ENS Guide to European web sites
EU services: publications, libraries, statistics, public opinion, recruitment
The Office for Official Publications
of the European Communities (Publications Office) is the publishing
house of the institutions and other bodies of the European Union (EU).
It is responsible for producing and distributing EU publications on
all media and by all means. The Office assists the EU institutions in
their efforts to enhance the transparency of the legislative process
and European policies, and to facilitate access to the entire body of
European legislation and information with the aim of bringing the Union
closer to its citizens. The Office also publishes in the Official Journal
invitations to tender, pre-information notices, contract award notices,
etc., for public works, supply and service contracts. Some 900 notices
are currently published every working day in each of the EU official
languages:
http://publications.europa.eu/index_en.htm
The many different libraries of the
EU institutions are grouped in a system called “Eurolib”
created in 1997 to serve the members and staff of the institutions;
many also offer access to outside researchers. Central to this system
is the Central Library of the European Commission,
a special reference and research library with facilities in Brussels
andLuxembourg. Established to meet the library needs of the European
Commission and its staff, it nevertheless welcomes as many outside researchers
as it can. External researchers needing access to EU publications may
be granted visitor's cards as facilities allow:
http://ec.europa.eu/libraries/doc/index_en.htm
The mission of the Statistical Office of the
European Communities (“Eurostat”), situated in
Luxembourg, is to provide the EU with a high-quality statistical information
service that enable comparisons between countries and regions. Democratic
societies do not function properly without a solid basis of reliable
and objective statistics. National statistics are important for national
purposes in Member States whereas EU statistics are essential for decisions
and evaluation at European level. International statistics are a way
of getting toknow neighbours in Member States and countries outside
the EU. They are an important and objective way of measuring how all
live:
http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat
Through its Public Opinion Analysis sector, the European Commission has been monitoring since 1973 the evolution
of public opinion in the Member States, thus helping the preparation
of texts, decision-making and the evaluation of its work. The surveys
and studies carried out are addressing all the major topics concerning
European citizenship: social situation, health, culture, research, information
technology, energy, environment, euro, foreignpolicy, defence, etc...:
http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/index_en.htm
The European Communities Personnel Selection
Office (EPSO) aims to provide the public with free access to
reliable information about recruitment to the EU institutions and to
make best use of information technology to improve the management of
selection procedures. EPSO was established on 26 July 2002. Its mission
is to organise open competitions to select highly qualified staff for
recruitment to all institutions of the European Union, namely the European
Parliament, the Council, the European Commission, the Court of Justice,
the Court of Auditors, the Economic and Social Committee, the Committee
of the Regions and the European Ombudsman. EPSO website provides the
citizens with information on career opportunities in the EU:
http://europa.eu/epso/
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