Andrew Dunn
Subscribe to Andrew Dunn's postsEuropean Politics and Policy blog (EUROPP) launched
http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/about-europp/ Launched this week, a new blog from the London School of Economics. It aims to provide topical comment and discussion covering all aspects of European governance and decision making, both at the EU level and national level. It will include regular book reviews, and Brussels blog round ups.
Ministry of Justice website
The Ministry of Justice’s website was relaunched this week. The new design provides easier access to content, with information organised by subject. It has also been designed to better work with mobile technologies such as smart phones and tablets. Twitter users can also follow the Ministry of Justice on @MoJGovUK
New labour standards database from ILO
http://www.ilo.org/dyn/normlex/ NORMEX information System on International Labour Standards. Includes conventions, protocols and recommendations relating to international labour law. Get text ratifications by country. The site also offers links to NATLEX national labour legislation for hundreds of nations worldwide. http://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex_browse.home
Security in Transition
http://www.securityintransition.org/ Security in Transition is a 5-year-research programme based at the London School of Economics, funded by the European Research Council. Its primary focus is examining security in the post-communist post 1989 world. Concentrating on the ‘security gap’ which refers to the gap between national and international security capabilities, largely based on conventional military forces, […]
New Economics Foundation
http://neweconomics.org/ Aims to improve quality of life by promoting innovative solutions that challenge mainstream thinking on economic, environmental and social issues.
Cartoon movement
http://www.cartoonmovement.com/ Cartoon Movement is a community of international editorial cartoonists and fans of political satire originally set up by set up by Tjeerd Royaards, a Dutch editorial cartoonist. It seeks to promote examples of good political and satirical cartoons. Browse the online gallery. They include political cartoons with recent examples relating to Syria. the environment […]
European Forum of Official Gazettes
http://circa.europa.eu/irc/opoce/ojf/info/data/prod/html/index.htm Created in 2004 by the organisations responsible for publishing the official gazettes of the European Union Member States and the Office for Official Publications of the European Communities. Official gazettes are often excellent sources of information from national governments including legal announcements, notification and texts of bills, excellent directory of information on official journals […]
ePractice.eu
http://www.epractice.eu/en/about A portal created by the European Commission which aims to offer in a single point news, case studies, leaflets and advice for the professional community of eGovernment, inclusion and eHealth practitioners. It is therefore very good for keeping up to date with the latest egovernment news and projects in Europe. Set up rss feeds […]
UNESCO’s inaugural World Radio Day.
Held on 13th February. Find general statements and news on the website: http://www.worldradioday.org/ It sought to raise awareness about the power of radio as a tool for education, culture and development. Frontline SMS radio was involved in events. It also has a useful blog discussing the potential uses of SMS by radio stations to interact […]
Anti-racism sites
Measuring anti-Muslim Attacks Project, (MAMA Project): http://tellmamauk.org/ Faith Matters, a not for profit organisation founded in 2005 which works to reduce extremism and interfaith and intra-faith tensions: http://faith-matters.org/ Runnymede Trust, the UK’s leading race equality think-tank: http://www.runnymedetrust.org/ Institute of Race Relations. The IRR is at the cutting edge of the research and analysis that inform […]
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