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REPORT ON THE ACTIVITIES OF .
THE DIRECTORATE GENERAL FOR INFORMATION FOR 1976
Continuing the experiment launched in1975 ,the Directorate -
General for Information presents this comprehensive assessment
oflast year 's .activities toprovide asaccurate asurvey
aspossible ofthe information effort made byheadquarters de­
partments and outside offices alike .
The first point tobemade about the main lines ofattack in
1976 isthat information inand for the Nine continued totake
priority ,particularly inanticipation ofDirect Elections tothe
European Parliament .Our offensive was mounted ontwo fronts -
the general public and priority target audiences .
For the first ,the largely experimental projects begun in
1975 atthe instigation ofParliament (which had granted the
Commission anadditional appropriation for this purpose )were
continued .
For the second ;asustained effort was made ,information tothese
circles remaining crucial toour activities .
This overall approach was backed bymore emphasis onthe policy
ofdecentralizing information intwo ways :
-adapting our message and activity tonational audiences ;
-amp Iifiying informa tionatregional level .
One ofthe major problems tobesolved was how toplay atone
and the same time tospecific target audiences -the key toany in-
depth information campaign -,and the general public .Inmost
cases mass publicity cost far too much for aprogramme tobe
financed from existing resources .
Innon-member countries ,within the limits set byavailable funds ,
priority was still given to "multipliers ",namely the mass infor­
mation media and key target audiences .Inthis context cooperation
with information services and diplomatic missions ofthe Member
States developed steadily .
1.INFORMATION IN THE MEMBER STATES
Activity concentrated onexpanding information for the general
public via the mass media (press ,radio and television ),and
through direct operations (touring exhibits and the like)and
providing information for what are regarded aspriority targets
(the political parties ,the universities ,teachers ,the
farming community ,...) which play akey role asmultipliers
and opinion-makers .
The général public
Activity vis-a-vis the general public splits into two main
categories :information via the mass media and direct campaigns .
Both were organized ontwo levels ,i.e. for the Community as awhole
and for individual countries .
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As_r£ga /jis_tJie_medjj_a ^ aspecial effort was made todevelop cont-tacts with the big newspapers ,and with radio and television net­
works onboth aCommunity and national scale .This involved regular
meetings with radio and television executives ,preparing literature
for them ,arranging briefing sessions and talks ,issuing releases
and background notes and developing personal contacts .This
complements the Spokesman 'sGroup 'sdaily coverage ofnews for
accredited journalists .Itisworth noting that extension of
this line ofactivity depends less onfunds than onthe number
ofstaff available ,since what matters most isthe cultivation
ofcontacts and the preparation ofdocumentary material .
Another point worthy ofnote isthat the development ofregiona -
lized information ,especially inconnection with financing decisions ,
enabled all Information Offices tosecure wide circulation of
press releases onaid granted bythe EAGGF ,the ERDF and the ESF
inwhich projects oflocal interest were highlighted .The press
radio and television responded extensively tothis new approach .
As_r£g a_rc[s_dji_r£c t_P.uJdlj_c_i_t2 .a_iniec^a_t_t h_e_g£n^_r a_l_p_ub_l_i£ ,we
would begin bymentioning the Commun ity-w ide
"Frontier post "operation which took place form 30July to
2August ;("Europe butstill frontiers ") 1200 000 folders
were distributed .Press ,radio and television coverage ofthe cam­
paign reached anaudience ofseveral million .
Cooperation with raiIwaysthrough out the Community enabled us
tomount aposter campaign inrailway stations ("Green light for
Europe ")from March onwards 1977 >
Adrive tosensitize the fashi-on world succeeded indeveloping
avogue for T-Shirts with aEuropean emblem ,this will be
promoted further in1977 .
Atnational level activity was largeLy geared continuing and
boosting campaigns initiated in1975 .
Two touring exhibitions toured Germany (23medium-sized towns )
and Belgium (14medium-sized towns ).These were backed byposters ,
press conferences ,inaugurations ,meetings and distribution ofbro­
chures and folders .InGermany ,special inserts ofCommunity
interest w.ere placed in 14regional newspapers and 3national
dailies .Inall over amillion copies were printed .The Community
had stands' atfairs and exhibitions inthe United .Kingdom ,IreLand ,
Denmark and Italy .Inthe United Kingdom and Italy the emphasis
was onagricultural events ;the Royal Show ,the Royal
Welsh show ,the Royal Highland Show and the Verona and Foggia
Fairs .Supporting attractions for the press and specialist audien­
ces were organized inconnection with each event .
European Weeks orFortnights were held inten towns infranco .
These were backed byaudio-visual shows ("LeMonde change ,voicil'Europe "and "L'Europe dans lavie quotidienne des français ").
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Video-cassette information programmes were produced inthe
Nether lands ;something :like ■.2-50cassettes were systematically
circulated over the .year ,reaching anestimated audience of .
50 .000 .InLuxembourg aspecial effort was made bythe Information '
Centre' onthe Kirchberg ^
Although-' theresults of.these informat ioncampaigns are encouraging:;"*' .,.,
onthe whole>it..must besaid that bytheir very nature ,they --
reach-only a-small proportion ofthe potential audience and'must -still beregarded asrelatively -smai .I–scale experiments . '.
Priority target audiences '
Side byside -with campaigns aimed at;;the man inthe street ,an
enormous effort was made toreach specific priority target
audi ences (thepolitical parties,°the°.tradeunions ,farmers ,
consumers ,women 'sorgani zations,'the younger generation ,the
teaching profession v..). -This was .Organized atregional , • ••.«•
national or-Commun ity..leve 1°andi£"\S„till the core ofthe Corn-mission 's
information 'activity .-:-*. 7-° ;
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JThe_£,P_liti£a_l £a£tj_es ^were covered .'mal-n lyfrom theInformati on"v
O.fficein-Cpmmun itycapitals which regxilarly issued ad hocl mater'iaI,
organized:.b riefingseminars and arranged visits to Brusse Is„':(77v'°.;
groups representing some 1300pebpteK • * "J-
Ih-addi tion .toregular symposia ,seminars and meetings atboth ,
pationaI:and Community level (200 -events' -involving some 12.-000 . .
pie-ople ),a.n :audi .o-vi sua 1presentation ("Why Europe today"-?' )was 1
..produced -for -trade unions .The monthly.bu11etinInfQRMAtions V
syndi cal'esrt,g«ared .tothespecialist press and .trade' union Officials ,
.•increased its•eirculation.. ' :
^n_f0£m£t_i°£ a_r t_h_e £ojn-s\um£r -wasprovided via Community "clubs "
ofspeei aIized pr-e ss,radioand teIevision journaIists..Theweekly
"EurtJforum"was•subs ta.ntiaIlyremode Iledtoprovide more prac­
tical and popular information ,giving itgreater impact on
the press and its specific target .
Furthermore ,cooperation with the consumer organizations has led
toCommunity sequences being inserted intheir audio-visual
programmes .The "Women and Men inEurope "symposium held inMarch
marked the beginning of acampaign tosensitize women 'sassociations ,
which have sever aI'-mi11ionmembers .The .symposium itself was followed ,
bythe gradua Iestab Iishment ofpermanent contacts with these
assoc iations .Toreach women -in -general ,information isredularly
chanelled tojournalists onwomen 'sand family magazines . •
Th£ f.armj_ncj/a/ijd£.ura_l ^£omimunj_t£ was provided largely byarranging
muItinationa I,nationaIand regional meetings (some 75events in­
volving nearly 2000 people ),inassociation with officials from
agricultural organizations .Thiswas supplemented bythe distribu­
tion ofthe "Newsletter "onthe Common Agricultural Policy "and -a
variety ofnational ancf regional events .
Intheuniversities ,,the creation inIreland and Denmark ofasso -'
ciations ofprofessors specializing inEuropean studies ,pending
formation ofsimilar groups inBelgium and the Netherlands ,enabled
ustoexpand and intensify concertation onEuropean education .
Three major symposia were organized bythese associations :
"Theinstitutions ofEuropean Union "forprofessor 'soflaw,o
"European Union inthe international context "for professors of

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political sociology .Ten new European Documentation Centres
were set up,bringing the total number to 215;most ofthem
are within the Community ,but some are innon-member countries .
I_nf_°_rma_t jj_cm _f°r_the youn ger generation was beamed attwo main tar­
gets :the schools and related extra-mural activities (youth and
adult education assoc iations ).Themain outlet for information
toschools was teachers' associations .Publications and briefs
were addressed toschools' documentation departments contributions
were made toprojects totrain teachers inEuropean affairs ,and
assistance was given inproducing educational material (video­
cassettes and sets ofslides ).
But this is ahuge field inwhich wemust have the support ofthe
national authorities to achieve really significant results and
where substantial funds are required toreach what isindeed avast
audience .With the Commission 'shelp ,the youth organizations
ran anumber ofsymposia orEuropean training seminars for their
officers .
The secretariat ofthe Youth Forum ,which has just started work ,
will give young people abetter opportunity ofexpressing them­
selves onEuropean affairs .One ofthe main problems inthis area
is how toreach young people who donot belong toassociations
and the like .Appropriate projects are now being prepared .
Media
Tobost the audio-visual side ofits drive toinform the general
public ,the Commission has established close working relations with
the European Broadcasting and Television Union and equipped its
studios with apparatus for recording and relaying colour-television
broadcasts .The full impact ofthis development will not befelt
until this year .In1976 ,the radio studio broadcasted 731 pro­
grammes and recorded 254,121 lenghts offilm were shot and sent
tothe television networks ;97television programmes drew on
material from our film library .All ofthese figures represent a
considerable advance on 1975 .Six short features were produced
orco-produced byour studio .
The w.r.i_t .ten .wo_rd __was one ofthe main vehicles ofinformation forspecific target audiences .This istrue ofmagazines (10editions
in10languages -making atotal of257 000 copies ),newsletters
published byheadquarters departments and the Offices ,standard
booklets (350 000 copies )and the "European Documentation "series
(which covers the main aspects ofCommunity activities -7numbers
■-100 000 copies ). Wewould also mention the booklet on "Aids
and loans from the European Community "(90000 copies ).
Information for opinion-makers and group leaders was intensified
bymeans ofvisits toBrussels .Inall some 75parties totalling
20000 visitors were received .Anumber ofbriefing tours were or­
ganized insome Community countries for journalists accredited
toBrussels .
Participation inexhibitions in1976 wasstill confined tointer­
national fairs held inthe Member States .However ,more use was
made of -touring exhibitions ,notably inthe context ofregional
operations .

INFORMATION IN NON-MEMBER COUNTRIES
The main problem here was trying toaccomplish amammoth task
with slender resources .Weconcentrated onexecutive circles
inthe political ,business ,trade union and university world .
For the Community 'smajor industrialized partners ,1976 saw the
opening ofanInformation Office inCanada and aspecial effort
byour Washington and Tokyo Offices .Particular features were
the new look ofthe Washington magazine and the seminar on
the future development ofUS-EEC relations ,run atAirlie
House incollaboration with the American authorities ,towhich
American and European journalists were invited .Assoon asthe
Ottawa Office opened ,anewsletter was issued and abooklet
published inassociation with the Canadian authorities .
Atthe Tokyo Office ,inaddition toincreased use ofthe monthl
newsletter ,contacts established with the universities led to
substantial fresh interest in European integration .
Asfar asthe EFTA count riesare concerned ,MPs and journalists
visited Brussels and contributions were made toseminars
and symposia .
Inthe PIejdit_e£r£neaji ,the Athens and Ankara Offices stepped
uptheir activities and developed their relations with the
press and the universities .Inaddition toits magazine ,
Ankara widened its range ofpublications ,adding aseries
ofbooklets onspecific subjects .
Athens launched anewsletter primarily intended for the press ;
its magazine continues toarouse sustained interest .
Our approach toPortugal took shape :some 80visitors came
toBrussels ,astandard booklet was produced and contacts were
made with various targets .
Deve lopments vis-a-visSpain were rather similar ;some 80
visitors were -received atCommission headquarters ,astandard
booklet was produced and initial contacts were made with spe­
cific targets notably the universities .
Astandard booklet inArabic was published tomark the end of
negotiations and the signing ofagreements with the Maghreb and
Mashrek countries .Apress and radio campaign was mounted at
the same time .Abig Egyptian daily ran aseries ofsurveys
and interviews onthe Community .
Information for the ACP (African ,Carribean and Pacific)States
took the form ofmore frequent radio broadcasts ,notably in
English-speaking countries ,and the preparation ofdossiers for
thepress .The Commission also organized publicity campaigns
inconnection with its participation infairs inZambia and
Botswana .
InLatin-America and Asia the strong point ofour information
effort was seminars ongeneralized preferences .These were
organized inVenezuela ,Costa Rica ,Mexico ,Brazil ,the ASEAN
countries ,India and Indonesia .About 100 visitors from Latin
America ,mostly journalists ,and another 300 from Asia ,in­
cluding the Commonwealth Financial Journalists ,visited Brusse

Collaboration was intensified
innon.-Community countris and
publications and films .with Member States *attaches
led toincreased circulation of
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Ta ;sum up,the 197.6 information campaign within ,the Community
'fo.l'tqwed .the broad contours mapped out in1975,with' more
:emp]iasis being placed onpractical information for the man
in-the street .But this trend must bedeveloped agreat dealfurther ifitistobear fruit .Meantime' information tailored
topriority target audiences will remairf the keystone ofour
pqlicy .for along time to come . ■
Outside the Community ,the steady development .ofour infor­
mation effort was marked bythe opening ofnew jof.f ices and
the .strengthening ofcooperation with Me/nbe.r :State-s 'informati
services .Itisinthese two directi ons that'furthe rprogress
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CONTENTS
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INFORMATION IN THE MEMBER STATES
Headguar ters_deg artments
-General public and consumers 10
-Trade unions 12
-Young people l^t
-Universities 17
-Women 'sorganizations and Press 20
-Farming and rural circles 22
-Industriai -commercial andprofessional circles 2^
-Scientific circles 25
-Development and cooperation :
Information inthe Member States 26
Information Offices
-Brussels . , 28
-Copenhagen 30
-Bonn ^2
-Paris
-Dublin 27
-Rome 39
-Luxembourg i+3
-The Hague kk
-London

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II.INFORMATION IN NON-MEMBER STATES
-External relations
(excluding ACP and South Mediterranean countries ) 51
-Development and cooperation
(ACP and South Mediterranean countries ) 55
Information Offices
-Geneva 57
-Athens 60
-Ankara 62
-Washington 64
-Ottawa 67
-Tokyo 68
-Santiago 69
III.MEDIA
-Visits Division
-Publications Division
-Audio-visual Division
-Exhibitions Division72
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INFORMATION IN THE MEMBER STATES

iHeadquarters departments i
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GENERAL PUBLIC AND CONSUMERS
IN1976
1- THE GENERAL PUBLIC '
Weconcentrated ourefforts for 1976 onanumber ofmass operations conducted
along similar lines and simultaneously inallnine countries ,for maxima impact ,
and designed toencourage the public both todiscuss and find out more about the
reality and future ofEurope randtoplay anactive part inthe development ofthe
Community .
For example ,between 30July and 2August ahand-out entitled "Europe butstill
.frontiers "wasdistributed at24intra-community frontier posts .Some 1.2million
pfthese brochures were given out andthis "event"rec eived asfar ascan be
judged from rough estimates ,awide press coverage :articles appeared innews­
papers with atotal readership of11million ,and mention was made intelevision ;.
orradio programmes reaching 100million viewers orlisteners inthe Community . ■
Similarly ,preparations were started in1976 inconjunction with the railway author
ties ofthe nine countries ,for a'upiform poster carrying the slogan "Agreen .-,
light for thetrain -and the European Community "tobedisplayed in1977,in .
principal stations throughout the nine countries .The displey space made available
tousfree ofcharge has arental value ofapproximately Btrs 20million ,hpress
campaign will ofcourse becovering ,1977,s"events ".
Finally ,incollaboration with the relevant trade organizations wahave promoted
afashion forT-shirts with aEuropean emblem forspring1977 ;this again has
given acertain amount of .coverage bythe popular press .
2.CONSUMERS ^
The main aim ofthe information toconsumers has been tomake them aware ofwhat
the Community isdoing inareas ofinterest tothem (environment ,harmonization
oflegislation ,competition policy ,agricultural policy ,etc.);there were three .
main targets :
The mass média
Our activities inthis field included :
-dissemination ofwritten information inthe weekly "Euroforum'' newsletter ; •
articles appearing inthe newsletter are frequently taken upbythe press ;
-regular multinational working sessions grouping thedifferent media reaching
consumers inthe nine countries ;these have enabled ustoform Community
"clubs "ofjournalists with special consumer columns inthe general press /
heads of.consumer-oriented television and radio programmes andeditors of
specialized consumer magazines ;
-publication anddistribution toproducers ofconsumer programmes onCommunity
television channels (attheir own request )of"information briefs "dealing
with various Community projects (e.g. labelling offood products ,agricul -
- tural Surp luses pollution ofthe Mediterranean etc.);these briefs were used in
•the production ofprogrammes with aregular audience ofbetween 10and 15
million viewers ,and were "also sent toouroutside offices fordistribution
tothe other media ;

-preparation of"flans onCommunity consumer policy forthe German regional
press (six flongs ,each incorporated insome seventy newspapers with a
combined circulation of1,5million ); ; .
-.individual visits andbriefings inBrussels for :specialist journalists . .
Poli citi ans . .
Weorganized amultinational working session inBrussels for members of
national parliaments with aspecial interest inconsumer problems .Attheir
request ,similar sessions have begun tobeorganized atnational level in
the various countries .
Consumer organizations
Operations inthis field included :
-regular circulation ofwritten information (inparticular through the
weekly newsletter "Euroforum "),which isoften taken upbythese organizations
in.their ownpublications ("50millions deconsommateurs ","Quechoisir ".
-.Whi'cti >"Test "etc.); . -:
-preparation ofmateriel onCommunity activity infietds such asfarm
prices >and the safety anddistribution offoodstuffs ,arid .financing its
insertion into the consumer organizations' own audio-visual ,programmes ;
-support for consumer organizations /either by.participation intheir
activities (talks ,articles orstands attheir events )orbythe organ-r
ization ofjoint working sessions (particularly with the European Environment
Bureau );
-coordination ofconsumer-oriented projects inthe different member countries.'

