MODULE 1
EU Information and Communication Policy (15-20 minutes)

• Introduction: Finding information about the EU on-line and offline
• A short overview of the EU information and communication policy
• Definition of EU information sources and of a coherent search strategy
  • 'Europa' server, Information Centres
  • Specific EU databases and non-EU websites

MODULE 2
EU Fact Finding Theory and Practice: News and Legal Documents (1.5 hours)

• Presentation of optimal information sources: assets and shortcomings (Rapid, Bulletin of the EU, agenda of institutions, Eur-Lex, PreLex, legislative observatory, registers of documents of Council, Commission, Parliament and comitology)
• Search practices (by subgroups of maximum 3 to 4 participants)
• Individual/group problems resolution
• Definition of thematic searches

MODULE 3
EU Fact Finding Theory and Practice: General Information, History and Policies, Who's Who, Dialogue with Citizens, Statistics, Relays Centres (1.5 hours)

• Presentation of information sources: assets and shortcomings (ABC on Europe, historical and political archives, Eurostat, Eurobarometer, institutional organigrammes and directories, Information Centres)
• Search practices (by subgroups of maximum 3 to 4 participants)
• Individual/group problems resolution
• Definition of thematic searches

MODULE 5
Summary and Feedback Session (5-10 minutes)
At the end of the seminar, the participants will be able to use the 'Europa' server, and a number of EU and non-EU websites and databases, to quickly and effectively find:

• Working documents
• Press releases
• Legal documents
• Political positions of the different EU institutions
• Policy papers
• Information about EU policies, history and activities in general
• EU Information Centres
• Information about calls for tenders
• 'Who's who' and 'who's doing what' in the EU
• Statistical data
• Multimedia information
• Critical papers and researches
• A number of fact finding efficiency tricks