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	European Institutions
Europa  Gateway to the European Union What's new on Europa ? Europa  Economic Policy Committee Europa  The Social Protection Committee     Commission  Directorates Generales (DG) and services DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities What's new  | Key Documents DG Economic and Financial Affairs DG Education and Culture DG Regional Policy DG for Health and Consumers DG Inforegio (Objectif 1, Objectif 2, Interreg III, Urban II)     Council of the European Union  Website Presidency of the Council     European Parliament  Website     European Economic and Social Committee Website The Committee of the Regions Website The Court of Justice Website     Some agencies of the European Union European Agency for Safety and Health at Work in Bilbao European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions  Eurofound

	Databases
EUROPEANA  Providing access to Europe’s cultural and scientific heritage though a cross-domain portal. Europeana is a Thematic Network funded by the European Commission under the eContentplus programme, as part of the i2010 policy. Europeana.eu is a partnership of 100 representatives of heritage and knowledge organisations and IT experts from all over Europe. They contribute to: Providing access to Europe’s cultural and scientific heritage though a cross-domain portal Co-operating in the delivery and sustainability of the joint portal Stimulating initiatives to bring together existing digital content Supporting digitisation of Europe’s cultural and scientific heritage ECLAS  European Commission Libraries Catalogue Euractiv  European Portal: Breaking News Eur-Lex  European Union Law (Official Journal, Treaties, COM) Rapid  Press releases SCAD plus  Summaries of legislation

	European Social Actors

			Interpro BUSINESSEUROPE (Ex-UNICE)  Confederation of European Business CEEP  European Centre of Enterprises with Public Participation and of Enterprises of General Economic Interest ETUC/CES European Trade Union Confederation  UEAPME  The European Association of Craft, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Sectoral Sectors of activity and sectoral social dialogue committees, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities

 

	European NGOs

			ATD Quart Monde EAPN  The European Anti-Poverty Network: Fighting for a Social Europe Free of Poverty ! EMMAÜS International The Platform of European Social NGOs

 

	Banks

			EIB European Investment Bank EU central banks of the EU and international organisations ECB  European central bank

 

	Social Security

			MISSOC  Mutual Information System on Social Protection in the Member States of the European Union (This website is no longer being updated and will be taken off-line at the end of June 2010) SPF  Belgian Federal Public Service Social Security / FOD Site van de sociale zekerheid in België ISSA  International Social Security Association ILO  Social Security Department INAMI  Institut national d'assurance maladie-invalidité / RIZIV  Rijksinstituut voor ziekte- en invaliditeitsverzekering  la sécurité sociale IPSE  The European Social Protection Institute

 

	Health Care

			AIM  Association Internationale de Mutualité  I En I De I EMHA  European Health Management Association LSE  Health and Social Care website. HOPE  European Hospital and Healthcare Federation

 

	Political Resources

			Belgian Government and Institutions Websites European Governments on the Web

 

	International Organisations

			UNCTAD IMF ILO WTO WHO | Regional Office for Europe OECD UN NATO CPME Standing Committee of European Doctors The World Bank

 

	Research  / think tanks

			CEACS  The Center for Advanced Study in the Social Sciences CEPII  French research center in international economics CEPR  Centre for Economic Policy Research CEPREMAP  Centre d'études prospectives d'économie mathematique appliquées à la planification. List of working papers CEPS  Centre for European Policy Studies CeSO  Centre of Sociological Research Center, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven CEuS  Jean Monnet Centre for European Studies College of Europe CRISP  Center for socio-political research and information DIW  Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung EOHSP  European Observatory on Health Care Systems ETUI  European Trade Union Institute EPC  European Policy Centre EUCE  Network of European Union Centers of Excellence European University Institute, Florence, Database of EUI publications European University Institute, RSCAS Robert Schuman Centre, publications Hans Böckler Foundation The Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies IRES  Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (Fr only) Notre Europe: Think tank dedicated to European unity OFCE  Sciences Po's Economic Research Centre TURI  The Trade Union-related Research Institutes The Research Unit on European Governance (URGE) of the Colegio Carlo Alberto (University of Torino) WZB  Social Science Research Center Berlin (De/En) ZEW  Centre for European Economic Research (De/En)