European Union and other organisations

Key public sector organisations and agencies in Europe

EU Employment and Social Policy - Growth and Jobs

Lisbon Strategy and access sections on creating more and better jobs, knowledge and innovation for growth and investment strategies.

EU Employment and Social Policy

Main page for all aspects of employment, social measures and social inclusion.

EU Internal Market

Sections on the Single Market for good, services, capital and other aspects of the internal market.

EU transport policy

Access to rail, road, air and maritime policies, guidance and agencies.

EU Energy policy

Internal energy market, renewable strategies and energy efficiency.

EU Regional policy

Review, management and future of regional policy.

EU Guidance on Public Private Partnerships

PPP guidance, Green Paper and related documents

EU Public health

Health strategy and threats to health.

EU Public procurement

Main page for access to sections on public contracts and reviews of public procurement.

EU Rules on State Aid

General rules and exemptions.

EU Trans-European Networks

Policies and legislation on transport, communications and energy.

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)

Promotes sustainable economic growth among its 56 member countries and provides a forum for communication among States; brokers international legal instruments addressing trade, transport and the environment; and supplies statistics and economic and environmental analysis.

European Investment Bank (EIB)

The task of the Bank is to contribute towards the integration, balanced development and economic and social cohesion of the EU Member States. It raises substantial volumes of funds on the capital markets which it lends on favourable terms to projects furthering EU policy objectives.

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (ERBD)

Works to build market economies and democracies in countries from central Europe to central Asia providing project financing for banks, industries and businesses, publicly owned companies, to support privatisation, restructuring state-owned firms and improvement of municipal services.

Corporate Europe Observatory

Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO), a research and campaign group targeting the threats to democracy, equity, social justice and the environment posed by the economic and political power of corporations and their lobby groups.

CEE Bankwatch Network

An international non-governmental organisation with member organisations currently from 12 countries across central and eastern European which monitors the activities of the international financial institutions in the region.

European Public Services Network (EPSN)

The European Network for Public Services, established at the 2006 4th European Social Forum (ESF) in Athens.