Communicating Europe

Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs European Commission |

CIEJD Mission

•Inform about the EU in portuguese

•Train citizens on european issues

•Support others’ initiatives on EU subjects

CIEJD - EEIG

2008: a year of changes

CIEJD - MFA

• Quality during 13 years • Strategic role in information and training on European issues at national level

•CIEJD integration into MFA •CIEJD as the Intermediary Body of

the European Commission

CIEJD - EEIG

CIEJD - MFA

Management Partnership

Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs

European Commission

Portuguese Republic European Union

The Partnership between the European Commission and the Portuguese Republic started in July 2008 and was established for a

period of 4 years

Management Partnership

Benefit from the sinergies

between Member States, EC, EP

actions

Coordinate information and communication activities set in

an annual Communication Plan about EU

New challenge … the same mission

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Management Partnership

CIEJD Role

Intermediate Body

responsible for the

management of the

Communication Plan at a

national level

Submit the annual

Communication Plan

Management of all the

procedures and

monitoring of all the

contents

Communication Plan

is approved and monitored by a

Coordination team representing the

national government, the Commission and

the European Parliament

2008 €600.276,75 2009 €512.260,20 2010 €520.161,46 2011 €500.000,00

A Partnership for 4 Years

Communication Plan 2011 2011

The new strategy Europe 2020 European Union of Citizens

Economic Recovery and Social Cohesion

Thematics

Communication Plan 2011 2011

Actions

Educational Activities Events for general public Communication products

b-Learning training for young college graduates and for public

administration

CIEJD integrates MFA

2009 – A NEW BACKGROUND

The Lisbon Treaty – the focus on the

European citizenship – the need to

address citizens with more appropriate instruments

CIEJD integrares MFA

AND NEW CHANGES AND METHODS:

- Reversing the communication strategy - Meet the citizens information needs on

EU issues - Favour the openness to an active civic participation in the democratic system

-Promote knowledge on the rights and obligations

- Encourage an active European citizenship

CIEJD with a small team

Reached in 2010

2.000.000 Citizens

How we comunicate as an EIC

2 Units: Information and

Communication Unit

Training,Pedagogical activities and Projects

Unit

Information and Communication Unit

ICU

Library

Portal

Facebook Newsletter

Fairs Exhibitions

TPPU

Training JD

Network Trainers

Pedagogical Activities

Contents

Editions

Projects

Training, Pedagogical activ. and Projects Unit

Thank You

CIEJD Library

• CIEJD Library is a specialized library in european affairs, with a collection of about 43.000 records (about 35% have digital version) and 95.000 copies available to all citizens

• Our mission is to reach all Portuguese speakers (including Portuguese communities)

CIEJD Library

Bibliographic description • Cataloguing • Indexing (EUROVOC) • Classification

User services • Reference • Reading rooms • Loans and ILL • Reservations • Imaging services • Selective diffusion of information

CIEJD Library

• CIEJD Library documentary resources – CIEJD Library opened doors in 1995 – starts own

collection – CIEJD Library receives all books and documentary

resources from the Documentation Centre of Direcção-Geral dos Assuntos Comunitários in 2008

– CIEJD Library receives all books and documentary resources from the Documentation Centre of European Comission Representation in Portugal in 2011

CIEJD Library

• CIEJD Library projects – Eurocid project (2004-2006)

• A new portal (eurocid) • A new database (infoeuropa) with a new software (ALEPH) • A special catalogue (financial support) • Training on «european information sources on line»

– Citizens card in CIEJD Library (2009) • New registration possibilities

– Portuguese european integration archive (2010) • Declassification, preparation, organisation, … • A special catalogue of references

CIEJD Library

2010 local performance indicators: • 1.000 local users • 1.700 loans • 2.679 new bibliographic records

but 570 visitors per day and 158 unique visitors per day on infoeuropa!

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Catalogues (webOPAC): • General (all bibliographic records) ► • Financial support ► • Pedagogical materials ► • Portuguese european integration

archive ►

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• Problem – We have low resources (human and financial) but a

national mission.

• Solutions – Make work more efficient – Involve the organization

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