Links

Here you will find a list of European links of general interest to Craft trades and SMEs. 

If you are looking for more specific links related to UEAPME policy fields, please visit our policy areas section.

European Institutions, European Agencies, European Social Dialogue & European Business associations, European Databases, International Organisations, EU Affairs Media, Other

European Institutions

• European Parliament
  www.europarl.europa.eu
• Information Offices
  www.europarl.europa.eu/parliament/public/nearYou.do?language=EN
• The President
  www.europarl.europa.eu/president
• Political Groups
  www.europarl.europa.eu/groups

• European Commission
  http://ec.europa.eu
• Information Sources and Contacts
  http://ec.europa.eu/contact/index_en.htm
• RAPID - the European Commission’s press service
  http://europa.eu/press_room/index_en.htm
• Representations in Member States
  http://ec.europa.eu/represent_en.htm
• CELEX
  http://europa.eu/celex/

• Council of the European Union
  www.consilium.europa.eu
• European Union Presidency websites
  www.consilium.europa.eu/cms3_fo/showPage.asp?id=695&lang=en&mode=g

• Court of Justice of the European Communities
  http://curia.europa.eu

• European Court of Auditors
  http://eca.europa.eu

• European Central Bank
  www.ecb.int

• European Investment Bank
  www.eib.org

• Economic and Social Committee
  http://eesc.europa.eu

• European Ombudsman
  www.ombudsman.europa.eu

• Introduction to EU institutions- the EU explained
  http://europa.eu/institutions/index_en.htm

European Agencies

• CEDEFOP- European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training
  www.cedefop.europa.eu

• EU-OSHA- European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
  http://osha.europa.eu

• EEA- European Environment Agency
  www.eea.europa.eu

• ECHA- European Chemicals Agency
  http://ec.europa.eu/echa/

• EFSA- European Food Safety Agency
  http://efsa.europa.eu

• Eurofound- European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
  www.eurofound.europa.eu

• European Monitoring Centre on Change
  www.emcc.eurofound.europa.eu

• EUMC- European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia
  www.eumc.europa.eu

• ETF- European Training Foundation
  www.etf.europa.eu

• OHIM- Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market
  http://oami.europa.eu

European Social Dialogue & European Business associations

European Social Partners

• BUSINESSEUROPE - Union of Industrial and Employers’ Confederations of Europe
  www.businesseurope.eu

• CEEP - European Centre of Enterprises with Public Participation
  and of Enterprises of General Economic Interest
  www.ceep.eu

• Employers' Resource Centre
  www.erc-online.eu

• ETUC- European Trade Union Confederation
  www.etuc.org

European Databases

• EUROSTAT- Statistical Office of the European Communities
  http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/

• SME Observatory- The Observatory for European SMEs
  http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/enterprise_policy/analysis/observatory_en.htm

• CORDIS- Community Research & Development Information Service
  http://cordis.europa.eu

• EDITA- European Database for International Trade Activities
  www.edita.org

International Organisations

• ILO- International Labour Organisation
  http://www.ilo.org

• IMF- International Monetary Fund
  http://www.imf.org

• OECD- Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development
  http://www.oecd.org

• WTO- World Trade Organisation
  http://www.wto.org

• WIPO- World Intellectual Property Organisation
  http://www.wipo.org

• World Bank
  http://www.worldbank.int

EU affairs Media

• Agence Europe
  www.agenceurope.com

• CORDIS News
  http://cordis.europa.eu/news

• EurActiv
  www.euractiv.com

• EU Business
  www.eubusiness.com

• EU Reporter
  www.eureporter.co.uk

• European Voice
  www.european-voice.com

• EU Observer
  www.euobserver.com

Other

• IPR Helpdesk
  http://www.ipr-helpdesk.org/index.html

• EIC- Euro Info Centres
  http://ec.europa.eu.int/enterprise/networks/eic/eic.html

• Business Dialogue- the EU’s information source for businesses wanting to do business in the Internal Market
  http://ec.europa.eu/youreurope/nav/en/business/index.html