Tag: Agencies

  • European Judicial Cooperation Unit

    European Judicial Cooperation Unit (EUROJUST) Eurojust is a new European Union body established in 2002 to enhance the effectiveness of the competent authorities within Member States when they are dealing with serious cross-border and organised crime. Eurojust stimulates and improves the […]

  • Agencies

    Agencies in Europe History of the Agencies of the European Union There is nothing new about the creation of decentralised Community bodies, since the first agencies (the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training and the Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working […]

  • European Environment Agency

    European Environment Agency (EEA) The European Environment Agency (EEA) is the EU body dedicated to providing sound and independent information on the environment. We are a main information source for those involved in developing, adopting, implementing and evaluating environmental policy, […]

  • European Training Foundation

    European Training Foundation (ETF) By sharing expertise in vocational education and training across regions and cultures, the European Training Foundation (ETF) helps people to develop their skills, thereby promoting better living conditions and active citizenship in democratic societies that […]

  • European Network and Information Security Agency

    European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) Our lives with mobile phones, Internet banking, computers at home and at work, almost everywhere in the Information Society of today, makes it vital that the systems of our Digital Economy functions. For this purpose, ENISA serves as […]

  • European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction

    European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) is the hub of drug-related information in the European Union. Its role is to gather, analyse and disseminate ‘objective, reliable and comparable information’ […]

  • Intelligent Energy Executive Agency

    Intelligent Energy Executive Agency (IEEA) in Europe The Intelligent Energy Executive Agency (IEEA) was created by the European Commission to implement the Intelligent Energy – Europe (IEE) programme. The remit of the IEEA is to manage the projects and events organised under the IEE […]

  • Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market

    Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) in Europe The Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) is the official authority carrying out the procedures for the Community trade marks since 1996 and for the […]

  • European Medicines Agency

    European Medicines Agency (EMEA) The European Medicines Agency (EMEA) contributes to the protection of public and animal health by ensuring that medicines for human and veterinary use are safe, effective and of high quality. Bringing together the scientific resources of the 25 EU Member […]

  • European Defence Agency

    European Defence Agency (EDA) The European Defence Agency was established under a Joint Action of the Council of Ministers on 12 July, 2004 in order to: improve the EU’s defence capabilities especially in the field of crisis management; promote EU armaments cooperation; strengthen […]