TRADE UNIONS IN1976
The Commission considers trade unions asapriority target ,and in1976 carried
out anextensive programme inclose cooperation with European andnational union
organizations .
Theprevious year'sprogramme was continued andenlarged ,particularly inthe
technical and audio-visual field .
1.Written information
Unions representing labour both inindividual trades orinnumber oftrades
publish hundreds ofinternational ,national ,regional and local newspapers ,
reviews ,newsletters ,magazines andbrochures forleaders ,activists and
members .Circulations run into thousands and insome cases even into millions .
The trade union press iscarrying more and more articles andother items on
European matters ,andthe questions dealt with inthe "green paper "aroused
widespread interest .
Theoperations ofthe Trade Unions Division during the year were designed
tomake thefullest possible use ofthese channels ofinformation :
-Eight isseus ofthebulletin "Trade Union Information "were put out inthe
official Community languages .Average circulation per issues was 15000.
-Two special issues of"Trade Union Information "were produced fordistri­
bution in1977 .One deals with thetrade union movement inFrance ,Italy
and Germany ,and the other with theTripartite Conference .
-Help was given with the preparation ofarticles forthe trade union press .
-Help was given toFedereuropa (press aimed atItalian migrant workers )and
inconnection with the brochure "Looking atthe European Community "
published bythe ITUC (Irish Trades Union Congress ).
-Help was given with the preparation ofthe issues of"European Documenta­
tion "which dealt with theprotection ofworkers inmultinational firms
and the development ofworker participation (green paper ).
-Thousands ofdifferent documents were supplied tothe trade union press and
research offices atEuropean ,national ,regional and local level .
2.Meetings ,seminars ,symposia inCommunity centres
These meetings ,basically intended for European ,national and regional
trade union learders ,provide one ofthe most effective methods ofrelaying
information inthe trade union world .
Apart from meetings organized specifically foreditors inthetrade union
press (4groups totalling 83visitors ),which met with an (eager response
and helped strengthen cooperative ties,the two main categories were
multinational inter-trade and sectoral meetings (28groups totalling
approximately 1300 participants )andvisits bynational groups (trade
andinter-trade :27groups totalling about 840visitors ).
There were also anumber ofindividual visits lasting from one tothree
days,and "passing "visits (19groups ,237visitors ).
Isisworth stressing the importance attached throughout these sessions
toone ofthe Commission 'spriority themes ,the "green paper ";three
symposia onthis topic were held inLuxembourg and were attended by
executive leaders ofunions affiliated tothe ETUC,each symposium
covering three Member States (inall,1*30union leaders were involved ).
Thetotal number ofpeople reached through these operations was approximately
2850.

Operations inindividual countries
Operations inthedifferent regions ofthe Community attrade orinter-trade
level took onavariety offorms (national ,regional orinterregional "European
days",week-end courses ,regional orlocal seminars ,trade union schools ,
works meetings ).These lasted from half adaytoaweek .Allthis wasorganized with
the unions concerned aspart ofthe general programme agreed with the ETUC
affiliated confederations andother organisations .Where possible ,the media were
brought in(radio ,TV,national ,regional and local press ).Alltopics ofcurrent
interest were dealt with,although special attention was devoted tothe "green
paper "and theTripartite Conference .
Anumber ofcross-frontier meetings were held (Belgium -Netherlands -Germany;
Luxembourg -France -Germany; Germany-Denmark )and proved unexpectedly successful .
Inall,117operations were carried out,reaching approximately 9000 people .
Audiovisual
In1976 the Trade Unions Division prepared asix-language audio-visual kit
fortrade union schools entitled "Why Europe today ?", and aguide for
organizers ,also inthe sixofficial languages .Thedivision also organized
many educational meetings anddisplayed the audio-visual material ata
number ofpublic meetings .
Aspecial audio-visual kit wasprepared inconnection with the "green paper "
information campaign .Aseminar onaudio-visual techniques was held for the
organizers oftrade union schools inCommunity countries .
Trade union congresses
European matters frequently appear onthe agendas ofnational and European
congresses .
Members orsenior officials ofthe Commission frequently attend and speak .
The Trade Unions Division endeavours atthese congresses todistribute
European documentation andtopresent and audio-visual programme .Such opera­
tions are not expensive ,but they have sstrong impact .
In1976 six congresses ,including the April ETUC Congress inLondon ,were
covered ;over 9000trade union delegates were involved .

YOUNG PEOPLE IN1976
Informing young people ontheprogress ofEuropean integration isseen bythe
Commission asone ofits major tasks .Activity inthis field isfinanced by,aspecial
appropriation (largely administered bytheoutside offices )made available
following a1959 Resolution ofthe European Parliament toprovide forthe wider
dissemination ofinformation about the European Communities within the Member
States ,inparticular byfostering the European spirit inthe education of
young people .
With these objectives inmind,wecarried outoperations both within andoutside
schools (young people and adult education ).
1.Information toschools
The aimistoprovide asmuch information aspossible forpupils andteachers ,
andtobring Europe into the school curriculum ,particularly atsecondary
level .The methods consist essentially ofcooperation with international
teachers' organizations andspecialized bodies ,andthe supply ofteaching
aids and materials .
Internat ional_teachers' ..prgani zations_ans_speciali zed _bodies
The cooperation ofthese organizations must beensured ifoperations for
schools aretobesuccessful .The main organizations with which wework are :
-The European Teachers Trade Union Committee ,representing over 1million
teachers inCommunity countries ;
-The World Confederation ofOrganizations ofthe Teaching Profession ;
-The European Committee for Catholic Education ;
-The Commission ofSocialist Teachers inthe European Community .
Apart from our work with these organizations ,wehave strengthend the role
ofthe Centre for European Education ,which aims,through aseries ofmeasures
adapted toconditions inthedifferent countries ("European Schools bay"; . ■'■/ *
meetings oneducation ,documentation et.c-.), topromote the "European -
dimension "inteaching .Onourinitiative and with the help ofthe outside •
offices ,the Centre has formed orisinthe process offorming national •
committees invarious countries .These committees consist ofteachers *
organizations andspecialized bodies and,where possible ,representatives .
ofthe education' "authorities ;thier function .istowork for anextension
ofEuropean studies inschools ,-building onasystematic analysis of
curricula . ' .
Acertain amount ofadhoc cooperation has also developed with other
associations .For exemple ,wesupported amove atinternational level by
economics teachers ,aimed atsetting upaCommunity association tocompare
curricula and "Europeani ze"teaching .
Among our 1976 activities were :
-information visits byleading members ofteachers' associations and
teachers with aspecial interest inEuropean studies ;
-regular information onaspects ofCommunity policy ofparticular concern
toteachers ;
-assistance with projects designed tofamiliarize teachers with European
affairs .
Teachinq aids andmaterials _
Examples ofour activity inthis field are :
-publication ofsix issues ofthe European Documentation Schools Series
(35000 copies ofeach issue ).This series isproduced inthe six
official Community languages anddistributed toteachers .Itisintended toprovide
basic information onkey aspects ofEuropean integration ;
»-support forprivate projects orspecialized bodies concerned with the
production ofteaching aids fordirect classroom use.Close links have "
been established with associations orinstitutions such asthe Centre fbr

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Contemporary European Studies ,Sussex ;the CEVNO (Netherlands );andthe
Eiiropaische Akademie Berlin ;
-assistance in -thepreparation ofvideo-cassettes forschools andadult
education centres Cacassette on .energy policy and one ondirect elections
tothe European Parliament currently inpreparation );
-assistance with the production' ofschools television programmes under the
aegis ofthe Committee for School Television (aseries ofthree films
on"Europe and thethird world );
-regular assistance with the production ofschools radio broadcasts on
direct elections forthe German schools radio services ,and adhoc
cooperation with the schools radio services ofother member countries .
2.Young people and adult education
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The Commission gave .its support toalarge number ofsymposia and seminars
organized in.1976 bythe youth organizations ofpolitical parties ,trade
unions andeducational bodies with the aimoffamiliarizing young
"executives ",i.e. potential multipliers atgrassroots level ,with
European questions .The Commission provided speakers and documentation
for these events .Thepolitical awareness ofyoung people has increased
appreciably ,tosome extend because ofimprovements incivics education
andthe lowering ofthe voting age,and atthis level there isconsiderable
demand for detailed information onthepolitical aspects ofEuropean
integration .
Apart from backing such activities ,wehave also organized alarge number
ofindividual orgroup briefing visits for the leaders ofyouth move­
ments and the youth press .
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Wehave continued towork with international organizations specializing
inEuropean infdrmation and education ,inparticular the following :'
-the Centre International deFormation Européenne
-the Fédération Internationale des Maisons del'Europe
-the Office Catholique d'Information sur les Problèmes Européens
-the Centre Oecuménique pour Eglises etSociété .
These organizations have been active for many years now indeveloping
European information programmes designed forpotential multipliers in
awide range offields .
Last year saw the beginning ofpreparations for astructured programme on
European integration tobecarried out,with our assistance ,under
the supervision ofthe Institut fur Europaische Politik and designed
for adult education organizations .
Temporary youth "secretaria t"
Onthe basis ofarevised Commission proposal for a"European Youth
Forum ",the Council decided tomake available toyoung people aspecial
appropriation of50000 UA (article 254)toset upatemporary secretariat
asastopgap .
Ontwo occasions the Commission invited delegates from the most representative youth
organizations toBrussels for discussions onthe operation and scope ofthe
"temporary secretariat ".

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Atthe second ofthese meetings ,held on15October ,aplenary session of
delegates unanimously approved the setting-up ofthesecretariat .Itconsists
of10representatives ofyouth organizations ,and abalance isobserved
between thedifferent political tendencies and the various interests of
national and international movements .
The purpose ofthesecretariat istoallow young people tomeet anddiscuss ,
and voice their opinions onvarious aspects ofCommunity policy ,particularly
those ofimmediate concern tothem .
Itwill therefore concentrate onproviding information andfacilities for
consultation ,andwill work out proposals onstructure andprocedures aimed
atspeeding progress towards a"European Youth Forum ".

UNIVERSITIES IN1976
The aim ofinformation for universities istoincrease awareness of
European integration inuniversity circles ;adistinction ismade between
teachers and students - whose fields can beexpected toinclude
European matters (law,economics ,political science )and the broader univer­
sity public which can bereached bygeneral information campaigns organized
largely bythe information offices :"European days",evening debates onthe
campus ,seminars etc.
The programme for 1976 featured theinstitutional development ofthe European
Communities .Special operations onEuropean Union anddirect elections were
carried out.
1.Symposia and seminars
-Aseries ofsymposia was organized foruniversity teaching staff in
conjunction with the "relay "associations ofuniversity teachers specializing
inEuropean integration ;some 45teachers from the various member coun­
tries were present ateach symposium .
*29-30 April :symposium ontheinstitutions ofthe European Union ,
organized with the French CEDECE (Commission pour l'Etude des
Communautés européennes )for teachers oflaw;
*3-4 July :symposium onEuropean Union inthe international context ,
organized with theBritish UACES (University Association for
Contemporary European Studies )for teachers ofpolitical science
and international relations ;
*21-22 October :symposium onEuropean Union andthe citizen ,organized
with theItalian MIUE (Movimento per l*Integrazione Universitaria
Europea )for teachers ofpolitical sociology .
-Community research scholarships-were offered tostudents and young
research workers;the 1976/77programme gave priority towork onthe
European Parliament and development ofthe institutions ,and these
topics were given prominence onthenotices advertising the scholar­
ship,which were displayed inalluniversities inthe Community in
spring 1976.^
2.Promotion ofEuropean studies
In1976 wecontinued our efforts toconsolidate and extend the network
ofmultipliers atuniversity level formed bythe national associations
ofteachers and research workers specializing inthe study ofEuropean
integration .
Another two such associations were formed :inJune,the Dansk Selskab
for Europaforskning (Denmark )and inOctober ,theIrish Association for
European Studies (Ireland ).
Negociations are going oninBelgium andthe Netherlands ,and should
result inthe creation ofsimilar associations inthese countries in
the near future .
Asregards teaching and research onEuropean integration ,agreement has
been reached with the Centre for European Studies attheUniversity of
Louvain toresume the survey ofdoctoral theses and other current research on
integration (the survey wascarried out from 1963 to1973 bythe European
Community Institute forUniversity Studies ,which closed down in1975).
Asregards the promotion ofEuropean studies ,our main activities for
1976 .hrieflv summarized were asfollows :

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-Individual visits byresearchers (spending between two andfive days in
Brussels atour expense ).In1976,85researchers orteachers took part
indiscussion programmes organized for them with officials specializing
inthe same field .
-Visits bygroups ofteachers andstudents specializing inEuropean
studies .(Six groups ofteachers andresearch assistants ;99groups
ofstudents ).
-Research grants :15grants of150 000 Bfrs each were awarded (131
applications and research plans were submitted ).Thegrants were
publicized bymeans of7000notices posted inuniversities ,publica­
tion ofthe conditions inthe specialized press ,andthedistribution
of 10000 circulars .
-European Communities Prize ofBfrs 150 000 :the nifith European Commu­
nities Prize was awarded byaninternational university panel tothree
doctoral theses (out of49submitted ).
-Help with the publication ofdoctoral theses :14grants ofBfrs 30000
for thepublication oftheses making anoriginal andsignificant
contribution toresearch into European integration .
-European Documentation Centres (EDC )which provide universities
offering full-time courses inEuropean integration with afull set
ofCommunity publications .There are 215 centres inall,the great
majority inMember States ,although centres also exist innon-member
countries such asCanada ,Japan ,Turkey ,Israel and certain Eastern
bloc countries .
Ten new centres were opened in1976,including the University Institute
inFlorence .
-Publications :
*European University News .8issues per year ,circulation :7000.
*Summer courses onEurope (annual );circulation :2000.
*Postgraduate degrees inEuropean Integration .Revised edition ,July 1976 -
103 pages .Circulation :6000;distributed touniversities .
3.Coordination ofthe university information programme and the activities
ofinformation offices
Close cooperation with theofficials ofthe national information offices
responsble for infcrmat ion touniversities (quarterly meetings )ensures
that all the operations run harmoniously (for instance ,in1976 the
national information offices also gave priority touniversity activities -
symposia ,seminars etc-dealing with European Union andthe development
oftheinstitutions ,orconcerned with "Europeani zation"ofinter -
university relations ).
Part ofthe decentralized programme -varying from country tocountry -
iscarried out bythenational associations ofteachers specializing
inEuropean integration ;this isthe case inGermany ,France ,the
United Kingdom and,infuture ,inIreland and Denmark aswell .These
"relays ",set upwith the Commission 'ssupport ,undertake practical steps
inthedirection indicated bythe common programme agreed amongst them­
selves atthe beginning ofeach year .This ensures that although there
isauniform European framework (priority topics ,objectives inthe
field ofcooperation andthe promotion ofEuropean studies and research )
the action taken issuited toits national context .

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The programme oftheArbeitskreis fur Europaische Integration ,forinstance ,
consists mainly ofhighly specialized training seminars foruniversity
teachers andassistants ,plus amajor scientific symposium held annualy .
InFrance ,the CEDECE prefers toconcentrate onintroducing aEuropean
element into the study oflaw and economics ,and deals with more politi -
cally-oriented activity bymeans ofsupport given to"seminars ".The UACES
inthe United Kingdom aims above alltoassist young researchers dealing
with European questions ,and provides research seminars ,lists ofsources
ofdocumentary material andfinancial aidetc.

