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European
Union Information
European Union information
is an intensive one day course that will introduce you
to the European Union - its institutions, legislative
acts and how policy is made - and how to find out about
its activities. There will also be an examination of the
practical information implications of 'better regulation',
and the ways that EU law is transposed and implemented
in the UK.
Reflecting the central
role of the internet as a medium for finding about about
the EU the course will highlight the key official and
other websites for EU information: this will include legislation
and other policy-making information, keeping up-to-date,
policy information, contact information and bibliographical
sources.
There will be some
hands-on time to allow you to examine the sites demonstrated.
The latest developments in this fast-moving area will
always be highlighted. Relevant print sources will also
be mentioned, when appropriate.
A structured series of handouts with substantial hyperlinks
will be provided in both print and electronic formats.
Programme:
09.30 Brief Introduction
to the European Union: Key Institutions - Legislative
Acts and Judicial decisions - How policy is made
10.15 Introductory
information on the EU / Searching for EU information Search
engines - EUROPA - ECLAS - EU Bookshop - ESO - EasyReading
Corner - Glossary - Eurojargon
10:45 Coffee
11.00 Legislative
and judicial information sources: EUR-LEX - Summaries
of EU Legislation - Official Journal - COM Documents -
Case law
11:45 Policy monitoring:
PreLex - Legislative Observatory - Key documents to follow
the activities of the European Commission, Council / EU
Presidency, European Parliament - Registers of documents
12:45 Lunch
13:30 Keeping up-to-date:
EU sources
EU News - RAPID - General Report - Bulletin of the EU
14:00 Keeping up-to-date:
Non-EU sources
EUObserver - EurActiv - Public Information Europe - Newspapers
- Other media
14:15 Where to find
EU statistics and information on EU policies and countries:
Eurostat - OECD - ESO - EUROPA: Policies etc
14:45 Contact information:
IDEA - CONNECCS - Commission Directory - Europe Direct
etc
15:00 Tea
15:15 The role of
the UK in the creation, adoption and implementation of
EU law:
Government - Government Departments - Parliament - MEPs
- European
Commissioners - Economic and Social Committee (etc)
15:45 Better regulation
at the EU level: what does it mean? Information implications
Consultation - Your Voice in Europe - Impact Assessment
- Simplification - Codification - Recasting - Better lawmaking
16:30 Final questions
and summing up
17:00 Close
On completing the course,
you will be able to:
- demonstrate a greater knowledge
of major sources of official and other European Union
information
- identify sources of information
to solve complex EU enquiries
- give an overview of the
major EU institutions and the range of online sources
available from these
- give an independent evaluation
of online sources of EU information
- identify a range of specialist
online sources for use in handling more complex enquiries
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