Organisations > European cultural information
Information on the European Union and the European Commission
- About the EC / EU
- Main information Web site for the European Union, all about its organisations, programmes, etc.
- The Union's Institutions
- Excellent! if you want to understand how the European Union and the European Commission work, here it is
- The Directorates-General and Services
- ... and here's all about those DGs - Directorates General - and EU policies
- The Europe Information Network in the UK
- Helpful website with information about all the Euro stuff relevant to the UK (and what is not?), also useful lists of links to what interests you.
About the Information Society in Europe
- The Information Society
- Policies and overviews on the Information Society in Europe.
- CORDIS
- Information on all EU supported research and development activities including programmes, projects, results, publications and partners
- The Sixth Framework Programme
- Since 1984, European Community research and technological development have been defined and implemented by a series of multiannual framework programmes. FP6 is the current programme; watch out for FP7, coming along next.
Europe and cultural information
- Cultivate Interactive - journal archive
- Cultivate was an EC funded cultural heritage network linking memory institutions and providing information on European research activities and to national and regional developments. The invaluable Cultivate Interactive online magazine / journal, still available, has some excellent articles.
- Digicult
- Monitors and assesses existing and emerging technologies that could be employed in the development of the European cultural landscape. The first report, Technological Landscapes for Tomorrow's Cultural Economy, laid the foundation for an invaluable series, which explains new technologies and comments on their takeup by cultural institions.
- EMII the European Museum Information Institute
- Network promoting cooperation between European museums in the field of standards and content provision.
