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News 091005
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EU news
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In the news recently:
- EU
President and 'Foreign Minister' appointed
- Food aid for EU citizens
- UN
Convention on the Rights of the Child
- eGovernment
- Employment in Europe
Report
- Pesticides
- Food Hygiene Package
- Volunteering
- Teacher
training
- Public Private Partnerships
For more details and to see other news
items, go to our news
archive
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Essay competition
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The EIA and Europe Direct Leeds are running a student essay competition, with a
£200 prize, on the theme ‘Communicating Europe: Is the EU getting through to you?’
For details see www.eia.org.uk
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Twitter
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Follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/euroinfo - where we provide daily news of significant EU
documents and other developments.
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Conference
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Our 2010 annual meeting 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.
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Publications
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A new Starting Point brings together the main EU sources on the Information
Society. The guide is available free of charge to EIA Members and for a small cost
to non-members, via our Publications page. Non-members can now ask to be
invoiced for publications, rather than buy and pay online. Special offer -
until the end of 2009, buy any four guides in our Starting Point, How To or
Profile series and receive another one free!
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‘Wreckers or Builders?
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We have a copy of ‘Wreckers or Builders? A History of Labour MEPs 1979-1999’
available for review. ‘From the leadership of Barbara Castle to the Labour
Government of Tony Blair’, this new title from John Harper
Publishing offers ‘fascinating stories ... of a Labour group which mixed
members who were hell-bent on fundamentalist anti-Europeanism with mainstream
European social democrats ...' In exchange for a short review, this 360-page
paperback can be yours. Interested? Contact Eric Davies
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On the web
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LinoLounge
Described as
'the place where EU experts can spot jobs ads, freelance opportunities, or be
hunted directly by recruiters', LinoLounge also claims to allow those of us who
work with EU information to assess the impact of proposals, gossip on who does
what in the EU bubble, highlight training courses etc. Interesting idea, which
will clearly be of greater value as more people join.
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AskEric
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Our AskEric enquiry service, exclusive to EIA Members, can confidentially answer
all manner of questions.
Visit the website to logon and
send your AskEric question.In the last week, Eric received this query: We
are an information centre dealing mainly with SMEs and have been asked by a local
haulage company if it is possible to get hold of 'letters of attestation' in
different EU languages. Do you where we can find them? Eric replied: These
letters are provided by employers to drivers visiting other Member States, in some
of which the use of such letters is compulsory. A printable version (in English)
is available in M/S Word format on the Commission's 'Road Transport' pages - see
this document. The model for the
letter is set out in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 484/2002 of the European
Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulations (EEC) No 881/92 and
(EEC) No 3118/93 for the purposes of establishing a driver attestation. You can
therefore obtain it in other languages by going to the Regulation page on Eur-Lex, selecting the language version
(s) required and finding Annex III.
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Training
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The Association is not currently running any public training courses. We are,
however, still able to offer in-house training, so if you and your colleagues
would benefit from finding out about the EU, how it works and the documents it
produces, please get in touch to discuss your requirements.
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Online Information
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The EIA is supporting Online Information 2009, London, 1-3 December.
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contact us
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If you have any queries about the European Information Association visit our website
www.eia.org.uk
or contact
Eric Davies
EIA Coordinator
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