Links

You will find many interesting sites and references at the following URLs:

News
EU Update www.euobserver.com
EU news, policy positions and EU actors online (english/français)
www.euractiv.com
EU newspaper (english)
www.european-voice.com
News on the European Union website
www.europa.eu.int/geninfo/whatsnew.htm
Newspapers around the world
www.onlinenewspapers.com
European Union
European Commission Employment and Social Affairs
www.europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/index_en.htm
European legislation and proposals from the European Commission
www.europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/com/
Sessions and reports of the European Parliament www.europarl.eu.int/plenary/default_en.htm
Information society and administrations http://europa.eu.int/ISPO/ida/jsps/index.jsp
EU social policy www.europa.eu.int/pol/socio/index_en.htm
European Union Member States
Future Member States. Developments in central and eastern Europe
www.tol.cz
European Agencies
European Institute of Public Administration
www.eipa.nl
European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
http://europe.osha.eu.int/
European Union Institute for Security Studies
www.iss-eu.org
European Foundation for the improvement of living and working conditions
www.eurofound.ie
Other European Organisations
European Centre for Working Questions www.eza.org
Council of Europe www.coe.int
Sectors
Public Administration
European Group of Public Administration
www.iiasiisa.be/egpa/agacc.htm
European Benchmarking Network http://forum.europa.eu.int/
Common Assessment Framework http://www.eipa.nl/CAF/CAFmenu.htm
Health Services
Health First Europe www.healthfirsteurope.org
European Health Forum Gastein
www.ehfg.org
OSHA Good Practices http://europe.osha.eu.int/good_practice/sector/healthcare/
Representation of the Medical Technologies Industry in Europe
www.eucomed.be
The Standing Committee of the Hospitals of the European Union
www.hope.be
Local and Regional Authorities
Committee of the Regions
www.cor.eu.int
Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe, COE

www.coe.int/cplre
Council of European Municpalities and Regions http://www.ccre.org/
Assembly of European Regions
www.are-regions-europe.org
Justice
European Police College www.cepol.net/intranet/
European Police Office
www.europol.eu.int
The Academy of European Law Trier www.era.int
Postal and Telecommunication services
Social Dialogue Committee www.postsocialdialog.org
European Commission - Postal Services http://europa.eu.int/comm/internal_market/post/index_en.htm
ILO and P&T www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/sector/sectors/postal.htm
the Association of European Public Postal Operators http://www.posteurop.org/eng/home.asp
Conferences
Third Quality Conference for Public Administration in the EU
   
http://www.3qconference.org/
VII European Health Agora http://www.fhf.fr/fhf/htm/fr/hopexpo2004/prog_agora2004.pdf
European Social Week www.eurosw.org
European Forum on Local Development and Employment
www.hp2003ledforum.org/eng/index.htm
Second Quality Conference for Public Administration in the EU www.2qconference.org
International
PUMA is the directorate for Public Management of the OECD
www.oecd.org
International Labour Organisation: Public Service
www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/sector/sectors/pubserv.htm
United Nations Online Network in Public Administration and Finance
www.unpan.org
World Confederation of labour www.cmt-wcl.org
Public Management
International institute for administrative sciences (B): www.iiasiisa.be

Association for public management (NL): l

www.overheidsmanagement.org/index2.htm

Variousi links on public management (NL): /

bestuurskunde.pagina.nl

Danish School for public management (DK):

www.dfhnet.dk

National school for administration (F):

www.ena.fr/F/fp/som_v.html
Institute voor Organisation and Human Resource Management, information on public management (CH): www.iop.unibe.ch/Public-Management/
OESO links on public management programmes: www.oecd.org/puma/links.htm
GATS and Public Services
DG trade http://trade-info.cec.eu.int/europa/index_en.php
World Trade Organisation http://www.wto.org/