Information on international organizations in the service of policy-makers Jane Makke Head of the section of International Organizations, National Library of Estonia

Total ~ bodies* –international organizations, –dependent bodies, –organizational substitutes (autonomous conference series and multilateral treaties and intergovernmental agreements), –national bodies, and also –dead, inactive and unconfirmed bodies. * Yearbook of International Organizations 2006/2007

Total ~ international organizations* –governmental, –non-governmental, Total ~950 intergovernmental organizations* (IGO) Estonia: –membership in 2987 bodies (2005)* 283 of them IGOs 1992 NGOs * Yearbook of International Organizations 2006/2007

National Library of Estonia (NLE): –depository for 14 IGO-s –additional 12 represented (NATO, WIPO etc.)

Depository organizations in the NLE (14) UN (1992-) UNESCO (1986-) UNIDROIT (2002) IMF (2001-) ILO (1992-) ICAO (1993-) IMO (1993-) UNWTO (2007-) WHO (1993-) The World Bank (1992-) WTO (1993-) EBRD (2005-) OSCE (1996-) EU (1992-) OECD (2009-) 15th??

Law reading-room EU Information Centre –Depository since 1992 –Information center since 1998 CoE Information Office –since 1995 –part of the CoE structure since 2002

ISE – Index Scriptorum Estoniae articles published in Estonian periodicals BIE – Bibliographia Iuridica Estonica Abstract publications –Summari Iuridica, (1999-) –Summaria Socialia, (1999-) –Summaria Europensia, (2004-) Foreign Databases EU Information Phone

Foreign Databases UN Treaty Collection UN Official Documents Search SourceOECD World Bank E-Library European Sources Online EBSCO ProQuest Hein Online West Law etc.

EU Infomation Phone –Pilot project in 1999 –Launched in 2000 –Free of charge –Database Q & A (in estonian only) –Information days

Enquiries to EU information phone, 1999-

EU Information Days Specific subject Duration approx. 2 hours Respondents are specialists of the particular subject Subjects: Accession to the EU EU social policy and its influence to Estonia after the accession The future of the EU and Estonian national currency Other subjects: –culture, –Agriculture –Taxes etc.

Enquiries on EU and other IGO-s, 1999-

Main interests General interest about IGO-s Background information on different subjects Law, different documents (resolutions, decisions, treaties, recommendations, directives, regulations etc.) Statistics Economics, politics, social policy, international realtions, etc.

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