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WOMEN 'SORGANIZATIONS AND PRESS IN1976
Information operations directed bywomen fulfil ademand which isgrowing constantly
aswomen become increasing involved inthepolitical ,economic andsocial life
inour countries .However ,this involvement hasnot yet reached thestage of
full integration .This iswhy women still need their ownorganizations :
associations and movements ,the women 'scommittees ofpolitical parties ,
the specialized publications ofwomen 'sorganizations and soforth .
Atthe same time,the many large-circulation magazines for women arejust
about the only way ofreaching women who donot belong tosuch organizations .
1.Women 'sorganizations
The need for information was made clear atasymposium inBrussels inMarch
1976,which was attended by120 women ,high-level representatives of
political ,social and cultural circles inthe nine Member States (members
ofGovernments ,ofnational Parliaments andthe European Parliament ,of
the Economic and Social Committee ,trade union leaders ,leaders of
women 'smovements and prominent cultural figures ).The purpose ofthis
symposium entitled "Women and the European Community ",was toevaluate the
results ofanopinion poll -thefirst ofits kind -conducted inthe nine
Member States in1975,International Women 'sYear,onasample of9500
persons ;thesubject was a"Comparison ofthe Attitudes ofEuropean Men and
Women toCertain Problems ofour Society ".The symposium was held to
consider the results ofthe poll,which had twoobjectives :toshow what
effect had been achieved bywork onanumber ofproblems related tothe
status of women inthe Member States and inthe fields for which Commu­
nity institutions are responsible ,and tomake European men and women aware
ofeach other without all the divisions bycountry ,sex,educational back­
ground ,political opinion and soforth .
The symposium produced anumber ofspecific proposals tothe Commission ,
asaresult ofwhich aunit was set upwithin the Directorate-General for
Information ,the purpose ofwhich istomaintain apermanent dialogue with
women 'sorganizations ,keeping them informed onall aspects ofEuropean
integration and helping toestablish contacts between different national
organizations and between countries .One specific request made atthe
symposium was that the 1977 information programme should endeavour tomake
women aware ofthe importance ofthe elections tothe European Parliament
and that asecond European symposium beheld in1978 totake stock ofpast
efforts and set joint targets for the future .
The next step was todetermine ,country bycountry ,atnational meetings ,
the nature ofthis desire for more specific and more detailed information
onthepart ofwomen 'sorganizations .The response was interesting inthat
inmost countries ,the women 'sorganizations suggested that the dialogue
with the Commission beconducted within anadhoc working party set up
bythe women 'sfederation representing the broadest association ofwomen .
This was true ofGermany (Deutsche Frauenrat ,eight million members ),
Denmark (Danske Kvinders Nationalraad ,500 000 members ),Ireland (Council
forthe Status ofWomen ),Luxembourg (Conseil national des femmes luxem -
bourgeoises ),the Netherlands (Nederlandse Vrouwenraad ,500 000 members )
andthe United Kingdom (Women 'sNational Commission ,four million members ).
InBelgium ,Italy and France ,amore complex situation ledtoanumber of
working parties being set upwith thenational Information Offices doing
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Most ofthe work programmes which have started tocome inare concerned with
training individuals who could contribute tothe European Parliament
election campaign .
2.Women 'sPress
Women 'sand family press were provided with asteady stream ofinformation
onCommunity activities for use inarticles andreports .The magazines
inquestion have atotal of12million readers .
In1976 editors ofaselection ofmagazines met inBrussels toput together
acompetition involving aset ofquestions .The "common care "ofthe
questionnaire was drafted and ideas worked out for awhole series of
special features related tothe questionnaire .

FARMING AND RURAL CIRCLES IN1976
The main aiminthis sector wastoinform thefarming andrural community
notonly about the common agricultural policy ,which directly affects their
daily lives andtheir future ,butalso about the way European policy in
general isdeveloping andthedecisions taken concerning other Community
poli cies .
1.Multinational ,national and regional meetings and seminars
Seminars and information meetings forteachers andmultipliers continue
tobethepreferred approach ,forthese people setthegreatest store by
factual information ,adialogue onthespecific problems inthis sector
andthe Community 'sconsumers andsolutions tothese problems explained
directly bythe men from Brussels .
Three multinational meetings were arranged inclose cooperation with the
Centre Europeen dePromotion etdeFormation agricole etrurale ,two of
which were concerned with the methodology ofEuropean information and ways
ofgetting this information totheofficers ofagricultural associations
andtothegeneral public via thenon-agricultural press ,radio and
television .These meetings help toidentify the shortcomings and the
psychological and methodological bottlenecks onboth sides and tofurther
joint attempts tofind remedies .
The chief farming and rural sectors involved inthe other multinational
meetings were young farmers and farmworkers and food industry employees ;
the main topics dealt with were adjustment ofthe common agricultural
policy ,the role and theeffect ofthe Community Funds ,regional policy ,
protection ofthe environment ,economic and monetary problems and external
relations .Close onfive hundred multipliers attended these meetings .
More than forty briefings for national orregional groups held in
Brussels atthe request ofthe outside offices were attended mainly bystaff
ofrural training centres ,members ofregional rural organizations ,the
farming press and young farmers ,atotal of 1100multipliers .Apart from
the general state ofthe Community and the topics cited above ,the
situation ofcertain agricultural sectors (particularly wine,milk and
meat andfisheries )was discussed .These on-the-spot briefing sessions
greatly ease the task ofour external offices ,which maintain contacts
with the most dynamic elements and socontinue theflood ofinformation .
Atthe request oftheoffices ,theagricultural information section lent
itsassistance inoperations organized bytheoffices orbyothers in
rural regions inconnection with some thirty shows and symposia ,notably
three regional meetings onproblem regions inGermany ,atstudy centres
(Institut national derecherches etd'appli cation pedagogique /INRAP -
France )anduniversities (Bari,Milan ,Lucca ,Wageningen ,etc )and atanumber
ofnational and international trade fairs (Verona ,Foggia and Rome in
Italy andthree inBritain ,one ofwhich was the Royal Agricultural
Show ).
2.Publications
Apart from the documents and brochures issued bythe Paris and Dublin
information Offices with our assistance ,the chief vehicle for written
information continues tobethe "Newsletter onthe Common Agricultural
Policy ";seven issues were published insix languages in1976 :Analysis
ofthe Stocktaking ofthe Common Agricultural Policy ;Depletion of
Resources -aTemporary Phenomenom ofaMatter ofSurvival ;Tobacco ;
Twelve Years ofNews ofthe Common Agricultural Policy ;Cooperation
between the European Community and the United States intheAgricultural
Sector ;and Extracts from the 1975 Agricultural Report .

3.Aucho-visual
Finally ,anaudio-visual aid onagricultural policy forbriefing sessions
was produced incooperation with theInstitut National dePromotion
superieure agricole atDijon ,which will beready for use in1977 .
4.Informing the non-farming public
Atavery large number ofbriefing visits and meetings ,the agricultural
information section explained the common agricultural policy toprominent
figures from outside farming .The main targets atmultinational level
were the European Trade Union Confederation ,and the member organizations
ofthe turopean Environment Bureau and of EURO COOP,the European
Community odConsumers Cooperatives .

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INDUSTRIAL ,COMMERCIAL AND PROFESSIONAL CIRCLES IN1976
1.Overall aims
Operations inthis area in1976 centred mainly onthe green paper onworker
participation inmanagement ,amore systematic attempt toreach small and
medium-sized undertakings ,the Commission 'sefforts toachieve greater
market fluidity and the freedom ofestablishment ofdoctors .
2.Main projects
Asregards worker participation ,asystematic effort toprovide information
about the Commission 'saims inthis field was made inthe Member States by
the Information Offices ,prompted byBrussels ,inthe form ofbrochures ,
and inparticular discussions ,talks and seminars organized with employees ,
trade unions ,journalists and,insome cases ,universities .
Organizations ofsmall and medium-sized undertakings inthe Member States
were approached and aninformation compaign onvarious aspects of
Commission activity isbeing launched .
Asregards the internal market ,amatter ofparticular interest toindustry
and business ,stress was laid onwhat the Commission has done toremove
barriers totrade inanumber offields ,including the automobile industry .
Aspecial effort was made toreach professional people ,particularly the
medical profession ,tomark the entry into force ofthe Directive onthe
freedom ofestablishment 0fdoctors inthe Community .This took the form
ofbriefing sessions ,press conferences inthe capitals ofthe Member
States ,broadcasts andarticles which were widely reprinted .

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SCIENTIFIC CIRCLES IN1976
1.Overall aims
Operations inthis field in1976 continued the same pattern asinprevious
years ,especially asregards information forjournalists who write on
scientific subjects .They consisted ofbackground notes ,seminars and
symposia andvisits tothe Joint Research Centre .
2.Main projects
With the creation ofthe "Research and Documentation "series ofinformation
memos ,aclearer picture has been given ofthe Commission 'srole in
research activities ,arole which isone ofcentralization orofcoordination .
Inthe energy sector ,research activities have played animportant part in
finding solutions tothe current energy shortage .
Ourparticipation inthe Berlin Show,for example ,brought home tothe
general public the Commission 'spart inresearch onenergy saving and in
setting upamajor thermonuclear fusion project ,JET.
Asymposium providing extremely detailed information onthe JETproject
was organized inBrussels for science writers .Inaddition ,journalists
accredited tothe Community took part invisits tothe Joint Research
Centre ,particularly the Ispra establi sment .
Atthe beginning of1976,the Commission organized animportant international
seminar onresearch forecasting tolaunch the "Europe +30"report .Itwas
attended byprominent figures inthepolitical ,scientific and economic
worlds and received wide newspaper and radio coverage .

DEVELOPMENT AND COOPERATION IN1976 -Information inthe Member States
Although thepublic isreceptive toexplanations andinformation regarding
development aid problems ,which tend tobeobscured byother international
events ,these are not thefirst ofits concerns .
Inorder toencrease public awareness ,our information activities concentrate
onthree topics :Europe 'sdependence inrespect ofrawmaterials ,coopera­
tion instead ofconfrontation ,and apolicy outlining anew economic order .
These operations were aimed mainly atthe mass media and non-governmental
organi zations .
1.Operations for the media
The European Committee for Educational Television ,which was set upten
years ago asanumbrella organization covering the nine Member States ,
arranged for the showing ofthree thirty-minutes programmes onschools
television insix Member States in1976 .They were :"What isaDeveloping
Country ?", "Development Aid"and "Today 'sProblems "(produced bythe
Westdeutsche Rundfunk ,Cologne ).The 20000 teachers concerned receive in
advance appropriate background material compiled byus.
There areoften many problems involved insending newspaper oftelevision
journalists toAfrica .However ,thefirst German television channel
filmed aforty -five-minutes documentary onSomalia and EOF aid.Danish
and German (Suddeutsche Zeitung and Radio Bremen )journalists did stories
onCameroon ,the Ivory Coast ,Niger and Upper V olta .Mention should
also bemade ofbroadcasts byFrance Culture and the BBC.
2.Cooperation with non-governmental organizations
Non-governmental organi zations ,whichwere found tonumber more than three
thousand when acensus was held four years ago,were among our main
partners in1976 .Working with them produced the following results :
Denmark :three forty-minute films onUpper V olta made with our technical
andfinancial -assistance ,showing the lives ofaTuareg ,afarmer and a
townsman ,were distributed toschools ,with the aim ofacquainting viewers
with the ACP countries and the Sahel region .
^SttiSEi^nds :fruitful cooperation ,linking our resources with those of
the Dutch Government toput together large-scale schools programmes
(Europe and the Third World ),using slides ,briefs ,video cassettes ,
etc.
yDl£§d_l<ingc!om :participation inputting together programmes (Kenya ,
Tanzania ),aprogramme (slides )onthe Sahel region for schools ,an
OXFAM programme ,reflecting the Commission 'sideas ,etc.
Belgium :regular cooperation with the CNCD (Centre national decoopera­
tion etdeveloppement ),which makes use ofall our resources (films ,
slides ,etc )inschools and adult education centres .
Italy :information programme forspecialized journalists developed by
Mani Tese .
Germany :cooperation inthefield ofbasic information (for example :
distributing articles onLome through the Deutsche Welthungerhi Ife and
one million copies ofanEEC-Third World paper through the DGB).
France :compilation ,with our assistance ,ofanaudio-visual adult
education course ,made upofthree programmes consisting oftwo
hundred and forty slides with recorded commentaries ondevelopment ,
the Third World and development aid,incooperation with the Secours
catholique ,the Ligue deI'enseignement ,youth organizations ,the
Comite franpais contre lafaim andothers .This isnow being adapted
into English andwill beshown tonon-governmental organizations in
other Member States tofind out whether itwould beworthwhile adaptina
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Onamore general level briefings were organized inBrussels toprepare
non-governmental organizations forthe UNCTAD conference ,abasic background
document was compiled ,contributions made tocertain information bulletins
andliaison arranged during the Nairobi conference .
Aconsiderable amount ofmaterial wasputtogether anddistributed insupport
ofthese operations fornon-governmental organizations:audio-visual programmes
such as"The Community andMali "(anexample ofEDF aid)with commentaries
insix languages ,which ismeant for schools ,andtheslide programme
"Europe ,Africa and Development ",which isprovided with ascript forthe
exhibitor .
Wehave acquired therights toand copies ofafilm onMauritania 's
development problems andthe attempts made tosolve them,which was
broadcast byFR3,France 'sthird television channel .Dutch andBelgian
non-governmental organizations propose toshow this film inschools .
Abasic paper on"Europe andtheThird World "waswritten ,analysing the
situation oftheThird World ,its demands andthe Community 'sresponse to
them .Information notes will beadded gradually discribing new developments
inCommunity policy .
Basic papers were eilso produced onrawmaterials andthe Lome Convention ,
and aseries ofoutline notes prepared ontopical subjects .

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BRUSSELS INFORMATION OFFICE IN1976
Forthe Brussels Information Office 1976 marked aturning point .Itconducted
anumber ofinformation campaigns which were indispensable given thestate of
public opinion inBelgium andthe need togive information onthe Community a
slightly more political slant with direct elections tothe European Parliament
intheoffing .
The main objectives ofthe Office were :
-toidentify the main areas ofpublic concern inthevarious regions and
torespond tothem inconcrete terms ;
-tobroaden the scope oflarge-scale campaigns ,while continuing tosupply
regular information tospecific audiences ,notably schools .
Itwas with these objectives inmind that the Office made astudy ofthe
factors behind the Belgian public 'sindifference orantagonism tothe major
European issues .
Todeal with specific areas ofconcern ,the Office perfected techniques of
distributing selected material toregional papers andorganizations .
Finally ,meetings with political ,women 's,consumers' ,youth andtrade union
organizations enabled the Office tolist the main criticisms ,engage ina
more detailed dialogue andpolish upits material .
1.General activities
The Office 'sefforts inthe area ofradio and television were well received
Three television programmes highlighted theactivities ofthe Office
and the kind ofinformation itdistributes .Anew radio programme entitled
"L'Europe endirect "was launched inOctober .Produced jointly bythe
Office and the Brussels studio ofBelgian radio ,itisbroadcast from 2000
to2200 hours onthe last Tuesday ofeach month and has anaudience of
between 250 000 and 300 000 listeners .The subjects covered can beeither
political (European Union )ormore technical (free movement andright
ofestablishment ofdoctors ,consumer protection ).
The Office made the most ofits move tonew premises .The event was
covered byradio ,television andthepress and was followed upso
successfully that individual visits and requests for documentation
tripled between 24September and the end of1976 .
Atravelling exhibition mounted bythe Office went onshow inBrussels
itself (the Town Hall,Boisfort and Anderlecht )and inthe provinces
(Huy,Namur ,Lokeren ,Zelzate ,Knokke ,Ciney ,Marche ,Alost ,Tubize ,
Ostend and Malines ).
The exhibition remained open from three tofifteen days ineach town
and was backed byaudio-visual material ,lectures inschools ,debates
and colloquies .Itreceived considerable press and radio coverage .InHuy,
for example ,itprovoked fourteen newspaper articles andthree radio
broadcasts ;250 people attended the debate and atotal of 1367 school­
children attended the 27lectures given byyoung lecturers from the
Office .Inall,48000 persons saw theexhibition .
2.Specific activities
The Office 'smonthly bulletin ,EUR INFO,which was launched in1975
and appears inFrench and Dutch ,ha'sincreased itscirculation
(political group ,trade unions ,teachers ...) and 4000 copies are now
being is6ued ineach language .

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The Office also publishes specific information notes orbriefs ,geared
tospecialized orregional publications ,atregular intervals .
Direct contact wasestablished with Junior Chambers ofCommerce andpolitical
groups (Young Catholics ,Liberal Students ).These included aseries oftwelve
information lectures for 800 young secondary andprimary school teachers requi
red under the reformed education system togive six courses at
the EEC.TheOffice continued itsactivities 'intheuniversities ,concen­
trating inparticular onlaw and economics students andpost-graduate
institutes such asthe Ecole deGuerre ,organizing information days and
taking part inround tables and seminars .Italso helped toset upa
Belgian branch oftheAssociation ofInstitutes for European Studies .
Two working and information sessions were organized with women 's
associations before andafter the Women 'sConference organized bythe
Commission inMarch 1976 .
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Thepolitical parties ,thepress ,radio andtelevision are reacting more
and more frequently anddirectly toEuropean problems inessentially
political terms inview ofthe forthcoming direct elections tothe
European Parliament .
TheOffice 'sactivities must therefore beconducted with greater determination
and onalarger scale .But the Office must also proceed with caution given
thepolitical approach which isbeing applied toproblems andthe confrontation
ofregion with region .
Thanks tocontacts established in1976,the Office will beable toensure
greater continuity initsactivities inrelation towomen 'sassociations ,
youth organizations andpolitical groups .Stronger links were also forged
with regional circles .

