Colleagues, our latest Newsletter, available at www.eia.org.uk, contains these and other items:
In the news recently:
- Vocational training for women
- 'Strategic Energy Partnership'
- Disability Convention
- EU military operations
- 'Stop Poverty Now!'
- Biodiversity
More details can be seen in our news archive
New training courses: 'Lisbon changes' and 'Europa changes', Friday 26 February 2010, London.
These two half-day courses will look at recent changes to how the EU works and where to find information about it.
'Lisbon changes' (morning) will highlight the main developments in the EU institutions and decision-making processes brought about by the new Treaty, including the advent of the General court, use of 'Union law' vs 'Community law', and extension of the 'ordinary legislative procedure'.
'Europa changes' (afternoon) will provide expert advice on navigating the new Europa website and its subsites, including EUR-Lex and Eurostat.
Delegates can attend one session or both. Prices for EIA members are £90 half day, £140 full day; non-member prices are £125 and £175 respectively.
The draft programmes can be viewed via our Training page, which also has an online booking facility.
Conference
Our 2010 conference will take place at the British Library on Monday 22 March. The day will include presentations on what to expect from the new EU, developments in EU information, and the Commission's information priorities. We'll also be presenting the annual EIA Awards and holding our AGM. Places are free to EIA Members, with a £30 charge for others. More details on the website.
Publications
Finding out about the ESF and ERDF in the UK is the topic covered in our latest 'How To' publication. Issued as How To number 8, it can be accessed via our Publications page. All EIA publications are free of charge to Members; non-members can buy them as pdf files.
A revised edition of 'European information: a guide to official sources' will be available once the new European Commission has taken office.
On the web
The national decisions database, provided by the Association of the Councils of State and Supreme Administrative Jurisdictions of the European Union, contains more than 20,000 references to national decisions concerning Community law. Spanning 1959 to the present day, it contains:
- national case law regarding EU law
- references to books and articles related to national decisions and judgements delivered by the Court of Justice.
AskEric
Our AskEric enquiry service, exclusive to EIA Members, can confidentially answer all manner of questions. A recent questioner asked Eric where to find online versions of C & L series of the Official Journal before 1998 - in particular, from 1976-77. For the answer, please see the full Newsletter on our website.
Regards,
Eric
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Eric Davies
European Information Services / Coordinator, European Information Association (part-time only)
PO Box 28
Mold
CH7 6FE
Tel: +44 (0) 1352 700051
www.eia.org.uk
http://twitter.com/euroinfo
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