A list of data resource websites for Europe and the European Union:

Europe:

  • Association of European Chambers of Commerce and Industry (EUROCHAMBRES) includes international statistical summary reports under the publications section of the website.
  • Council of Europe (CoE) has a primary aim to create a common democratic and legal area throughout the whole of the continent, ensuring respect for its fundamental values: human rights, democracy and the rule of law.
  • European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) provides project financing for banks, industries and businesses – both for new ventures and investments in existing companies. Macroeconomic data for the Bank’s countries of operation are provided.
  • European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO) is a monitoring instrument offering news and analysis on European industrial relations. The EIRO database contains more than 11,000 records, dating from 1997 to the present, including: news articles; comparative studies with executive summaries in all EU languages; studies on European social partner organisations and their representativeness; annual reviews; annual updates on key issues such as pay and working time and thematic and sectoral analyses.
  • Federation of European Securities Exchanges (FESE) represents 46 exchanges in equities, bonds, derivatives and commodities through 21 full members from 30 countries, as well as 4 Observer Members. FESE provides the most complete source of statistics from European Securities Exchanges.
  • Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) is a regional security organisation offering a forum for political negotiations and decision-making in the fields of early warning, conflict prevention, crisis management and post-conflict rehabilitation. It includes online databases such as: Policing OnLine Information System (POLIS); OSCE GenderBase, a database of female experts in the police and military fields; Tolerance and Non-Discrimination Information System (TANDIS), a collection point for information related to tolerance and non-discrimination; and Legislationline, which provides international norms, standards and legislation relating to OSCE human dimension issues.
  • United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) aims to promote pan-European economic integration.

European Union:

  • Community Research and Development Information Service (CORDIS) is an information space devoted to European research and development (R&D) activities and technology transfer. It includes CORDIS data, a search facility for European R&D projects, results and/or partners.
  • Council of the European Union exercises – together with the European Parliament – legislative and budgetary powers. It also carries out policy-making and coordinating functions. The Council is composed of representatives of each member state at ministerial level, authorised to commit their government.
  • Court of Justice of the European Communities (CURIA).
  • Delegation of the European Union to the United States is a diplomatic mission to represent the European Union in dealings with the US government in areas that are part of the EU’s remit. It promotes EU policies in the United States, including presenting and explaining EU actions to the US Administration and Congress.
  • European Central Bank (ECB) is the central bank for Europe’s single currency, the euro. The ECB’s main task is to maintain the euro’s purchasing power and thus price stability in the euro area. It includes the ECB Statistical Data Warehouse.
  • European Commission represents the interests of the EU as a whole. It proposes new legislation to the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union, and it ensures that EU law is correctly applied by member countries. Eurostat is the statistical arm of the European Commission.
  • European Court of Auditors (ECA) is an external auditor which carries out the audit of EU finances contributing to improving EU financial management and acting as the independent guardian of the financial interests of the citizens of the Union.
  • European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) is a consultative body of the European Union. It includes statistics within the Economic and Monetary Union and Economic and Social Cohesion (ECO) section.
  • European Investment Bank (EIB) is the European Union’s bank. It supports projects that make a significant contribution to growth, employment, economic and social cohesion and environmental sustainability in Europe and beyond.
  • European Investment Fund (EIF), part of the European Investment Bank Group, the EIF is a specialist provider of risk finance to benefit small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) across Europe.
  • European Environment Agency (EEA) includes indicators and fact sheets about Europe’s environment.
  • European Parliament (EUROPARL), together with the Council of the European Union, adopts or amends proposals from the European Commission. Beyond these official powers, the Parliament also works closely with national parliaments of EU countries to allow for a better inclusion of national perspectives into the Parliament’s deliberations.
  • European Union (EU) is an economic and political partnership between 27 European countries. It aims to: maintain and build on the peace established between its member states; bring European countries together in practical cooperation; ensure that European citizens can live in security; promote economic and social solidarity; preserve European identity and diversity in a globalised world; and promulgate the values that Europeans share.
  • European Union Committee of the Regions (CoR) works to involve regional and local authorities in the European decision-making process.
  • Publications Office of the European Union is an inter-institutional office whose task is to publish the publications of the institutions of the European Union.