EU e-Info Finding

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EU e-Info Finding

• Luciano Morganti

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About this Presentation

• Define the rationale behind this Presentation
• A few tips for EU e-fact finding
• Where to search for info
• a) Legislation b) Policies c) Programmes d)
  Funding opportunities
• Feedback Sessions
• Share your experience!

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Rationale I

• Europe Direct Information Network
• Immediate answer to general questions from
  citizens, SMEs, professionals, local bodies and
  NGOs
• Redirection towards appropriated sources of INFO
  for more specific questions
• Questions on EU Legislation, policies,
  programmes, funding opportunities

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Rationale II

• Today
• /- 25 of questions on mobility within the EU
• lt 25 EU Institutions (aims and functioning)
• External relations, Internal MKT and aid to
  development
• ? Bear this in mind when training yourself!

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Rationale III

• The PPT presentation is
• An interactive search facility and a personal
  tool to increase your knowledge about the EU
• A tool and a list of advices to find Information
  about the European Union using the Internet
• A interactive guide to fact finding that goes
  from general to specific on the different EU
  questions (inside and outside EUROPA)

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Rationale IV

• Server EUROPA
• horizontal vs vertical approach
• thematic vs specific
• ? Presentation general to specific

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Tips and advices I

• The more you know about the information and about
  the location of information the easiest it will
  be for you to provide quick and accurate answers
• Try to link EU the Legislation, policies,
  programmes, funding opportunities with the local
  context
• Make sure you understand the question ? define
  the search strategy more appropriate to find the
  answer which can be policies, documents,
  publications, legal texts, White and Green books,
  files, DGs and units, persons, mailing lists, ,
  sounds and images

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Tips and advices II

• When referring to a text try to refer to a pdf
  rather than a html page, to a final doc, to the
  OJ
• If you navigate for a while within EUROPA make
  sure where you end up
• Reed the How to use manuals

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Tips and advices III

• EUROPA an enormous and ever changing portal
• Make info come to you, use
• newsletters
• RSS
• automatic bookmarking

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Server EUROPA Info Categories

• 1) Legal Texts and Official Documents/Procedures
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• 2) News
• 3) General Information II
• 4) EU Institutions
• 5) Non EU - EU Related bodies and
  organisations/Think Tanks II
• 6) Grants, Funds and Programmes by EU Policy and
  Public Tender
• 7) Partners Search
• 8) EU History and Policies
• 9) Documents and Persons/Functions
• 10) Dialogue with/services for the Citizens II
• 11) Statistics
• 12) EU Relays Centres and Networks II

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1) Legal Texts and Official Documents I

• European Treaties
• Legislation in Force
• SCAD Plus
• White and Green Papers
• Process and Players and Legislative Drafting

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1) Legal Texts and Official Documents II

• EUR-Lex, EUR-Lex New Version
• Secretariat General
• CURIA

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1) Legal Texts and Official Documents III

• Decision making in the EU
• Codecision
• The Legislative Observatory
• Pre-Lex
• Application of Community Law

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2) News

• RAPID NG gtgt Midday Express
• The Bulletin of the EU
• Press Room
• National Press Agencies ? link to local

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3) General Information on SE I

• EUROPA Newsletter
• Information Sources
• General Information
• ABC of the EU
• Glossary
• EP Facts-Sheets
• Audiovisual Library
• Search Function

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3) General Information outside SE II

• EurActive
• Wikipedia

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4) EU Institutions

• Institutions of the EU/Commission Site MAP
• European Parliament
• EP Information Offices
• Members of the EP
• European Council
• Council Configurations
• Council Documents
• Representations of the EU in the MS
• Delegations in the World

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5) Non EU - EU Related bodies and
organisations/EU Think Thanks I

• Consultation/Civil Society
• Centre for European Policy Studies
• The European Policy Centre
• Think Tanks Directory
• EurActive list of EU Think Tanks

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5) Non EU - EU Related bodies and
organisations/EU Think Thanks II

• Research Centres on European Affairs
• Newsletters on specific EU related topics
• NGOs
• Local and Regional Authorities portals

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6) Grants, Funds and Programmes by EU Policy and
Public Tender

• Introduction to Community Grants
• Grants/Programmes/Policies
• Information on Public Contracts
• TED SIMAP CORDIS EUROPAID
• Tiscali-Europe

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7) Partners search

• Leonardo
• Energy and Transport
• CORDIS
• Comunidad Valenciana

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8) EU History and Policies

• History
• and
• Activities Policies

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9) Documents and Persons/Functions

• Documents
• Organisation Charts and Directories
• European Commission Central Library and ECLAS
• EU Bookshop

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10) Dialogue with/services for the Citizens I

• Your Europe Dialogue with Business
• Your Europe e-Services for Citizens
• SME Envoy
• Your Voice
• Signpost
• SOLVIT

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10) Dialogue with/services for the Citizens II

• Contacts points within the institutions
• Contact Points for business, citizens and
  students/young people
• Contacts by Commission Activities

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11) Statistics

• Eurostat
• Catalogues
• Eurobarometer

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12) EU Relays Centres and Networks I

• Relays centres
• National Information Centres on Europe
• European Documentation Centres
• Team Europe
• Commissions representations and Delegations

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12) EU Relays Centres and Networks II

• Euro Info Centres
• European Consumer Information Centres

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EU e-Info Finding

• Good luck and have an efficient search!