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Europe on the Internet

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. Contents Searching for European information

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Europe on the Internet

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  1. Europe on the Internet A selection of useful websites for information on the European Union and the wider Europe Ian Thomson Director, Cardiff EDCCardiff University College of Europe: NatolinLibrary Information Seminar11 September 2010

  2. 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

  3. Searching for European information Searching for European information • EUROPA • EUROPA Search Engine • General Search engines (e.g.Google) • Google Advanced (restrict to EUROPA.EU) • Google Scholar • European Commission: Library: ECLAS • EU Bookshop • European Sources Online • A more detailed guide to ESO is available

  4. The European Union Legislative acts • Legislative Acts • Primary legislation • The Treaties • Secondary legislation • Regulations • Directives • Decisions • Recommendations • Opinions

  5. The European UnionJudicial Decisions 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

  6. Legislative and judicial information • European Commission: EUR-Lex • Official Journal • COM Docs • SEC Docs • Directory of Community Legislation • Directory of Community Legislation in preparation • Simple search • LexAlert • Eurovoc • Consolidated Legislation • SCADPLUS: Summaries of legislation • Citizens Summaries: DG Agri example • European Court of Justice: Case law • CURIA: Search page – Numerical Access – Press Releases • EUR-Lex:SearchandBrowse • Summaries of important judgments

  7. Policy-tracking: Monitoring EU legislative proposals and other initiatives Complementary databases to help you follow the progress of EU legislative proposals and other initiatives Offers links to related pages in IPEX and PreLex[Example] and Summaries of key stages Offers visual timeline + multiple hyperlinks to further key sources of information

  8. Policy-tracking: Registers of Documents • Council of the European Union[Example] • European Parliament • European Commission • Comitology Committees • [Old Register] / [List of Committees] Despite failings the various EU Registers of Documents can help you find EU documents not accessible elsewhere, especially draft documents

  9. Policy-tracking: European Commission

  10. Policy-tracking: European Commission • Use this website to follow the key activities of the European Commission • Five year Strategic Programme • [not issued for the 2009-2014 period but see President Barroso’s Political Guidelines] • Annual Policy Strategy [2010] • Legislative and Work Programme [2010] • Weekly Commission Meeting [Agenda & Minutes] • Detailed day-by-day planning of Commission activities [2010] • Websites of Commission Directorates-General & Services • Management plans of DGs [Annual Management Plans / • Annual Activity Reports / Synthesis Report] Hearings of Commissioners 2010

  11. Policy-tracking: The EU Budget • Use this website to find information on the EU Budget • Understanding the EU Budget • Financial Framework 2007-2013 • Information on the 2010 Budget [ Summary ] • Information on the 2011 Budget [ Summary ] ECA carries out the audit of the EU’s Finances Annual Reports Special Reports Texts of proposed and adopted EU Budget are also available on

  12. Policy-tracking: European Council • Homepage • Homepage of the President of the European Council

  13. Policy-tracking: EU Presidency • Trio Presidency Programmes • 18 month Programme of the Spanish, Hungarian and Belgian Presidencies, January 2010 – June 2011 • [Trio concept / Trio of Presidencies] • Presidency Programmes and Websites • Belgium: EU Presidency, July – December 2010 • Work Programme • Previous EU Presidency websites • Presidency Conclusions • Presidency Conclusions • Conclusions of all previous EU Presidencies, 1975-

  14. Policy-tracking:Council of the European Union • Council operates at two levels • Ministerial / National Officials meeting at Working Party level • Ministerial • Meetings of the Council at Ministerial level • Web-streaming of Council events and meetings • Agenda of future Council meetings: July - December 2010 • Part 1 / Part 2 • National Officials meeting at Working Party level • List of Council preparatory bodies • Agendas / Reports to meetings

  15. Policy-tracking: High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy • High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy • European External Action Service (EEAS)

  16. Policy-tracking:European Parliament • Activities of the European Parliament • Latest information • Debates • Listen to debates, April 2006- • EP Live • EuroparlTV • Minutes • Texts adopted • Committees

  17. Keeping up-to-date: Official EU sources: Web sources • EU Press Room • EU News • RAPID • Midday Express • Latest Press Releases • Top Stories • RSS feeds for the latest news • EU explained • EU Calendar

  18. Keeping up-to-date: Official EU sources: TV / Webstreaming • Europe by satellite (EbS) • Europarl tv • EP Live • Council Live • TV Newsroom • European Central Bank

  19. Keeping up-to-date: Official EU sources • General Report on the Activities of the European Union • EUROPA: What’s New

  20. Keeping up-to-date: Europe Media Monitor Keeping up-to-date:EU sources

  21. Keeping up-to-date Non-Official Sources • Web-based news sources • EUObserver • EurActiv • The Parliament.COM / EUBusiness • Newspapers • PressEurop • EUFeeds • Financial Times: European stories • European broadcasters (EBU) • Euronews • European news from: BBC / DW / France24 • European radio network: Euranet • European tv network planned for 2010 [NB: EUX.TV]

  22. Keeping up-to-date: Selection of news sources All offering European news in English

  23. 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

  24. Keeping up-to-date: New media: Twitter The increasing role of new mediaWeb 2.0: Twitter Many EU Institutions, officials, MEPs, Stakeholders and news sources are using Twitter – although some question its value Tweet Aggregators: attempts to bring together EU tweets Who are the key players in the EU-twittersphere? TweetLevel evaluates tweets

  25. Keeping up-to-date: New media: Facebook The increasing role of new mediaWeb 2.0: Facebook Facebook is also being used by the European Union Institutions (and by other European stakeholders)

  26. Keeping up-to-date: New media: Flickr The increasing role of new mediaWeb 2.0: Facebook Flickr is also being used by the European Union Institutions (and by other European stakeholders)

  27. Information on European Union policies and countries • EUROPA: European Union: Policies • European Parliament: Factsheets • EUROPA: European countries • European Commission: Directorates-General • A-Z Index of European Union websites • Your Europe – Citizens • European Sources Online: Information guides • Policies • Countries

  28. Information on European Statistics 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 website

  29. Information on EU grants and loans ESO Information Guide: Funding

  30. Information on beneficiaries ofEU grants and loans Beneficiaries of EU funds EU grants & loans managed by the Member States EU grants & loans managed by the EU Institutions

  31. Contacting the EU Contacting the EU • EU Institutions • EU Agencies • Contact the European Union • EU: WhoisWho • Commission Directory

  32. Contacting the EU Contacting the EU • Contact MEPs

  33. Contacting the EU Contacting the EU • Information sources:Whom to contact • Europe Direct • The EU in your country

  34. Contacting the EU Contacting the EU 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 3.9.10] Details of the people / representatives appointed to Expert Groups to advise the European Commission

  35. Terminological information Terminological information • Aids for translators • IATE: Interinstitutional terminology database • Glossary of terms • Eurojargon • Acronyms and abbreviations • Google Translate • Altavista Translation with SYSTRANS

  36. For further information and help… For further information and help… • Visit the library of the College of Europe at Natolin and ask the staff • Contact Ian Thomson Cardiff EDC, Information Services, Cardiff University, PO Box 430, Cardiff, CF24 ODE, Wales Tel: +44 (0)29 2087 4262 Email:thomsoni@cardiff.ac.uk • Thank you for your attention

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