OOFJUNHAUUN Oi^'lCE IN1976
Ourmain objectives in1976 were thefollowing :todisseminate inan
efficient and reliable way all available and relevant information about
theEuropean Communities andtheir activities totheDanish public ,and to
stimulate and increase thequality and theseriousness ofthepublic debate
about European questions ,especially toadd toitaclear and understandable
Community dimension .Inparticular ,wehave considered itofgreat importance
topursue the same objectives inGreenland ,taking into consideration the
very special circumstances there .
1.Activities towards general public
The "target group "of5mill .Danes is,according toGallup surveys ,
rather active and negative ,but atthe same time fairly ignorant when
Community affairs areconcerned .Around 75% ofthepopulation isin­
formed about theEuropean Community only through television ,radio and
newspapers .Therefore ,ourefforts toinfluence these "grands media "have
been extensive and very diversified .Firstly ,wehave established per­
sonal contact toeditors and journalists inall existing media .Secondly ,
wefrequently supplied them with well-prepared and "ready -to-use"
material andarticles ,including prewarning calendars and agendas of
important events and developments .Thirdly ,wearranged monthly
"background briefings ".Forthly ,weeach day followed andreacted to
thewhole Danish press (about 80-100 press cuttings aday onCommunity
affairs ).Thereaction waspartly done bytelephone ,partly bywritten
corrections and supplementary remarks .
Inthecase ofGreenland ,weestablished in1976 similar close contacts
and asimilar vigilant service and "radar surveillance "tothe local
radio ,television and thewritten press ,inDanish aswell asin
Greenlandic language .
Results :Though itisimpossible tomeasure our impact inany exact way ,
weare able tosay that our actions have directly and indirectly
appeared iriTVand radio many times and inthewritten press several
hundred times .
Wealso tried toreach the public directly .Firstly ,weparticipated in
kbigfairs indifferent regions ofthecountry .Around 50.000 visitors
were ourguests and were directly informed onour information stands .In
addition ,our exhibitions were covered comprehensively intheregional
and therelevant professional press .Secondly ,wearranged atravelling
exhibition forpublic libraries .Ithas visited 23different libraries .
2.Activities towards priority circles
Ingeneral ,these circles may beidentified with the socalled "opinion
leaders ".Our most important means toreach them were our publications .
Themonthly magazine "europa "wasin1976 more widespread than ever
before ,and itwas very often quoted inthemass media .Inparticular ,
weexperienced asatisfactory success inasubscription campaign vis-a -
vis theuniversity circles .
Thegeneral ,bi-weekly newsletter "efinformation "proved once again to
beindispensable tothousands ofreaders .Acheck-up operation asking
subscribers toreact ifthey still wanted toreceive thenewsletter had
apositive response of75% .Inasimilar way ,ourdocumentary ,bi-weekly
publication "efdokumentation "wasreordered byabout 70% ofthereaders .
Onthebrochure side weparticularly published a12-page four-coloured
popular version ofourbasic brochure .Itwas received very enthu­
siastically byallpriority circles andhalf thestock disappeared in
three weeks .This type ofpublication undoubtedly corresponds toa
recognized need .Furthermore ,weproduced anddistributed special

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brochures forGreenland (inDanish andGreenlandic )and fortheFaroe
Islands (inDanish andFaroese ).Ingeneral ,wehave done ourutmost to
merge anumber ofBrussels-based publications with ourownpublications .
Another way toreach theactive "opinion leaders "istomake speeches and
totake part indiscussions .Thestaff oftheoffice hasduring 1976 made
about ahundred speeches all over the country .
When thespecific circles are concerned wemust first ofallmention the
political parties .Wehave in1976 very actively cooperated with all
important political parties ,especially with theaim ofteaching their
local andregional leaders European affairs .Ithas been acontinuation of
similar activities during previous years .Wehave arranged and taken active
part inabout 30seminars ,15study tours ,distributed about 50.000
publications etc .Ourclose cooperation with the trade unions has continued
(8common seminars ,6study tours ,prepared articles forthetrade union
press etc.).Wehave also cooperated inasimilar waywith women andyouth
organizations ,and main consumers' business ,and educational organizations *
This has all been anenlargement ofouractivities during previous years .
During 1976 theoffice helped toestablish a"Danish Society onEuropean
Research "(onuniversity level )and aDanish branch ofthe "Centre for
European Education "(onprimary andsecondary school level ).Both bodies
seem tobecome very active and enterprising .
Wehave also improved and enlarged our "Speakers *Service ".Our "Panel of
Speakers "now consists ofabout 300 names ,all ofwhom weprovide with
"Speakers'Notes ",audio-visuel material and offer educational seminars on
aregular basis .
When Greenland isconcerned ,wehave extended our close cooperation with
local organizations ,inparticular the local adult education association
which has active branches all over Greenland .
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Weconsidered itofgreat importance that most ofthe1976 activities were
enlarged and improved continuations ofthemost valuable activities of
previous years .Sothey were .Inthat way ,wehave now penetrated effi­
ciently the leading circles inthe whole press ,inall political parties
and organizations ,and our existance and offers are also known toan
increasing part ofthegeneral public .Ourappraisal ofthealready used
media isthat inorder toobtain amaximum effect with the available
resources wemust particularly concentrate our future activities on:the
press ,especially television and radio ;selected ,direct actions vis-a-vis
thegeneral public ;continuous education and support ofregional and
local leaders ofthedemocratic political parties ;and enlargement and
improvement ofourcountry-wide "Speaker 'sService ".Our ownmeans ,
especially ourpublications must very clearly be"geared "tomake these
priority activities amaximum success .

BONN INFORMATION OFFICE IN1976
Activity in1976 centred oninformation forthe media ,regional information
and information forthe younger generation ,with particular reference to
schoo l-gears .
1.General activities
Radio andtelevision>in particular Bayerische Rundfunk ,Sudwestfunk (for
its "Europe 2000 "and "Plus Minus "broadcasts )and Westdeutsche Rundfunk ,
drew substantially onthe information services oftheOffice .During the
year,theOffice visited theeditors oftwelve regional papers inthe
north and inthe Frankfurt and Munich areas to define their need for
information onhowthe Community 'sfunds operate .Aweekly bulletin
"Berichte und Informationen "isprepared forthe regional press and
articles from itarefrequently reproduced bythe agencies andthe big
dailies .Ten flongs (articles andillustrations made upand ready for
printing )were made available tothe regional press and appeared inatotal
of628publications ,corresponding toasum of5900 000 copies .
TheOffice 'smobile exhibition ,amajor outlet for information atregional
level ,was mounted in23townships ,chiefly inBavaria and Hesse ,and
wasvisited bythousands ofpeople .Itwas given wide coverage bythe
local and regional press .Inconjunction with the exhibition the Loriot
"insert ",Querschnitt aus dem Europaer-Al Itaq (Europe from day today)
was circulated via local papers innorthern Bavaria and Hesse and two
papers inthe Frankfurt area .The Office now has 7collapsible information
booths available inthe Lander ,which can beput upasthe need arises .
Lectures ,meetings ofwomen 'sassociations ,evening events for young
people and information weeks were organized wherever the mobile
exhibition went .Since the Office has no"roving squad ",itcould not
cope alone .Forthis reason thestaff ofthe lecture service was
expanded to65experts who were invited toattend abriefing session at
the Office and make aninformation visit toBrussels .
In1976,this service organized 186talks anddiscussions and reached
anaudience ofabout 5600.
2.Specific activities
Publications :The monthly EG-Magazin was given anew look (graphics and
content )atthe beginning ofthe year and now carries the monthly programme
ofmajor radio andtelevision broadcasts onEurope (V on Europa horen und
sehen ).Ofthetotal sum of15000 copies ,25% are sold,60Z are circu­
lated free to"multipliers "and the remainder used for special campaigns .
Anarticle onthe Court ofJustice ruling inthe case concerning free
movement inprofessional sport was carried byalmost all the German
dailies .
Aydio-visual_material :Incollaboration with theBundeszentrale fur
politische Bildung ,certain regional centres ,thepress and information
offices ofthe Federal Government andprivate producers ,the following
was developed orperfected :
-a16 mm(25 mm)film on"Europe 'sProblem :the Rhine for example "
and regional policy ;
-overhead-projector slides for schools ("The European Community ");
-aseries ofsound features on"The EEC andthe Developing Countries ";
-avideo-cassette on"Direct elections tothe European Parliament ".
PoUt ical_gart ies^_trade_unions_and_ot her_mi Ijtant_associ ati,ons :The Officeis
working inclose collaboration with the European Movement 'straining centres
(European Academies ),thepolitical parties ,thetrade unions andother
associations .During the "year itarranged 91briefing sessions with
outside organizations which involved 3000participants inall.

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itnas also supplied audio-visual material (the same asthat used for schools
and young people )tothese bodies .
f3L!DlD9_JD^_£t!f_£y£5i_£2!D!DyDiiZi Incollaboration with the Federal Ministry ,
the Land Ministries ,the Landwi rtschaftskammer and the Bauernverband .the
Office ranthree regional meetings ("Weser-Ems ","Sudschwarzwald "and "Luchow -
Dannenberg "),attended byBrussels officials ,atwhich questions ofregional ,
social andagro-structural policy were discussed .Information inthis field
was consolidated byamonthly ("The European Regions ")which has asum of
700 copies andissent tothe press and radio andtelevision networks .Itdeals
with European issues which are controversial inGermany (for instance ,nuclear
energy supplies ,youth unemployment ,dairy surpluses ,water protection ,beef
and veal production ).
Yout h_and_t he_schoo l^s_:There was agrowing demand for information from the
schools in1976 .Ofthe 16986 requests registered ,approximately aquarter
came from pupils and teachers .The Office issues Europaische Dokumentat ion
and other literature tosomething like 4000teachers .Documentary material was
also supplied toseveral publishers ofschool textbooks tohelp them with
their publications .
The Office 'spress department published 12news sheets (intended for young
people ;these were chanelled to750 school and youth radio broadcasts ,
school periodicals ,youngsters' magazines and youth associations .Informa­
tion seminars and aworking visit toBrussels were arranged foreditors of
school papers andother youth publications .
Consumer sz_workers z_womerK TheOffice 'smajor consumer information project
was afour-page supplement ("Europe and the Consumer ")for the November
issue of"Test",the monthly published bythe Warentest Foundation .This
had asum of730 000 copies ,ofwhich 15000 were distributed during the
Grune Woche inBerlin .The Office has since received more than 1000 requests
for futher information from "Test "readers .
Information for industrial workers (part ofthe OGB's"Info "series )conti­
nued with twobriefs (amillion copies ofeach )on"Co-management inthe
European Community "and "The European Community and the Third World ".
Inconnection with theTripartite Conference ,the Office published a16-page
supplement inthe DGB'sweekly ,Welt d*>r Arhpit (200 000 copies )and a
2-page supplement inEuropa Union (25000 copies ).
Twobriefing sessions were organized for representatives ofthe forty or
sowomen 'sassociations which belong tothe Deutscher Frauenrat .Information
was exchanged onaregular basis with thesecretariat ofthis organization
which has some 8million members .
Documentation :The Office 'sdocumentation service dealt with some 11360
written requests (ofatotal of16985).Inaddition toDokumente und Publi-
kationen (classifying titles ofCommunity publications received each month
byspecific field ),bibliographies are produced for certain topics (direct
elections ,and energy policy ).
The documentation service also circulated periodic information material
compiled bythe Office plus communications from the Court ofJustice and
European Documentation .
Informat ion_f or_t he_book_t rade :The catalogue ofpublications was much indemand
atthe Commission 'sstand during the Frank furtBook Fair ;this prompted the
Office tomake asurvey among 3500 bookshops ,offering them more informa­
tion onCommunity publications .Sofar 656 shops have reacted .

Information meetings were run every month atthe European Club inBonn ;
these included public debate between members ofthe European Parliament
andjournslists ,chaired byJurgen Lorenz ,on"The Tindemans Report -a
Challenge for Europe ";more than 250people attended .Discussion evenings were
arranged with experts anddiplomts (including atalk with Ambassador Deane R.Hinton ,
Head ofthe U.S. Mission tothe European Communities ).Senior officials ,experts
and leading figures inthe world ofcommerce took part .
The Munich European Club was revitalized and aEuropean Club was founded
inFrankfurt ;its members include former Commission trainees .

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PARIS INFORMATION OFFICE IN1976
Amajor boost inregional activity was amain feature of1976 .
1.General activities
-Six European weeks orfortnights were organized inBordeaux (Agence
d'Urhanismpl Rennes (Centre Culturel Communal ),Besangon (Centre Culturel )
Lille (Centre deDnrumpntation Pédaqoaique Régional ),Douai (Biblinthèque '
Municipale )and Angoulême (Hôtel deVille ).Asymposium was organized
onEurope and the economic development ofFranche Comte (Fondation Nicolas
Ledouw )and two studies were undertaken ,one onNord-Pas deCalais ,atthe
instigation ofthe Regional Chamber ofCommerce ,theother onAlpes
Maritimes ,sponsored bytheInstitut d»s Hautes Etudes Internationales .
-During the year,the Office produced asecond 21-minute ,lapdissolve
audio-visual programme entitled "L'Eurooe dand lavie quotidienne des
Français ".
This programme isone ofthe audio-visual series started in1976 with
"Lemonde change ,voici l*Furope ".Living examples ofFrench daily
life are used toillustrate the rdeof the Community inenhancing
living and working conditions .Its purpose istoinitiate discussion
onthe human effects ofthe construction ofEurope and ismainly used
inconnection with information weeks organized inthe provinces .
-Openings for regional andother information were offered bythe regional
television channel FR3("twinning "ofthe Bordeaux and Munich stations ,
FR3programme from Marseille onthe "Grand Delta "operation inBrussels ,
Rhone-Alpes travel programme ,...). Generally speaking ,thenational
television channels have become much more receptive toEuropean
problems andthe Office has had far more frequent contacts with programme
organi zers .
-Anumber ofpress conferences were held during the year ;MrGundelach met the
Association des Journalistes del'Tnformation sociale ,MrSimonet was guest
ofthe Association d*lapresse economique ,aswas MrCheysson and anumber
ofCommission officials ,particularly atthe time ofthe European Council
inLuxembourg and theTripartite Conference .
2.Specific activities
Publications continued toplay their part inFrench top management circles .
Inaddition tothemagazine 30Jours (TEurope^e Office published the
Memento delaCommunaute (1976 version ),the ouide Pratique des Fonds
Europeens ,I'Europe contre laPollution and areprinting ofBJrooe pour les
Femmes .Studies which appeared inthe magazine were re-issued asoff-
prints :they included L'industrie franc?ise dans leMarche Commun and
articles onthe Council ofHinisters ano tne European Parliament .
Its improved distribution system enables the Office tomake more effective
contact with those inauthority inthe regions asaback-up toits compre­
hensive links with political ,administrative and business circles at
national level .Aregional diary has been included in30.iours d'Furope .
Regions which have been featured sofar are :Fcanche Comte ,Brittany ,the Franco -
Belgian frontier region ,Rhones-Alpes ,Nord-Pas deCalais ,Aquitaine ,
Limousin ,Alpes Maritimes and Poitou Charente .
The Office sactivity inrelation toagriculture slackened for atime
during the year asaresult ofsome -practi caldifficulties peculiar to
the Office .Itsubsequently extended totake inthe environment and consumer
affairs.
Events organized inthis context included adinner and discussion with
MrLardinois ,the public presentation oftheStatistical Office survey ,
apress conference byMrCarpentier and adinner and debate withMPs on
the environment aswell as11visits toBrussels forofficials from
farming areas and 22lectures invarious regions ofFrance .

