presidencies Presidency Programmes and Websites  Belgium: EU Presidency, July – December 2010 Belgium: EU Presidency, July – December 2010 Work Programme Work Programme Previous EU Presidency websites  Presidency Conclusions Presidency Conclusions Conclusions of all previous EU Presidencies, Policy-tracking: EU Presidency

College of Europe – Natolin Library Information Seminar, 11 September 2010 Council operates at two levels  Ministerial / National Officials meeting at Working Party level Ministerial  Meetings of the Council at Ministerial level Meetings of the Council at Ministerial level  Web-streaming of Council events and meetings Web-streaming of Council events and meetings  Agenda of future Council meetings: July - December 2010 Part 1 / Part 2 Part 1Part 2 National Officials meeting at Working Party level  List of Council preparatory bodies List of Council preparatory bodies  Agendas / Reports to meetings AgendasReports to meetings Policy-tracking: Council of the European Union

College of Europe – Natolin Library Information Seminar, 11 September 2010 High Representative of the Unionfor Foreign Affairs and Security Policy European External Action Service (EEAS) Policy-tracking: High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy

College of Europe – Natolin Library Information Seminar, 11 September 2010  Activities of the European Parliament Activities of the European Parliament  Latest information Latest information  Debates Debates Listen to debates, April EP Live EuroparlTV  Minutes Minutes  Texts adopted Texts adopted  Committees Committees Policy-tracking: European Parliament

College of Europe – Natolin Library Information Seminar, 11 September 2010 EU Press Room  EU News EU News  RAPID RAPID Midday Express Latest Press Releases Top Stories RSS feeds for the latest news  EU explained EU explained  EU Calendar EU Calendar Keeping up-to-date: Official EU sources: Web sources

College of Europe – Natolin Library Information Seminar, 11 September 2010 Europe by satellite (EbS) Europarl tv EP Live Council Live TV Newsroom European Central Bank Keeping up-to-date: Official EU sources: TV / Webstreaming

College of Europe – Natolin Library Information Seminar, 11 September 2010 General Report on the Activities of the European Union General Report on the Activities of the European Union EUROPA: What’s New Keeping up-to-date: Official EU sources

College of Europe – Natolin Library Information Seminar, 11 September 2010 Keeping up-to-date: EU sources Keeping up-to-date: Europe Media Monitor

College of Europe – Natolin Library Information Seminar, 11 September 2010 Web-based news sources  EUObserver EUObserver  EurActiv EurActiv  The Parliament.COM / EUBusiness The Parliament.COMEUBusiness Newspapers  PressEurop PressEurop  EUFeeds EUFeeds  Financial Times: European stories Financial Times: European stories European broadcasters (EBU) European broadcasters  Euronews Euronews  European news from: BBC / DW / France24BBCDWFrance24  European radio network: EuranetEuranet  European tv network planned for 2010 [NB: EUX.TV]EUX.TV Keeping up-to-date Non-Official Sources

College of Europe – Natolin Library Information Seminar, 11 September 2010 Keeping up-to-date: Selection of news sources All offering European news in English

College of Europe – Natolin Library Information Seminar, 11 September 2010 Keeping up-to-date: New media: Blogs Blog Aggregators bring together a selection of Europe focused blogs A sample of blogs offering a range of insights on Europe

College of Europe – Natolin Library Information Seminar, 11 September 2010 The increasing role of new media Web 2.0: Twitter Tweet Aggregators: attempts to bring together EU tweets Who are the key players in the EU-twittersphere? TweetLevelTweetLevel evaluates tweets Many EU Institutions, officials, MEPs, Stakeholders and news sources are using Twitter – although some question its valuevalue Keeping up-to-date: New media: Twitter

College of Europe – Natolin Library Information Seminar, 11 September 2010 The increasing role of new media Web 2.0: Facebook Facebook is also being used by the European Union Institutions (and by other European stakeholders) Keeping up-to-date: New media: Facebook

College of Europe – Natolin Library Information Seminar, 11 September 2010 The increasing role of new media Web 2.0: Facebook Flickr is also being used by the European Union Institutions (and by other European stakeholders) Keeping up-to-date: New media: Flickr

College of Europe – Natolin Library Information Seminar, 11 September 2010 EUROPA: European Union: Policies European Parliament: FactsheetsFactsheets EUROPA: European countries European Commission: Directorates-General A-Z Index of European Union websites Your Europe – Citizens European Sources Online: Information guides  Policies Policies  Countries Countries Information on European Union policies and countries

College of Europe – Natolin Library Information Seminar, 11 September 2010 Information on European Statistics Eurostat Useful statistical information at a European level can also be found from DG Energy and Transport, Eurobarometer, ECHO, UNECE, OECD and the UN’s InfoNation websiteEnergyTransport EurobarometerECHOUNECEOECDInfoNation Information on European Statistics

College of Europe – Natolin Library Information Seminar, 11 September 2010 Information on EU grants and loans ESO Information Guide: Funding

College of Europe – Natolin Library Information Seminar, 11 September 2010 Beneficiaries of EU funds EU grants & loans managed by the EU Institutions EU grants & loans managed by the Member States Information on beneficiaries of EU grants and loans

College of Europe – Natolin Library Information Seminar, 11 September 2010 Contacting the EU EU Institutions EU Agencies Contact the European Union Contact the European Union EU: WhoisWho Commission Directory Contacting the EU

College of Europe – Natolin Library Information Seminar, 11 September 2010 Contacting the EU Contact MEPs Contacting the EU

College of Europe – Natolin Library Information Seminar, 11 September 2010 Contacting the EU Information sources: Whom to contact Information sources: Whom to contact Europe Direct The EU in your country The EU in your country Contacting the EU

College of Europe – Natolin Library Information Seminar, 11 September 2010 Contacting the EU Details of the people / representatives appointed to Expert Groups to advise the European Commission Find details of organisations that seek to influence (‘lobby’) the EU [Currently, the Register is a voluntary requirement. 3,018 organisations had signed up to ]

College of Europe – Natolin Library Information Seminar, 11 September 2010 Terminological information Aids for translators IATE: Interinstitutional terminology database IATE: Interinstitutional terminology database Glossary of terms Eurojargon Acronyms and abbreviations Google Translate Altavista Translation with SYSTRANS Terminological information

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