European Union Information, 23 April 2007, at Aslib, London
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 
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

Course Director: Ian Thomson

Course fees: £260 plus VAT (Aslib Corporate Members) / £325 plus VAT (Non 
Members)

To book your place, please visit: http://www.aslib.com/training/1/06.html

Nicole Adamides, ASLIB Training
The Holywell Centre, 1 Phipp Street, London, EC2A 4PS
Tel: 020 7613 3031	Fax: 020 7613 5080
www.aslib.com/training	Email: [log in to unmask]

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