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Information on Information on international organizationsinternational organizations

in the service of policy-makersin the service of policy-makers

Jane MakkeHead of the section of

International Organizations,National Library of Estonia

19.09.2008

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• Total ~60 000 bodies*– international organizations, – dependent bodies, – organizational substitutes (autonomous

conference series and multilateral treaties and intergovernmental agreements),

– national bodies, and also– dead, inactive and unconfirmed bodies.

* Yearbook of International Organizations 2006/2007

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• Total ~13 000 international organizations*– governmental, – non-governmental,

• Total ~950 intergovernmental organizations* (IGO)

• Estonia:– membership in 2987 bodies (2005)*

• 283 of them IGOs• 1992 NGOs

* Yearbook of International Organizations 2006/2007

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• National Library of Estonia (NLE):– depository for 14 IGO-s– additional 12 represented (NATO, WIPO etc.)

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Depository organizations in the NLE (14)Depository organizations in the NLE (14)

• UN (1992-)• UNESCO (1986-)• UNIDROIT (2002)• IMF (2001-)• ILO (1992-)• ICAO (1993-)• IMO (1993-)

• UNWTO (2007-)• WHO (1993-)• The World Bank (1992-)• WTO (1993-)• EBRD (2005-)• OSCE (1996-)• EU (1992-)

OECD (2009-) 15th??

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• Law reading-room• EU Information Centre

– Depository since 1992– Information center since 1998

• CoE Information Office– since 1995– part of the CoE structure since 2002

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ServicesServices

• ISE – Index Scriptorum Estoniaearticles published in Estonian periodicalshttp://ise.nlib.ee

• BIE – Bibliographia Iuridica Estonicahttp://bie.nlib.ee

• Abstract publications – Summari Iuridica, (1999-) http://www.nlib.ee/22647

– Summaria Socialia, (1999-) http://www.nlib.ee/22648 – Summaria Europensia, (2004-) http://www.nlib.ee/24384

• Foreign Databases

• EU Information Phone

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Foreign DatabasesForeign Databases

• UN Treaty Collection• UN Official Documents Search• SourceOECD• World Bank E-Library• European Sources Online

• EBSCO• ProQuest• Hein Online• West Law etc.

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EU Infomation PhoneEU Infomation Phone

– Pilot project in 1999

– Launched in 2000

– Free of charge

– Database Q & A (in estonian only)

http://elik.nlib.ee/?id=32

– Information days

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Enquiries to EU information phone, 1999-Enquiries to EU information phone, 1999-

1335

6857

3239

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EU Information DaysEU Information Days• Specific subject

• Duration approx. 2 hours

• Respondents are specialists of the particular subject

Subjects:• Accession to the EU• EU social policy and its influence to Estonia after the accession• The future of the EU and Estonian national currency• Other subjects:

– culture, – Agriculture– Taxes etc.

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Enquiries on EU and other IGO-s, 1999-Enquiries on EU and other IGO-s, 1999-

1576

566

2358

877

2774

1070

2365

840

2733

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EU Other IGO-s

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Main interestsMain interests

• General interest about IGO-s• Background information on different subjects• Law, different documents (resolutions,

decisions, treaties, recommendations, directives, regulations etc.)

• Statistics• Economics, politics, social policy, international

realtions, etc.

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Thank you for your attention!