The publications ofthe Dossiers delaPolitique Anr-irnle Commune continued
inconjunction with theMinistry otAgriculture anu aset ofslides onthe CAP was
produced inassociation with the Institut National dePromotion suoerieur
aari cole .
Forindustry ,commerce andtheprofessions ,alunch ,hosted byMrSimonet ,
was arranged for 55chairmen and managing directors ofindustrial companies
and senior French officials .The Office 'sactivities also involved the
medical profession ,notably during the Congres delaFederation des Medecins
dpFrance .Ameeting ofthe General Secretaries ofthe 22regional chambers
ofindustry and commerce wasorganized todiscuss financial assistance granted
bythe Community .
The Office 'sapproach totheuniversities acquired anew dimension with the
development ofaEuropean curriculum attheInstitut ?reainnaux d'adminictration
which provide retraining forofficials from decentrali zea departments and
local services .The success ofthepilot project inMetz prompts the Office to
expand this type ofactivity .
The Office 'swork inthe secondary schools continued according tothe syste­
matic investment plan which has been under way for two years now and has put
the Office into direct contact with most ofthe secondary education establish­
ments either indirectly through their documentalists ,teachers andpupils
with the Dossiers pour I'enseignement ,ordirectly through the regional
offices oftne Ministry otEducation which have agreed toredistribute the
Office 'smaterial .Thirty-five lectures were given ineducation centres and
7000 establishments were reached byour publications .
The main feature ofthe Office 'sefforts tocontact the younger generation was
itspresence atthe Salon International deI'Enfance .The theme this year was
the European Community ;the Office hadits own stand and many ofthe other
stands featured Europe too.Over amillion people visited the Salon .
Ouractivity vis-à-vis youth movements andadult éducation organizations was
given apresto boost .Priority was given tothepolitical youth movements
(seminars ofthe "génération sociale etlibérale ",young social democrats and
"jeunes équipes internationales ")andtraining centres fororganizers (Centre
National deFormation del'Union Française des Centres deVacances ,Culture
etLiberté ,Fédération Léo Lagrange ,etc...). The Office also made aspécial effort
tocollaborate with women's associations ,both bydeveloping existing contacts
with the Union Féminine Civique etsociale and selecting new channels
(Commission féminine duMouvement Européen ).
The Office also organized 60lecture /discussions upand down the country .
The documentation section and library receives between 800 and 1000telephone
enquiries amonth .Between 400 and 450visitors call personally tomake enquiries .

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DUBLIN OFFICE IN1976
During theyear 1976 wehave endeavoured tomaintain andimprove our
services tothenedia with special emphasis ontelevision news ,regional
press andregional radio .
1.Public atlarge
Inaddition tomaintaining daily contact with thenational newspapers ,
radio and television ,westaged anumber ofpress conferences and
briefings and issued daily press releases andbakcground notes .These
obtained widespread coverage atboth thenational andregional level and ,
specially inthecase ofallocations from community funds (regional ,
Feoga etc.)Radio andtelevision coverage hasbeen extensive ,particularly
since the introduction last december ofthenew "politics programme "which ,
with ourassistance ,hasalready produced two ^5-minute programmes onthe
Community .
Our mobile exhibition and itsaccompanying information leaflets continued
tobeanimportant attraction for thegeneral public .Itwas visited by
more than half amillion people and resulted inalarge number ofrequests
for further information material .
The winners ofthe following competitions were brought toBrussels :
Young scientist ofthe year -Slogagh -Michael Sweetman essay -Inniu -
Irish press essay -Irish Missionary Union -Young citizen essay .
2.Priority groups mgénéral
Our monthly bulletin Community Report ,which isdirected atopinion
mulitpliers continued tobewell received .Areadership survey conducted
during theyear produced avery encouraging response .Ourweekly news­
letter ,European Community news ,and ourweekly farm feature ,specifically
designed for theregional press ,were both regularly reproduced and
reached more than half thereadership oftheregional press (6^0.000 ).
About 12newspapers are reprinting theweekly newsletter and 15newspapers
carry the farm feature .Sixarticles both english and irish intheTrade
Union Magazine "Liberty "are published .The office organised and part-
financed anumber ofconferences and seminars and members ofthe staff
undertook numerous speaking engagements .Wehave anumber offilms and an
audio-visual programme inirish atour disposal which have been constantly
onloan .
3.Spécifie priority groups
Agricultures inaddition toourweekly farm feature ,ourmain effort inthe
agricultural area has been thepublication ofour quarterly information
booklet series onthe cap inco-operation with the Irish Department of
Agriculture (circulation 5.000 ).Inaddition ,wehelped organise andpart
sponsor conferences and seminars ,and wearranged the publication ofa
24-page supplement onthecap inthelargest regional newspaper "The
Kerryman "and supported a25-minute television documentary onthe cap
which was screened onRTE .
Universities :significant progress has been made atuniversity lev?l with
theInauguration ofajoint course ofEuropean Studies between thetwo
Dublin Universities ,partly financed bytheCommission ,and the
Establishment ofthe Irish Association forEuropean Studies comprising
University professors and lecturers .Wealso helped organise and finance
extra-mural courses inEuropean Studies inUniversities inDublin and Cork .
TheUniversity College Cork courses were held at20centres throughout the
southern part ofthecountry andwere attended by600students .

schools :atthe level ofsecond-level and vocational schools ,wepro­
vided Information andspecial articles both inenglish andirish tothe
main magazines andproduced asupplement for th"young citizen "magazine
(c.12.000teachers ).Wealso organised andpart-financed thefirst
regional youth conference onthe Community ,which weplan asanannual
event inthe future ,and organised anumber ofessay and project
competitions .
Irish languages with regard tospecific groups ,weappear tohave been
successful inreaching irish language interests .This hasbeen achieved
bymeans ofourmonthly irish-language newsletter "EORASCAIL "
(circulation 5*000 )which hasbeen regularly reproduced inthespecialist
press and onradio and television ,asupplement inthe main irish-language
newspaper "Inniu ",regular contacts with the Irish festival forschools ,
Slogagh .
Women :wekept inregular contact with the main trade union and women 's
organisations ,particularly during the controversy over equal pay and
made preparations for theestablishment ofanirish branch oftheCommunity
network ofwomen 'sworking groups .

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ROME INFORMATION OFFICE IN 1976
Itwill beremembered that Italy went tothe polls for
the third time inthree years in1976 and that the econo­
mic crisis continued to have anadverse effect onthe life
ofthe country .
For this reason the Office had totake more account of de­
velopments onthe home front tohighlight the basic need to
coordinate the measures topromote recovery inthe context
ofCommunity commitments .
Attitudes towards the Community arestill favourable .Public
opinion fully appreciated the Commission 'ssympathetic efforts
when the import deposit scheme was introduced in May 1976
and when currency transactions were taxed tothe tune of
10and 7%respectively ontwo occasions inOctober .
The decision ofthe Nine to goahead with Direct Elections
tothe European Parliament was very favourably received .
1.General activities
Ap£r £a_ch_t£ t_h^jnecHja
Relations with the press ,radio and television were the
Office 'sfirst concern .Italy 'seconomic situation and its
repercussions onEurope ,solidarity inaction ,implementation
ofthe Mediterranean policy ,the lures of a"two-tier "Europe
and Direct Elections tothe European Parliament were talking
points for journalists throughout the year .
Totake anexample ,the Community 'ssolidarity inhelping
Friuli received wide coverage inthe press .Detailed infor­
mation onthe activities ofthe Regional Fund ,the Social
Fund ,the EAGGF Guidance Section and emergency measures
tohelp Friuli was widely distributed tothe regional
press and local radio stations .The links established with
the regional press were also availed inconnection with many
local events .
The Office held regular meetings for the press .Topics in­
cluded :"AgricuIture and Mediterranean policy "(13February );
"One year 'sactivity ofthe Regional Fund "(30April );
"Removal oftechnical barriers totrade inindustrial
products "(15July );"Activity ofthe EIB inItaly "
(17December ).The Office also organized press campaigns
topublicize Mr. Ortoli 'slecture tothe Centro Informa -
sioni eStudi sul Mercato Comune inMilan ,(8October )
and the inauguration of the European University Institute
(15 November ).
The Italian radio-television network (RAI-TV )completed
its internal reorganization ,giving the Office our oppor­
tunity ofgetting Community material included inthe
programmes ofthe two TVchannels and three radio networks .
The Office assisted and took anactive part inbroadcasts
onagriculture ,consumer affairs ,education and soon.In
December ,for example ,the weekly television programme
Giorni d'Europa devoted 30minutes tothe activities ofthe
Community and the work ofthe Office .

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Exhibit_ion2,_com£e_t ît_ions
The Office had astand atthe Verona and Foggia Agricultural
Fairs inMarch and May and organized several supporting
events ,including around table onthe role ofagriculture
inmodern society inVerona .The Europe isyour country "
campaign started in1975 ,was rounded off bysending all the
young competitors afolder ofinformation and organizing
around trip taking inParis ,Brussels and the Rhine Valley
for twenty winners .Anew competition isbeing planned for
1977 .The aim istoget alarge number ofprimary and se­
condary school teachers and pupils interested inCommunity
affairs .Atpresent 100 000 sets ofthe kit produced for
the competition are being distributed ,accompanied by
survey-type questionnaires tobefilled inbypupils follo­
wing atalk bythe teacher .The answers will becollated
and published in asmall booklet summarizing the attitude
ofyoungsters toEurope .
Lastly ,the Office took special care over its documentation
and information for visitors ;callers totalled 1.650 .
Approximately 2260 letters went out inreply torequests for
information .The Office 'slibrary was also reorganized .
Specific activities
General
Pub 11ca1ions :
Communità Europee ,magazine ,11issues (40000 copies )
Jean Monnet racconta ) .
7-7-7;– = r–-–r \off prints from the magazineL'Università Europea )
Ipartiti el'Europa (booklet )(20000 copies )
CE INF0RMATZ IONI (various series )
Rassegna periodica ,11issues (2000 copies )
Notizie sindacali , 11issues' (2000 copies )
Dossiers ,(8titles :4onMediterranean policy ,2on
social policy ,1ontechnical barriers ,1on
Direct Elections -1800 copies )
Schede (7titles )(2000 copies )
Dossiers stampa <6issues ofpress cuttings onspecific
topics -1500 copies )
Document i(major Community text :8issues ,2000 to 10000
copies depending oninterest and importance )
Symposia ,conferences :
While the Direct Elections theme dominated ,particularly in
the second half ofthe year ,Mediterranean policy (especially
after the Agreements with the Maghreb countries had been signed )
was arecurring theme atmany symposia and conferences .
These included the UCEI (Ufficio Centrale per I'Emigrazione
Italiana )seminar held inPalermo on 3and 4April where
one ofthe main topics was migration inthe Mediterranean area
(rapporteur ,Mr;Bersani ,Vice-President ofthe European Parlia­
ment );the round table onth6 role ofsmall and medium-sized
companies inthe Mediterranean (Cagliari ,13May);the ISPI
(Istituto per gil Studi diPolitica Internazionale)-Conf erenc e
held inMilan on28tApril ,the ACLI-EEC seminar (AssociazioniCristiane Lavoratori Italiani )onItalian Agriculture and Me­
diterranean policy (Messina,15-1 6October );the symposium on

"The Community and the Mediterranean (Rome ,26November )which
was attended byMr. Guazzaroni .
Other general activities and events included the seminar run
incollaboration with Bologna University onrelations between
regions .States and the European Community (3-7 May);the
XVth course onCommunity economies and law (Milan ,January
-June);the course run by CERDE (Centro Ricerche eDocumen -
tazione Europee )on"Europe Tomorrow "(Florence ,30November
to18December ;the EEC/DeGasperi Institute symposium on
"Control ofthe Community budget "(Rome ,18May);the meeting
ofthe 2000 Club onthe Green Paper onemployee participation
(Rome ,3June);the CESFER (Centro diStudi ,Informazione
eDocumenta zione sul Federalismo ,ilRegionalismo eI'Unita
Europea )symposium onmonetary problems (Pavia ,10-11 December ).
The Office developed close links (discussions ,documentation ,
participation )inevents over the year with the IAI (Isti-
tuto Affari Internazi onali),IPALM0 (Istituto per leRelazioni
traItalia eiPaesi dell'Africa ,America Latina eMedio
Oriente ),the SIOI (Societa Italians per 11Organi zzazione
Internazionale),the Italian section ofthe Association
ofEuropean Journalists and the European affairs departments
ofthe Senate and the Chamber ofDeput ies.Relations with
the Scuola Superiore della Amministrazione Pubblica were ampli­
fied and European subjects were included inschool programmes .
Itmight bementioned that the Office works incomplete
harmony with the European Parliament 'sInformation Office in
Italy .
S_pecjj _]_c_e \/e£ts
The major Italian universities were involved in14symposia ,
round tables and series ofconferences .The MIUE (Movement
for European University Integration )held its annual symposium
inTurin inassociation with the Office .The theme was
"The citizen and the European Community "and approximately forty
university professors attended .
Providing information for regional circles continued tobe a
priority task .Collaboration with the Italian Association
ofthe Council ofEuropean Municipalities has proved highly
successful .One example was the seminar for regional Officials
(Rome ,31May -2June ). Asecond seminar was run inassocia­
tion with F0RMEZ (Istituto diFormazione nel Messogiorno )
inNaples from 18to22October .InNovember Italian regional
officials began periods ofin-service training with the
Commission .Marche ,Campagna and Basilicata were thefirst
regions toavail themselves ofthis facility .
Onthe youth front ,the Riccione seminar (27September -10ctober )
run incollaboration with the Italian Council ofthe European
Movement and the three CIFE (Centro Italiano diFormazione
Europea )round tables oneconomic and monetary union ,Direct
Elections and North-South Dialogue attracted active parti­
cipation byyoung management inpolitics ,the unions and the
federalist movement .
Interest inthe development ofMediterranean policy was also
afocal point ofinformation activity directed atthe farming
community (the symposium organized byFederbracci anti CGIL
(Rome ,28September )andthat organized bythe Unione Italiana

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Mezzadri eColtivatori Diretti (Lavinio ,11December ).The
CESFER briefing day (Pavia,12 June )gave Mr. Lardinois and
Mr. Marcora anopportunity totake stock ofthe common agri­
cultural policy .InDecember the Office opened its information
campaign for women 'sorganizations ;this will bestepped up
in 1977 .
Onthe trade union side ,the Office collaborated invarious
projects organized bythe Trade Unions Division .Other
noteworthy events were the round table held atBologna Uni­
versity onthe role ofthe trade unions inthe Community
(30March )and the symposium onworkers and the economic
crisis inEurope (Florence ,29 May )organized inassociation
with the CGIL -ICFTU -UIL Federation and the Federalist Movement .

LUXEMBOURG INFORMATION OFFICE IN 1976
During the last quarter of1976 the Information Office trans­
ferred tothe Jean Monnet Building ,the Commission 'sLuxem­
bourg headquarters .The Information Centre inthe tower blockwill now beused byParliament 'sinformation service ,which has
taken over responsibility for group visits .This new arrange­
ment leaves the Office free toconcentrate onLuxembourg and
neighbouring regions .
1.Activities aimed atthe general publi c
One ofthe Office 'spriorities istokeep the general public
informed byproviding the press ,radio and television
with regular ,usable information onCommunity affairs .
This issupplemented by anewsletter dealing almost exclusively
with Community action ofinterest toLuxembourg ,with prob­
lems likely toaffect the country 'seconomy and with social
affairs .
The Office also works inclose collaboration with the Unio n
luxembourgeoi sepour laprotection des consomma teurs and is
allocated 2to 4pages inits monthly magazine ,DeKonsumen t,
which has acirculation of 12 000 .The Office uses this
space tocomment onEuropean affairs ,special emphasis being
placed onwhat the Community isdoing toprotect consumers
and promote free trade .
2.Activities aimed atspecific group s
In1976 ,atotal of129 groups orsome 4500 persons inall
visited the Office .Office staff attended anumber ofsympo -
sia and congresses ,including the Congress ofthe World
Confederation ofOrganizations ofthe Teaching Profession
and the briefings organized bythe European Association of
Teachers (AEDE )and the Socialist Teachers ofthe European
Communities .
Also wort hment ioningisthevisit organized for Paul Finet
Foundation scholarship holders and the Office 'sactive in­
volvement intraining courses run bythe Chambre deTravail .
Atwo-fold youth information programme was implemented inthe
form ofmeetings and teach-ins atthe Office and active support
for seminars onEuropean affairs organized atthe Maison
deI'Europe inLuxembourg .
 
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The Office supplied the Spokesman 'sGroup and the other
Offices Community events inLuxembourg ,including sessions
of ECSC Consultative Committee ,meetings ofthe Council
and the Executive Committee ofthe Paul Finet Foundation ,
and symposia and briefings onhealth protection and technical
and social research .

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THE HAGUE INFORMATION OFFICE IN 1976
The Office continued topursue its main aim ofreaching
aswide apublic aspossible ,devoting special attention
toyoung people and the universities .
Its work load increased significantly during the second
half ofthe year ,when the Netherlands was inthe chair at
the Council .
1.Activities aimed mainly atthe general publi c
RacH^.anjJ _le_l,e^/i_sijon
The Dutch Presidency let toincreased coverage ofEuropean
affairs onradio and television -atrend which gathered
momentum with the announcement ofthe decision ondirect
elections tothe European Parliament .News programmes covered
European affairs several times aweek .The Office took part
inthirteen radio programmes (mostly interviews )and atleast
ten television programmes .N.O.S. 's"Panoramiek "isstill
the most important programme ,but other radio and television
networks are beginning to show more interest .
Video-£a_sset_te s
The Office has produced avideo-cassette programme for
secondary teachers and another for university lecturers ;
both programmes are also available onfilm .Atwo series
ofslides ,one for twelve yearolds ,the other dealing with
European agriculture ,have been complemented ;these are -
also available asvideo-cassettes .Approximately 250 video­
cassettes are now incirculation and all the universities
have been supplied with the special "university "cassette .
Approximately 50000 people ayear are reached bythis
audio-visual material ,which isalso distributed tointerested
groups and associations .
Pres_s
Its newsletter Europa van Morgep ,which has acirculation
of 4300,isthe Office 'smain contact with the press .
Fourty-four issues were published inthe course ofthe
year .The newsletter isalso supplied toselected groups .
Itisestimated that there are approximately 20individual
meetings with journalists each week .Nine press conferences
and briefings were organized inthe Office during the year .
2.Activities aimed atspecific groups
-The monthly magazine Europese Gemeenschap appears eleven
times ayear and has acirculation of 22000.
-Documentation and other booklets
Brochures and leaflets printed bythe Office include ;
Daarom Europa (3500 copies ).Europa Waarom (1750 copies ),
Europa :Onderwijs (900 copies );Eerlijk alles delen (6000
copies );Democratie enEuropa (2000 copies );Rekeneen -
heden (5000 copi es);.Monet airecompenserende bedragen
(5000 copies );Rapport Tindemans (5000 copies ).

