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Workshops on social inclusion of disabled people

Sofia, 30-31 October 2006

How to look for relevant websites and information on Europe

Luk Zelderloo EASPD

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European organisations

http://www.coe.int Council of Europe - An international

organisation in Strasbourg which comprises 46 democratic countries of Europe. It was set up to promote democracy and protect human rights and the rule of law in Europe.

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Other European organisations II

http://www.european-agency.org/index.html The European Agency for Development in

Special Needs Education is an independent and self-governing organisation, established by our member countries to act as their platform for collaboration in the field of special needs education.

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European Union

http://www.ec.europa.eu

This is the general website – with information on the European Union: EU institutions, consultative organisms etc.

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EU institutions

http://www.ec.europa.eu European Commission

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EU institutions II

http://www.europarl.europa.eu European Parliament

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EU institutions III

http://www.consilium.europa.eu/ European Council (Council of

Ministers)

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Advisory EU bodies

http://eesc.europa.eu European Economic and Social

Committee

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Advisory EU bodies II

http://www.cor.europa.eu Committee of the Regions

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Important Directorate Generals

DG Employment and Social Affairs http://ec.europa.eu/employment_so

cial/index_en.html

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DG Employment and Social Affairs

http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/emplweb/tenders/index_en.cfm Tenders & Grants under DG Empl

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Disability Issues

http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/disability/index_en.html

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DG Education and Culture

http://ec.europa.eu/education/index_en.html

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DG Justice and Home Affairs

http://ec.europa.eu/justice_home/index_en.htm

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DG Enlargement

http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/

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DG Research

http://ec.europa.eu/research/index_en.cfm

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Services – EU Directory

http://europa.eu/index_en.htm

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European Parliament – Disability Intergroup

http://www.edf-feph.org/apdg/index-en.htm

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FundingProgrammes & Actions

Funding programmes 2000-2006

http://ec.europa.eu/grants/index_en.htm GRANTS, FUNDS AND PROGRAMMES BY EU POLICY

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DG Education and training

http://ec.europa.eu/education/programmes/programmes_en.html

“ Old” programmes in the field of education and training

http://ec.europa.eu/education/programmes/newprog/index_en.html New generation: Life long learning 2007-2013

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Programmes in the field of social affairs & disability specific

http://ec.europa.eu/comm/employment_social/emplweb/tenders/index_en.cfm

Tenders

New generation: PROGRESS http://ec.europa.eu/comm/employment_

social/progress/index_en.html

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Programmes in the field of Enlargmenet

http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/financial_assistance/index_en.htm

New generation: IPA http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/

financial_assistance/ipa/index_en.htm

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Programmes in the field of education and training

http://ec.europa.eu/education/programmes/leonardo/news_en.html Leonardo da Vinci

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Disability organisations

If you go on the website of the European Commission- DG Employment, social affairs & equal opportunities –Disability issues and then Links – you can find all important disability organisations: organisations of people with disabilities, service providers, other international organisations

http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/disability/links_en.html

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Disability organisations II

Per CountryOnly ‘old’ Europe for the time being

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Disability organisations III

Per Europe

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Social Platform

Organisations in the social field http://www.social-platform.org

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European News Centers

Eurodesk http://www.eurodesk.org

Euractiv http://www.euractiv.comalso in Magyar (www.euractiv.hu)

EU Observer http://euobserver.com

European Agenda http://www.european-agenda.com

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United Nations

http://www.un.orgOne of the UN's central mandates is the promotion of higher standards of living, full employment, and conditions of economic and social progress and development

Social Development http://www.un.org/esa/progareas/socdev.html One of the main points of social development: Disabilityhttp://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/

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United Nations II

The UN also deal with disability issuesDemographic and Social Statisticshttp://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/default.htm

Health, Human functioning and disability http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/sconcerns/disability/default.htm