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Re-runs ;Set ofmaps for schools (9000 copies );
Europese Gemeenschap (13 750 copies );Geschiedenis
eenwoesinf (2500 copies );Landbouw rege ls(2500 copies );
Bouwen aan nieuw Europa (6000 copies );Europese Parlament
(5100 copies );Medezeggenschap in EG (1500 copies );
250 miljoen Europeanen (1100 copies ).
Brochures and leaflets printed for the Office :Europese
Almanak (5000 copies );Europa endeDerde Wereld(5 000
copies );Europese Commissie (5600 copies );Mini-Almanak
(5100 copies ); ACP (10200 copies );
Daarom Europa (16050 copies );Eerlijk alles delen (re-run
-10050 copies ).
Doeument ation :Migrerende werknemers (300 copies );
Europa (200 copies );Europa (200 copies );Films onthe
European Community (500 copies );Europese Unie (475 copies );
Rekenkamer (200 copies );V oorwoorden EOF (500 copies );
Landbouw (200 copies );Sociale Zaken (200 copies );Economische
Zaken (200 copies );Ontwikkelingssamenwerking (200 copies );
Onderwijs (200 copies );Verkeer(200 copies ); Lomé (200 copies )/
The Hague Office also contributed tofive publications com­
piled byother organizations <CEVN0 ,Conseil des Femmes ,
and so on).
Vi_si_ts
Forty groups visited the Commission and interviews were ar­
ranged for six "American visitors"to the Netherlands .
Documentat j_on _and TjiJ^o_rma_t j_on
The documentation section received approximately 5250 tele­
phone enquiries and 4900 written enquiries .Ofthis total
ofmore than 10000 enquiries 5%came from official in­
stitutions ,35 %from industry and 60 %from private
individuals oreducational establishments .Anadditional
800 enquiries relating toagriculture and university matters
were received .Inall the documentation section dispatched
51 000 documents .
C_°£f e.ren c_e^__sym_p_osj_a_ajnd_c£n£r£s^e£
The Office held seventeen conferences and contributed tothirty -
three congresses ,conferences and symposia arranged byout­
side organizations .
Po_lijti£a_l _Ci£cJ^e£
Six special briefs were produced for members ofParliament
and parliamentary journalists inpreparation for parliamentary
debates bearing onEuropean affairs .
Yojjn£ people
The Office stravelling exhibitions were used ontwenty-six
occasions and anew exhibition coprising ten posters (10000
prints )was completed .This was mounted in 8000 schools .

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-Un_i_v£rsi t_ie_s_
The Asser Instituut ,inconjunction with the Office ,pro­
duced five compendia ofCommunity rulings and regulations ,
notably onrestrictive practices for students ofEuropean
law.Aninterdisciplinary study group onEuropean integration
has been set upand will collaborate with the Europa cent rum .
Itishoped that the Office will succeed inpersuading spe­cialists inother subjects tofollow the good example ofthe
Asser Instituut .
-Women sasso^i atîoris
The Office has began tocooperate with the Nederlandse
Vrouwenraad (acoordination centre for women 'sassociation
witn atotal membership of 1200 000).The centre isplanning
numerous seminars atall levels and intends topublish
its own background material .
Publicj_t ^£a(rpa_i£ns
Special mention should bemade ofthe publicity campaign
mounted bythe Office ir.connec tionwith the opening of a
new road (part-financed bythe Community )inthe province
ofLimburg .

LONDON OFFICE IN1976
Themain objectives oftheUnited-Kingdom offices' information programme in
1976 were :
-tocontribute totransform passive acceptance ofBritish membership into
active support forEuropean unification ;
-tohelp individuals andorganisations to"operate "theCommunity ;
-tohelp show specifically national andregional problems intheir Commu­
nity context .
1.The général public
-TheUnited Kingdom offices continued todevelop their work with thepress ,
radio ,andtelevision .InScotland ,with adistinctive press ,radio and
television network which isunrepresented inBrussels except forstringers ,
themajority ofCommunity news iswritten and filmed not inBrussels but
locally .Inthese circumstances theclose working relationship which has
been established with theScottish Office ,quasi-governmental organisations ,
local authorities ,etc.,hasbeen ofparticular importance .
Asregards thepress ,three developments areworth recording :
*anexpansion ofthe "weekly timetable "sent tosome 300newspapers ,making
itvirtually anewsletter ;
*theinauguration ofafirst regional newsletter ,designed largely for the
press inWales ;
*considerable expansion oftheexisting series ofbackground notes ,re-
titled "Background Reports ",ofwhich 71were issued during theyear ,
compared with 5^in1975 .
Wewere particularly glad toconsolidate ournews ofCommunity grants and
loans totheBritish press .These receive extensive local publicity .
Wehave contacts with every daily newspaper inthecountry (about 280-300 ).
Asregards radio and television ,very close cooperation continued with pro­
grammes such asBBCNationwide ,Panorama ,Tonight (radio andTV),Today ,
BBC TVNews ,BBCRadio News ,Money Programme ,Analysis andmost BBCregional
stations ,BBCWorld Service ,Women 'sHour ,World atOne ,plus Independent
Television News ,several independent television current affairs programmes ,
independent Radio News ,BBCScotland 'sCurrent Account andGood Morning
Scotland ,andsimilar programmes inWales .
Wehave hadseveral press briefings intheLondon Office ;themost success­
ful ,with press ,radio andtelevision ,wasontheEECmedical directives .
-Direct action intended for thegeneral public included exhibitions atthe
main agricultural shows :theRoyal Show atKenilworth ,theRoyal Welsh Show ,
andtheRoyal Highland Show (seeagriculture ).
InWales ,anessay competition forschoolchildren attracted entries from
allparts ofthePrincipality inboth English andWelsh .
2.Priority milieux
-General actions inthis area included :–––– – –– – r–
*anexperimental newformat forthemagazine "European Community ",making
possible theissue ofspecial numbers devoted totheTindemans Report ,
and theopening oftheCardiff andEdinburgh offices ;

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«Newpublications j"Scotland inEurope "andfive leaflets fortheagricul­
tural shows ;andneweditions ofexisting publications ,including "Europe
ataGlance ","Working Together ","Wales inEurope ","TheCommon Agricul­
tural Policy ","People Come First ",and "Sources ofFunds ".
«Afurther series ofregional seminars were held inconjunction with the
International Union ofLocal Authorities .These took place inTruro ,
Humberside ,Merseyside ,Scotland 'sCent'ral Region ,andSouth Wales .These
seminars included representatives oflocal authorities and also oflocal
interest groups (political parties ,trade union ,chambers ofcommerce ,
National Farmer 'sUnion ,catering industry ,etc.).
«Some 580speaking engagements were undertaken bymembers ofstaff andof
thelecturers' panel throughout theyear andinallparts ofthecountry .
These included several day-long programmes organised forsuch bodies as
theAdministrative Staff College ,etc .and alarge number oflectures
undertaken for thevarious branches oftheUnited Kingdom Civil Service
College .
XAlarge number ofqueries andresearch inquiries continued tobehandled
bytheData Room ,theLibrary ,andtherest ofthestaff .During 1976
there were some 3.000 visitors totheLondon Office ;some ^0telephone
calls aday ;andsome ^0daily letters ofmiscellaneous inquiry ,inad­
dition toindividually addressed mail .
-Spécifie actions directed atparticular milieux includeds
*Political and administrative circles :close contacts with and research
for~indivIduaI members ofparliament ,including members ofthescrutiny
committees ;and -amajor innovation -organized cooperation with White­
hall information officers ,including avisit toBrussels .
*Trade Unions
Conferences :Three major trade union /Commission conferences were arranged
bythe Londoii Office todiscuss theGreen Paper onEmployee Participation .
These were held atGlasgow (with theScottish TUC),Southampton andLeeds .
Trade Union Schools :during 1976 ,regular lectures were given attheGhWU
(General -andMunicipal Workers Union )training schools ,theNUM (National
Union ofMineworkers )summer schools ,the 15ETPIJ (Electrical ,Electronic ,
Telecommunication ,Plumbing Union )andother adhoctrade union seminars .
Trade Union Liaison Work :Regular contact was maintained with themajor
trade unions viameetings with senior officials andwith theTUCsecre­
tariat onavariety ofpolicy matters .Progress wasmade with theTUC
towards anagreement onourparticipation inTUC education programmes .
*Y2il?Disri_2rS§Si5§ii2D® :Principal contact inthis field hasbeen via
theNational Council ofSocial Service ,European Desk operation ;contact
has also been made with avariety ofvoluntary organisations ,e.g. Dis­
ablement Income Group ,British Youth Council ,Scottish YMCA .Inco-ope­
ration with theNCSS ,speaches were given atthree seminars held under
theauspices oftheNorthern Ireland Council forSocial Services andat
three seminars forCommunity groups inNorthern Ireland .
Wales :Aregular andclose liaison hasbeen established with theWales
TUC .
sConsumers :«<emaintained links with consumer organisations andaddressed
the~^ational Consumer Council staff onworking ofEECandonagricultural
policy .Wealso provided background reports onaspects ofconsumer pro­
tection policy (e.g. food labelling ,product liability ).

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%Universities a_youth andeducation :Close liaison wasmaintained with the
SchooI~In ?ormation~tJnIt ofSussex University especially intheproduction
ofthefinal issues ofEuropean Community Studies . •
Editorial work was conducted onaschools pack .
Talks were given toschools ,universities andeducational organisations ,
notably :TheAssociation ofCollege Registrars andAdministrators ,United
Kingdom Council forOverseas Student Affairs ,Sixth form conferences in *
theGrampian Region andFife . •») r
XAgricultural Milieux :
Agricultural Shows :Wehadastand attheRoyal Highland &how ,theRoyal
Welsh Show andtheRoyal Show (total attendance 400.000 )showing aspects
ofthecommon agricultural policy from thefarmer 'sandconsumer 'spoints
ofview . i
Seminar arranged with Federal Trust :aseminar ondevelopment ofthecommon
agricultural policy with participants from farming ,consumer bodies ,poli­
tical parties ,academics .TwoMinisters attended .
Food standards :Wearranged aconference forfood industry andacademics
forexplaining anddiscussing ofCommission work onfood standards .60par­
ticipants .
Fish :Wehave made some effort toestablish close contact with fisheries
organisations and the trade and press .
Wetook part inthetelevision discussion onBBCTelevision (Scotland )and
gave apaper atamajor fisheries conference inAberdeen .This paper was
subsequently published infull inFishing News .
Inaddition tothese positive initiatives wehad torespond toaconside­
rable volume ofdetailed enquiries byletter and telephone from the press ,
radio and television ,professional organisations ,companies and indivi­
duals .These enquiries amounted to150perweek .
>Industrial andbusiness circles :OnMarch 2.6aone-day conference wasor­
ganised~at~ the~£ondon~Business~School with their cooperation ontheCom­
mission 'scompetition policy .OnDecember 8,onerepresentative oftheCommission
talked tothe press and later totrade associations about the elimination
oftrade barriers ,attheLondon Office .Aseries ofall-day seminars was
also arranged with theAdministrative Staff College ,runbymembers ofthe
London Office staff .
sWomen 'sorganisations :Activities in1976 included :briefing atLondon Of-
fIce~for~senIor~members oftheTownswomen 'sGuild inJanuary 1976 ;one-day
seminar ,with speakers from Brussels ,atthe London' Office forthefifty
members oftheWomen 'sNational Commission onMarch 30;organisation of
theUnited Kingdom representation atthewomen 'ssymposium inBrussels in
March 1976 ;one-day seminar inCardiff forabout 200members ofwomen 's
organisations inWales with speakers from Brussels ;meeting held atLondon
Office inJuly -follow-up tothis continued throughout the
rest of1976 resulting injoint WNC/EECprogramme nowbeing launched .
Also during 1976 , considerable contact with Equai Opportunities
Commission (EOC )including organisation ofavisit toBrussels bythe
Chairman andDeputy Chairman ofEOC .
>Northern Ireland :The case ofNorthern Ireland being unique ;efforts
have~been~ma5e~to overcome itssense ofisolation anddeprivation .Avariety
ofcontacts have been made and maintained with the Northern Ireland admi­
nistration ,trade union ,employers' organisations and voluntary organisa­
tions andpolitical groups' inNorthern Ireland ,including theDepartment of
Agriculture and theNational Farmers' Union .
This hasledtotheholding ofseminars andconferences inNorthern Ireland ,
andtoanumber ofvisits toBrussels ,including ^5members -andofficials of
theNFUandanumber ofagricultural journalists .

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INFORMATION IN NON-MEMBEH STATES

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EXTERNAL RELATIONS IN 1976
(excluding ACP and South Mediterranean countries )
Information activities innon-member countries generally are
aimed not atthe individual citizen but atspecific groups ,
the main targets being leading figures inpolitical ,economic ,
social and university circles .
Priority asfar as£ejsoL£r£es ^are concerned isgiven todirect
contacts :fact-finding missions (1)conducted inand around
the Community institutions and seminars ,symposia and conferen­
ces backed upbyappropriate documentat ion;the other media are
not,however ,neglected .
Asfar asHiem_es are concerned "external relations"is inter­
preted in abroad sense toinclude all Community policies .With­
inthis framework thetreatment ofspecific _subj£c_ts isslanted
towards centres ofinterest inthe various geographical regions
and tailored tothe nature oftheir ties with the Community .
1.Major industrial partners
Top ofthe list are the United States ,Canada ,and Japan ;
details ofthe information activities inthese countries
will befound inthe reports submitted bythe Press and
Information Services ofthe Commission 'sWashington ,New
York ,Ottawa and Tokyo Delegations .
Cut ofthese activities ,notably fact-finding missions ,were
largely amatter for Brussels .The same istrue ofcertain
exchange ,symposium and seminar programmes .
-United States
*In1976 the Directorate-General for Information organised
fact-finding visits for approximately 1170 UScitizens ,
mainly journalists ,politicians ,agriculturalists ,trade
unionists ,economists ,and groups ofstudents passing
through Brussels .
*Under the "Community Visits "programmes sponsored
jointly bythe European Parliament and the Commission
fourteen scholarship holders visited the European
Community .These scholarship holders ,most ofthem in
their thirties .,are "leaders "intheir .respective professions .
They are anopportunity ofmeeting people well-placed
inall the Community institutions and inprofessional
circles inthe Nine .The first week ofwhat isnormally
aone-month visit isgenerally spent inBrussels ,the re­
maining three weeks inthe Member States .
(1)There were 3.034 visitors tothe Commission from non-member
countries in1976 (467 from EFTA countries ,342 from non-
member countries inthe European Mediterranean Basin ,from
south Mediterranean countries ,1.173 from the United States ,
242 from Canada ,Australia and New Zealand ,105 from Japan ,
93from Latin America and 16from Asia ,309 were members of
"multinational "groups ,composing African ,Latin American ,
and Asian nationals .)

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*Lecture tours inthe United States were organized again this
year ,atotal ofnine speakers participating .
*Aseminar organized jointly bythe Directorate-General for
Information inBrussels ,and the Commission 'sDelegation
inWashington for American and European journalists was
held inAirlie House ,near Washi ngton ,inSeptember .It •
was attended byleading politicians from Washington and Europe
-Canada
The setting-up of aCommission Delegation and anInformation
Office inOttawa in1976 made itpossible tostep upinfor­
mation activities inCanada .The opening ofthe Office was
marked bypublication ofthe findings of aCanadian opinion
poll onthe European Community and the distribution of abasic
information brochure inEnglish and French .
Six groups ofCanadians >including two groups ofparliamenta­
rians ,one group ofyoung Quebec civil servants and three
groups ofstudents ,visited the Community onfact-finding
missions .Six Canadian journalists paid individual visits to
the Community .
The programme ofCommunity visits for young American "leaders "
was extended to Canada in 1976 .The first invitations for
visits in 1977 were issued .
-Japan
The Information Office set upinTokyo in1975 became fully
operational in1976 .
Six groups ofJapanese ,mainly economists ,came toBrussels
onfact-finding missions .Six Japanese journalists paid
individual visits tothe Community .
-Austra_li£
The Directorate-General for Information received around one
hundred Australian visitors and fifteen New Zealand visitors ,
including two groups ofjournalists assigned toCommunity
capitals .
2.EFTA countries (excluding Portugal )
Selective information operations aimed atpress and political
circles were continued in1976 and the demand for information ,
from economic circles inparticular ,showed aslight increase .
Contacts with European and international organizations based
inthese countries have been maintained .
-V .ijnt^j _Individual and group visits are the main way ofreaching
both political and economic leaders and the media .
The number ofvisitors (journalists ,politicians ,trade unionists ,
teachers and students )from EFTA countries increased tonearly 470
The Directorate-Generalfor Information made apoint ofinviting
atleast one group ofjournalists and one group ofparliamenta­
rians from each EFTA .country .

*Austria :Six groups (making atotal of114 visitors )inclu­
ding the Agriculture Committee ofthe Austrian Parliament
and agroup ofjournalists .
*Switzerland :Five groups (making atotal of153 visitors )
including agroup ofparliamentarians and party secretaries ,
agroup ofjournalists and agroup oftrade unionists .
*Norway :Four groups (making atotal of42visitors )inclu­
ding agroup ofsenior civil servants ,agroup ofyoung liberal
party organizers and agroup ofministerial press attaches .
*Sweden :Four groups (making atotal of 80visitors )
including agroup ofparliamentarians elected for the first
time in1976 and agroup from the Swedish Chamber ofCommerce .
*Norway and Sweden :Agroup offifteen Norwegian and Swedish
journalists .
*Finland :four groups (making atotal of66visitors )in­
cluding agroup ofparliamentarians ,agroup ofyoung poli­tical organizers ,agroup from the Industrial Federation
and agroup from the Agricultural Federation .
*Iceland :agroup oftwelve young political leaders .
-MJjns 2.£.a^i\o2..te_lexi_s Regular contacts were established
ormaintained with the Austrian ,Swiss and Finnish radio and
television networks .Steps will betaken inthenear future
toestablish similar contacts with Norwegian and Swedish net­
works .
-PubU canons :Distribution ofthe basic information brochures
inNorwegian and Swedish published last year continued .(New
editions ofthese publications are planned to*mark the inaugu­
ration ofthe free trade area between the Community and EFTA
on 1July 1977 ).The newsletter published bythe Copenhagen
Office has been distributed toanumber ofNorwegian and
Swedish readers .
-Sejni£a£s_arid_s£m£o^i£ Seminars and symposia onEuropean topicsare animportant aspect ofinformation activity .The Directorate -
General for Information provides literature ,lecturers and,
onoccasions ,financial backing .Nine seminars and symposia
received financial support inAustria ,Norway ,Sweden and
Finland .
European Mediterranean Basin
Anoverall information programme ,involving visits ,seminars ,
publications and radio and television broadcasts ,was launched
incollaboration with the Information Offices inTurkey and Greece .
Projects for Portugal ,initiated in1975 ,were stepped upin1976 .
-V_i.si.ts _:
*Greece ;Six groups (making atotal of105 visitors )including
the Greek Council ofState ,two groups oftrade unionists ,
agroup ofindustrialists and agroup offarmers .
*Turkey :fifteen groups (making atotal of57visitors )in­
cluding television journalists ,members ofthe main political
parties ,general secretaries ofthe Chambers ofCommerce and
Industry ,agroupof parliamentarians and agroup ofuni­
...versity professors .

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*Portugal :three groups (making atotal of94visitors )
including press ,radio and television journalists and
leading politicians and economists .
*Spain :Three groups (making atotal of83visitors )inclu­
ding agroup ofmembers ofpolitical movements and two
university groups .
-Pub_lij:a ,ti.oi\s :Acomprehensive range ofperiodic and irregular
publications inGreek and Turkish are available for distribution
inthe Athens and Ankara Offices .
The Directorate-General for Information has published basic
information brochures inSpanish and Portuguese .
Inaddition ,anumber ofhand-outs ,including one onthe
generalized preference system ,have been translated into Greek ,
Turkish ,Spanish and /orPortuguese .
4.Latin America
The development ofrelations with Latin America since 1975 has
led toincreased demand for information ;the slender information
resources available inBrussels and Santiago have tobeused
extremely selectively .
Headquarters departments helped considerably inthe organization
ofseminars ongeneralized preferences inVenezuela ,Costa Rica ,
Mexi coand Brazil .
Six groups (making 13visitorsin all )were received in1976 .
These included American journalists based inParis and Rome ,
two groups ofsenior civil servants from various Latin-American
countries and Latin-American trainees from the Journalists
Training Centre inParis .
Contacts were established atthe end ofthe year with the BBC •
(London ),the Deutsche Welle (Cologne ),Transtel (Cologne ),
E.T 4E.S. (the European Television Service -Cologne ),Radio
Neder land(Hi Iversum ),Radio-France International (Paris )and
BRT-RTB (Brussels )inanattemtp topersuade them tostep up
the number ofEuropean broadcasts ,
Films produced bythe Directorate-General for Information are
now available inthe Santiago Office,notablyfor use bythe
Member States' Embassies inLatin America .
5.Asia (excluding Japan )
Information activities centred around official visits toPakistan
and the ASEAN countries bythe Commission 'sPresident orthe
Member holding the external relations portfolio .
Seminars ongeneralized preferences inthe ASEAN countries ,
Indonesia and India asaspringboard for the pursuit ofmore
general information activities .
Inconnection with these visits the Directorate-General for In­
formation published anumber ofhand-outs onrelations between
the Community and the countries concerned .
Some ten Asians made individual visits tothe Commission .
Inaddition most ofthe 309 visitors making upthe "multinational "
groups were Asian nationals ;this was particularly true ofthe
Commonwealth Financial Journalists group .

DEVELOPMENT AND COOPERATION IN 1976
CACP and South Mediterranean )
Individual and group meetings with Commission delegates in
Lome Convention countries made itpossible todeply resources
more realistically and tore-define aprogramme for the continu­
ation ,improvement and/ordevelopment ofprojects already under
way .The signing ofcooperation agreements with the MAGHREB and
MACHRAK countries gave the go-ahead towork on anumber ofpro­
jects tailored toavailable resources and local reactions toour
proposa Is.
1.ACPcountries
In1976 priority was given tothe new ACP countries .The main
medium employed was radio which gives coverage to Lome Conv­
ention activities Cfinancing decisions ,visits ,meetings and
soon)indaily current affairs programmes and special broad­
casts and remains the key toany local information effort .
Programmes orbroadcasts include those produced bythe
specialized division ofthe Directorate-General for Infor­
mation ,the BBC'sAfrican Service (which has acorrespondent
inBrussels and broadcast aseries ofreports onthe EDF in
1975 and 1976 ),Deutsche Welle ,RTB and Radio France (short­
wave ).Special broadcasts include amonthly magazine pro­
gramme covering major European orEuro-African events ,a
special magazine programme called "Zaire"and local language
broadcasts byRadio Rwanda and Radio Burundi .
The local radio and press in ACP countries rely oninter­
national press agencies for their European neus .Itisthere­
fore essential toensure that ACP journalists are familiar
with Commission activities ,particularly onthe development
front .For this reason some 40radio and press journalists
attending courses inEurope (BBC )ortravelling inthe
Community have been invited toCommission headquarters since
the Lome Convention was signed .
2.Southern Mediterranean countries
Steps were taken toinitiate cooperation with Tunesia ;these
included avisit toCommission headquarters bypress ,radio
and television journalists ,the preparation of abrief dis­
cussing the EEC-Tunesia agreement toensure that interested
members ofthe public can read all about it,and collaboration
invarious television programmes .InEgypt the daily
newspaper "AlAhram ",which has acirculation of800 000,
organized publication of aseries ofsurveys and interviews
(aprofile ofthe Community ,Mediterranean policy and so
on).The conclusion ofnegotiations with Lebanon ,onwhat
isthe final phase ofthe Community 'soverall policy vis-a-vis
the Mashrek countries ,will provide agolden opportunity for
the publication of ageneral review ofthe various agree­
ments (inEnglish and Arabic )for local distribution .

Stlands atfaiP-Sand 'e*h ibitions <asinZambia and Botswana )/
combined with lectures ,provide aprestige element and are
asure way ofreaching awide public .However ,the key to
our;information activities isdaily recourse tothe media
(agencies ,radio ,press *photographs ,television documenta­
ries )tocover 'deve lopments under the Lome Convention orthe
Mediterranean agreements .This isfollowed upbydocumentation
in .the form ofpress releases and reviews supplied either
direct orinresponse torequests from radio and press
journalists inthe countries concerned .

iInformation Offices ■i -»
GENEVA OFFICE IN1976
BASIC AIMS
The Community and international organization s
The Office 'sbasic aims here are :
-toinform the international press ,the Swiss press and the
..Geneva delegations ofmember and non-member countries of
■the Community 's:stance ininternational negotiations and con­
;ferences .held inGeneva (for instance ,multi latera IGATT
trade negotiations ).
-inform the Spokesman 'sGr'oap.ahd the other Information Offices
-onthe same topics and tosuggest orsupply articles fortheir
.•/publications .;
-inform me-mbers ofthe European Parliament (Commi ttee onExter­
nal Relations )-.and =the Economic and Social Committee (External
•'.Relations Sectiori ,vbnthe same topics .
The *Community and Switzerland -
The Offic 'sbasic aims here are .v.-." •
-inform the .Swiss and international press onEEC'rSwitzer land
relations ;tokeep the .swiss and the internati onaI--community
inSwitzerland informed ofCommunity activities .
-tokeep the -Spokesman' sGroup and DGI.uptodate °onpress -
andother reactions toCommunity ^activ.ities.
■to .-i;rvfbrm
-study "x^tr^s atxQut :"Communi ty•activrities ;to .ta"ke part ,in." ••
"cdnf ferences organized bythem ,and -toinvite their represen --'.'--'
-•tatives to.take' partinconferences organized bythe Office .;
:HOW THESE OBJECTIVES HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED
1.Information letter ,press releases ,briefings,spokesman 's
activities
-Publication of20issues ofthe bilingual (French /English )'
information letter (1500 copies )which regularly states
.the Community instance not only oninternational nego­
tiations and conferences held inGeneva but also onexternal
relations ingeneral .
-Communication tothe press ofstatements made byCommunity
represen tatives inthe inter national context inGeneve .
-Organization ofpress conferences atdelegation headquarters
and press interviews with Community negotiators inGeneva
forimportant meeting (GATT,UNCTAD ,IL0)..t... .. -
-Visit by agroup ofcorrespondents accredited tothe
Commission(Brussels )interested inthe Tokyo Round.4 .v,,
-Visits bygroups ofAustrian ,Finnish ,Norwegian and Swedish
journalists inGeneva atthe invitation ofthe US~Informat ion
Service .
-Spokesman's activities int-esponse toquestions from
journal-ists accredited toGeneva (Palais des Nations )and
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2.Weekly press survey ,symposia ,participation inevents
organized byoutside agencies ,group visits toBrussels
and Luxembourg -audio-visual show .
-£ymp£sj_a_0£g a^mz^d bythe Office
-Seminar onraw materials ,inconjunction with the
Centre derecherche sur les institutions internationa les
(LaMainaz ,March 2976 ).
-Aninformation meeting onthe Community 'srole ininter­
national organizations headquartered inGeneva ,inco­
operation with the Management Committee of"Europa
Archiv "(Geneva ,October 1976);
-Conference for Swiss businessman on"How toinvest in
the European Community ",inassociation with the Swiss
European Union (Berne ,November 1976 ).
*P.artj_cj_pa_t j_oj2 j_n_events or^anized £y_ojjt ide_a£encj_e£
(afew examples )
-European Management Symposium ,Davos (Janua ry/February );
organization ofCommunity days and apress conference
bySir Christopher Soames .
-14th Euro -Dìdaeta.Baie ,(March 1976).
-Inaugural meeting ofthe Cadmos Group onthe state of
European opinion ,organized bythe Centre europe endela
culture ,Geneva (May 1976 ).
-Symposium onCommunity law,orgamzed bythe Centre
d'études juridiques européennes ,Geneva (October 1976 ).
-First Euro-Arab Symposium oneconomic cooperation ,orga­
nized bythe European Management Forum ,Montreux
(October 1976 ).
-42nd annual congress ofthe Swiss European Union ,
Berne (October 1976 ).
*Group visits to BrjjS£e_l s_aj2d_Ljux e^m^ojj r£
-Three groups visited Brussels ,namely Swiss parliamentarians
and party secretaries ,managers from the I'Union des
Banques Suisses ,and members ofthe Swiss Confederation
ofChristian Trade Unions .
-Anofficial delegation from the two Chambers (the National
Council and the Council ofStates )visited the European
Parliament inLuxembourg following theofficial visit
made byMr. Spenale ,President ofthe European Parliament ,
toBerne inOctober 1975 .
-Aseries ofindividual visits toBrussels was organised
for journalists ,teachers and students preparing theses
onCommunity topics .
o-vi sualshow
The Office commissioned anaudio-visual show onthe Community 's
external relations from the Societe deproductions audio -
visuelles 16-36 (Geneva ).This mulivision show onthree screens
with six cross-fading projectors and quadrophonic sound will
beset upfor groups passing through Geneva and made avail­
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Other activities
The libraries ofthe Community 'sPermanent Delegation and
the Information Office were merged ,the car-index reorga­
nized and the library opened tothe public ,thus supplemen­
ting the documentation service which remains very active .
The Office organized liaison activities with the European
Broadcasting Union ,Standing Conference ofRectors and
Vice-Chancellors ofEuropean Universities ,the Association
ofInstitutes for European Studies and so on.

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ATHENS OFFICE IN 1976
Initsfirst year ,the Athens Office concentrated onmakingitself ,and hence the Community and its institutions ,known .
Its activities have been dictated inpart byspecial situations
resulting from Greece 'sapplication for membership ofthe
Community and above all bythe tardy and rather vague debate
onthe issue among political and economic groups ,trade unions ,
university circles and the general public .Since the country
has nojourna listsspec iaIizinginEuropean and Community affairs ,
the Office has had tobreak new ground .
The Office has also been endeavouring toguide the research
work ofthe large numbers ofstudents who use its documentation
and library .Itregards this as afirst step towards the establish­
ment ,ofmore specialized university-level courses inEuropean
•integration .
V Genera Iactivit ies
Y -These included :
;-The Greek magazine ,produced inBrussels ,which now has a
. run of .13000 copies (instead of 1.0000 )tomeet increased
'"demand .Some changes have been made inlayout and content .
'-Since 1March 1976 the Office has been publishing a
news letter (5000 copies ).Itismainly directed tothe
press ,particularly publications with nodirect access to
the major agencies (regional press ,periodicals ),and
togroups with aspecial interest inCommunity affairs
(political movements ,trade unions and soon).
-The Office helped with the organization of a"European Day " •»
on 8September ,inconnnection with the International
Thessaloniki Fair .The Ministry for Northern Greece ,the
Chambers ofCommerce ,Industry and Artisanat ,and other im­
portant occupational groupings were involved .Representatives
ofthe Commission and ofthe European and Greek Parliaments
attended .Particular emphasis was placed onsmall and
medium-sized businesses .
-The Office dealt with requests tosupply speakers for
conferences and seminars organized bythe Greek Exporters
Association ,the Agricultural Bank ,the Greek Productivity
Centre and so on.
v.-1 Specific activities
These included .:•
■-.The' xorgarii *ationofinformation visits toBrussels by agroup
ofmagistrates from tttState Counc iI,led byits President
'tr, 'J~(Mr Marangbpou los),agroup ofindustrialists ,led bythe
Chairinan ofthe Greek Industrialists Association (Mr. Marino -
poulos ),and .agroup oftrade union leaders .Led bythe
,v•.Chairman and the Secretary-General ofthe Greek General
Confederation ofWorkers (Mr. Papageorgiou and Mr. Karakitsos ).
There was extensive radio and press coverage ofthese visits
which provided considerable discussion ofCommunity affairs
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-Thevisit toGreece bystaff and Members ofthe Commission
enabled contacts tobeestablished with those responsible
for regional policy inAthens and Northern Greece ,with
teaching staff and students ofthe University ofAthens ,
Thessaloniki and Komotini and with the trade union move­
ment inAthens and Thessaloniki .
-Wewould also mention the support provided bythe Commission
and the Office for the organization ofthefirst ,month-
long seminar held bythe Pantheios School ofPolitical
Science last May for serving and future public servants .
Senior Commission officials read papers atthe seminar which
concluded with around table chaired byMr. Hiferkamp ,
Vice-President ofthe Commission ,inwhich the Ministers
for Coordination and Finance ,the Governors ofthe Bank
ofGreece and the National Bank and other leading Greek
figures took part .
Approach tothe media
-The Office has established contact with journalists
covering Community affairs.' The interest shown bythe
large attendance atpress conferences given atthe Office
byMembers ofthe Commission orMembers ofthe European
Parliament passing through Athens isencouraging .
-Asfar astelevision isconcerned ,wewould mention that
Greek television ispreparfng aseries oftwenty 30-minute
programmeson different aspects ofthe Community incoope­
ration with the Directorate-General for Information .

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ANKARA OFFICE IN1976
1.Main aims
In1976 the Ankara Office has been trying totake the heat
out ofdiscussions onproblems connected with EEC-Turkey
relations bysupplying hard information tothe media and to
political and administrative circles .
2.Activities for priority groups
-Genera_l £Ct_ivities (for all groups )
*Itwas decided tostep upissues ofthe Office 'speriodical
Avrupa Toplulugu from six toten ayear in1976 .The formula
isagood one for many articles have been reproduced inthe
Turkish press and requests for subscriptions have increased
(circulation atthe end of1976 was 8900 asagainst 7000
atthe end of1975 ).
Each issue carries apull-out supplement onCommunity
topics (e.g. the sole ofthe Commission ;the Tindemans
Report ,the Economic and Social Committee ,the European
Parliament ;current EEC-Turkey relations >consultive bodies
within the EEC,Europe 'spolitical parties,migrant workers ,
Mr. Noel 'sspeech onEEC-Turkey relations )allowing readers
tobuild acollection ofTurkish-language documentation
onthe Community .The run isthe same asfor the periodical ,
plus 2000 extra copies .
*"How the European Community institutions work "(updated in
December 1976 )was followed byatranslation ofthe main
articles ofthe Treaty ofRome inMarch (2000 copies ).
*"EEC-Turkey relations ":abooklet presenting EEC-Turkey
relations plus annexes containing the text ofthe agree­
ments ,ahistory ofEEC-Turkey relations ;key official
declarations and statistics (8000 copies ).The booklet ,
which has been onsale since 20December ,received wide
press coverage .
*Three further booklets on "Trade unions inthe EEC",the
Community 'senvironment policy and the common agricultural
policy have gone topress .
-Specifj_c_a_ctj_vj_t_i_e
*Visits toBrussels :approximately 40Turks ,including
politicians ,journalists ,academics and Chamber ofCommerce
representatives ,visited theCommission in1976 •These
visits were either specially organ ized bythe Office or
arranged inconjunction with other trips .
Following avisit toBrussels byagroup ofpoliticians ,
the Turkish cooperative organization became associated
with itsCommunity counterpart (C0GECZ ).Avisit byuni­
versity representatives will lead tothe establishment
ofaTurkish consumers association .Visits bygroups of
journalists were widely reported inthe press .These were
combined with in-service training onEnglish papers or
with trips toother Member States (inconjunction with
Member States' embassies inAnkara )and provided the
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individuals concerned with aclear picture ofEurope in
the making .
*Seminars and conferences in Turkey :several seminars
organized byTurkish universities onEEC-Turkey relations
orinternational economic relations were attended byoffi­
cials from Brussels .During their time inTurkey they
gave lectures tospecialist audiences onEuropean affairs ,
either atthe Office orinone ofthe universities .
The Office organized ameeting ofTurkish economics teachers
on 26-27November which drew anattendance ofsixty .The
contacts the Office has established with the universities
over the last two years has enabled ittoinfluence opinion
inthese circles .The universities have now moved from
being opposed tothe EEC inprinciple and are conducting
research into various aspects ofEEC-Turkey relations .
Ameeting offormer Community stagiaires was organized in
Istanbul inDecember .
*Contacts with the business community :the Turkish busi­
ness community isrelatively small and the Office hadlittle difficulty inarranging working meetings between
Turkish businessmen andvisiting Commission representa­
tives (notably Mr. Scarascia Mugnozza ,Mr. Noel and
Mr. Caporale ). Avisit by 13Secretary-Generals ofTurkish
Chambers ofCommerce complemented this activity .
3.Approach tothe media
Hand-outs and press releases were prepared inconnection with
official visits ;press conferences were organized for Mr.
Scarascia Mugnozza ,Mr. Spenale and Mr. Noel and were well
attended .
The streamlining ofcontacts with press agencies and radio
and television has encouraged journalists tomake more and
more use ofthe Office and devote more space and time to
Community affairs .
Increased contact with the press has led tomore objective
treatment ofEEC-Turkey relations inthe dailies .
O 0
Tne Office aIso
-made practical arrangements forofficial EEC-Turkey meetings
(visits byexperts ,visits bySir Christopher Soames and
Mr. Van der Stoel ,meetings ofthe Joint Parliamentary
Commi ttee );
-cooperated with the Embassies ofthe Nine (commercial
councellors and press and cultural attaches ).

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WASHINGTON OFFICE IN1976
Background and objectives
Theinformation policy oftheEuropean Community intheUnited States con­
tinued toevolve in1976 and ,asspecified ininformation programs for1975
and1976 ,itwasnecessary todevise andexecute astrategy which would
achieve awider awareness andunderstanding oftheEuropean Community bythe
American people *
Itisworth recording that themain objectives were :
-togetcoverage for theCommunity inall themedia
-toimprove standards ofaccuracy andbalance inECIS information output
-toincrease coverage oftheCommunity byaudio-visual means atboth na­
tional and local level
-toimprove contact with political circles onCapitol Hill ,intheWhite
House ,and government agencies
-todevelop centers ofeuropean study inselected academic milieux *
1.Polyvalent actions
-Magazine :Following detailed market research andconsolidation in1975 *
the~new~magazine wastotally revamped .Seven 52-page issues were pu­
blished in1976 (more than double thenumber ofpages for1975 )*Format ,
including four color cover ,was radically changed *Current circulation :
39*500 andreadership estimated at100*000 *Thirty magazine articles and
features were reprinted in50other magazines and newsletters during
1976 .Jimmy Carter 'sarticle ,specially commissioned by"European Commu­
nity ",remains theonly definitive U.S. administration statement onUS-
ECrelations .Readership letters have increased .
-Non-periodical publications (background notes andpress releases ):Fifty -
seven~backgroun5 notes~and twenty-f Ive~pr ess"releases were published .
Seven specialized agricultural background notes were issued toaspe­
cialized list ofrecipients .The policy ofintroducing specialized back­
ground notes will befurther implemented in1977 *
-Movie manual and film :The movie manual was revised and 200 copies were
printed~and~3I5tributed with film "Europe United ".'^Europe United ",recut
andre-written ,hasbeen redistributed fortelevision ,and theestimated
audience for theyear was 10.000.000 .
-Reference library anddocumentation :TheWashington Bureau received
about~9T20CTcompare3~wIth~87700~?or 1975 )requests forinformation in
1976 .This figure includes 10#visitors tothelibrary ,2M%telephone
inquiries ,and66#inquiries answered with written material andby
letter .Theprincipal circles using theese facilities areasfollows : ..
commercial sector ,government andinternational organizations ,univer­
sities ,secondary schools .
Thelibrary held 12general briefing sessions ontheCommunity ,mainly
foruniversity groups *
-Lecture tours andspeaking engagements intheUni£ed_States •Fourteen „
Europeans -toure3~the~0nit ed"States onvisits from onetofour weeks in
specially selected areas .
TheHead ofDelegation spoke on12occasions indifferent parts ,of-the
United States and theDelegation Staff inWashington -NewYork spokei
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-U.S. Visitors_to_Europe :There were three priority visits byWorld Affair
CouncII ~Eeaders ,~the White House Commission onpersonnel interchange ,and
Labor Leaders .There were 23non-priority visits organized inBrussels,'
including specialized visit forJohn Moriarty ,aide toCongressman Haringcon
who studied regional policy . .
-European Community Visitors Program andEisenhower Exchange Fellowships /E.C.
Exchange Program : .~ ~ ~ ~ "
TheEuropean Community Visitors Program ,after early teething ,problems ,
settled down during theyear .Twenty grantees visited theEuropean Commu­
nity .Outofthe39whovisited theEuropean Community since itsinception ,
11have reached prominent positions with the new Cartel *Administration .The
policy ofselecting potential leaders with real influence ondevelopment
and government policy has proved fruitful .
TheEisenhower Exchange Fellowships /E.C. Exchange Program enabled five U.S.
Officials and four E.C. Officials tostudy each others prospective admi-
-nistrations .
2.Activities incertain specific areas
-Political andeconomic circles :TheEuropean Community Information Ser-
vice7~as "part~o?~ the"DelegatIoninWashington ,maintained constant contact
with congressmen ,senators ,their aides ,with theWhite House ,government
agencies ,economic and financial circles inWashington and ,throughout the
United States .Inall there isprobably direct contact with between 50and
100influential "notables "oftheWashington Establishment perweek .
-Academic circles :Asinprevious years ,close contacts were maintained
wIth"US~UnIversIties .TheEuropean Community Information Service cospon­
sored four university seminars ontheEuropean Community :University of
NewOrleans ,^rinell College (Iowa ),University ofMilwaukee andPrinceton
University .With regard tosecondary schools ,the full set ofteaching
material suitable forsecondary schools has just been completed .
-Anexceptional operation :The Airlie House seminar
TheAirlie House joint US/ECmedia seminar took place onthe12th ofSep­
tember .Thirteen distinguished European journalists and tendistinguished
American journalists participated .Theconference was attended byprominent
diplomatic andpolitical figures ,including Ambassador Frederick Dent ,
special trade representatives ,theRight Honourable Shirley Williams ,member
ofParliament .
3.Media
-Press :Press coverage hasnotably improved inboth quantity andquality
through careful cultivation ofeditors andwriters .European Community
affairs have been increasingly written about .There have been innumerable
press interviews bytheHead ofDelegation and anumber ofEuropean Com­
munity Officials throughout theUnited States .
-Radio :With theprofessionalizing oftheAudio-visual Division inBrussels ,
direct coverage ofEuropean Community news events from Brussels hasbeen
encouraged .Onemajor breakthrough was theinterview ofMrTindema.is by
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-Television :TheOffice hascontinued tobuild contacts with themajor
networksT~It backed PBS (Public Broadcasting System )network 'scurrent
affairs program "Agronsky atlarge ".
TheHead ofDelegation hasappeared onTVwith great
frequency during his extensive travels intheUnited States ashave the
14Community lecturers .Twomembers oftheEuropean Parliament also ap­
peared ontelevision during thevisit oftheEuropean Parliament Dele­
gation .Inallthere were well over 100TVappearances byOfficial ofthe
European Community during theyear .
Aclose contact was maintained with theEmbassies ofthe Nine aswell as
their Consulates .TheInformation Counselors met five times in1976 and
Cultural Counselors once .This was less than previously ,notably because
ofheavy bicentennial commitments and thepresidential election .

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OTTAWA OFFICE IN1976
1«Basic aims
Asoverall goal Commission 'spress andInformation Service inOttawa ,set
upin1976 ,keeps Canadians informed about allaspects ofCommunity 'sac­
tivities .Italso has more specific task ofsupporting delegation in
carrying outprovisions ofEC-Canada framework agreement .Itmust ,in
other words ,help promote economic cooperation between twopartners .
2.Activities directed towards priority circles
AsCanada 'scomparatively small population isspread across huge area ,
press andinformation concentrates activities onCanadians likely tolead
and influence public atlarge .Thus seeks toestablish contacts with :
-politicians interested inworld affairs ,and european questions inpar­
ticular ;
-senior federal government officials ,especially indepartment ofexter­
nal affairs ;
-senior officials inprovincial governments likely tobeinvolved in
aspects ofEC-Canada relations ;
-journalists who follow international political and economic develop­
ments ;
-university teachers andleaders oforganizations such asCanadian insti­
tute forinternational affairs ;
-finance and business leaders and associations .
Polyvalent activities
Activities in1976 concentrated onrecruitment ,equipment ,documentation
and informing Canadian government departments ,media ,etc .ofour exis­
tence and services wewould beproviding .
Its main accomplishments were :
-production ,inenglish andfrench ,ofa^0page brochure about theCom­
munity ;
-establishment ofmailing list ,issue ofvarious press release and back­
ground notes ,and completion ofnegociations with printers for produc­
tion ofnewsletter ;
-organization ofpress conference inOttawa tolaunch public opinion
survey "Canada looks atEurope ";
-preparation ,with department ofexternal affairs ,ofamobile exhibition ;
-selection ofnominees for first European Community Visitors programme
for Canadians .
Activities incertain specific areas :
-speech bydelegation head onEuropean Community regional policy at
international conference inSherbrooke ,Quebec ;
-visit toMontreal University and lecture there onEuropean Community ;
-talk toOttawa University postgraduates ;
-contact with tenUniversities about European Documentation Centres or
Depository Libraries status ;
-initial contacts with Carleton University about conference onCommunity ;
-Office also building upcontacts with government departments andMember
states' information personnel .
3«Media
Partly through membership ofpress club ,Office isknown toseveral
leading radio ,TVandpress journalists ,some ofwhom interviewed
Delegation Head andother members .

TOKYO OFFICE IN1976
During 1976 theinformation office inTokyo developed afull scale activity .
While thegeneral aim oftheactivity remained thedeepening ofknowledge
oftheEuropean Community among thequalified Japanese public ,amain theme
emerged ,i.e. theproblem ofthegrowing imbalance oftrade between the
European Community andJapan .This office drew theattention oftheJapanese
public tothis problem with all themeans atitsdisposal and such efforts
contributed tosome extent tomake this problem one ofthemajor issues in-
the japanese mass media inthe last quarter oftheyear .Milieux remained
opinion makers ,administration ,business circles and universities .
1.Polyvalent actions
Newsletter :monthly injapanese ,5.000 copies ,8pages *
It~is~a~publication ofgeneral information ,aimed atapublic ofvaried
composition .The relations between theCommunity andJapan have priority .
The highlight isonmatters able tocorrect the opinion ofthe japanese
public that theEuropean Community isonly aneconomic apparatus .
Emphasis isalso put onrelations with third countries togive thereader
the impression that the European Community isanactive member ofthe
international Community .Ournews have been carried bythe japanese press .
European Documentation :bimonthly publication injapanese ,sometimes
suppleinents~ln~engllsh ,19numbers in1976 .
They are background notes tobesent toselected milieux .The publication
has proved tobewelcomed bythe public .
E.C. News :press release tobeaddressed mostly toopinion makers ,in
japanese"*or english ,2knumbers in1976 .
Non periodical publications :
About ten thousand copies ofthebrochure "Working Together "injapanese
have been distributed during the year .The brochure debase injapanese
(80pages ,28.000 copies )hasbeen completed anddistribution will begin
intheshortest delay .Twomore brochures (onenvironment andexternal
trade )are under publication .
Documentation and Information :
Visitors coming toourOffice andquestions asked bytelephone ormail
are increasing .The staff isgiving aservice highly appreciated bythe
public ,although questions often imply exhaustive research .
2»Spécifie actions
Our actions inUniversities gave important results .Japanese scholars of
Communities problems onourinvitation met for twodays inTokyo last
november todiscuss thepromotion oftheir studies .Thecongress wasattended
bysome 150professors coming from more than 50ofthecountry 'suniversities
Studies ontheEuropean Community areincreasing and theannual meeting of
theSociety ofinternational lawstudies wasdevoted toEuropean Community
problems .
Mass media :During 1976 anumber ofinterviews have been given whiie in-
formatioii~to thepress have been continuously supplied .
Press conferences :were held inconnection with missions here .The visit
of~Takeyama~-~executive director ofaleading paper-proved tobeeffective
Asaproblem ofimbalance oftrade with Europe became acute ,theinterest
ofmass media fortheCommunity increased enormously particularly after
Mr.Doko -President ofKeidanren-' and Vice Minister Yoshino visited
Brussels .
Newsgagers :arecarrying news every dayontheCommunity .
Magazined ,Radio andTelevision toohadseveral features concerning the
Community .

LATIN AMERICA (SANTIAGO OFFICE )IN1976
1.Basic objectives
Initssecond year ofoperation from itsbase within theDelegation forLatin
America ,thePress andInformation Office wasable toconsolidate itspro­
gramme forLatin America asawhole and toenlarge substantially itsnetwork
inmore than twenty developing countries .The Office concentrated his action
onthe elites ofthevarious countries ,inparticular :themedia ,especially
thewritten press ;government ,civil service and state economic institutions ;
member State embassies ;international organisations ,notably institutions of
regional integration ;trade unions ;universities and research institutes ;
other "special interest "targets such aschambers ofcommerce ,thejudiciary ,
cultural institutes ,etc.;parliamentary ,ecclesiastic ,human rights and other
democratic and humanitarian bodies .
2.Main activities
-Contact missions were undertaken inArgentina ,Brazil ,Colombia and -Vene­
zuela with emphasis onprincipal multipliers ,namely media andembassies
ofmember States ,inaddition toregular contacts with Chileans .
-Cooperation with member State Embassies :asystematic flow ofinformation
and~documentation tomember State Embassies .throughout LatinAmerica was
introduced ,thus enabling abetter coordination ofinformation policy
between theEmbassies themselves .Meetings ofmember State Embassy Infor­
mation Officers were held inArgentina ,Brazil ,Chile ,Colombia andVene­
zuela . i,
-Seminars onthe -European Community generalised tariff preferences and on
export promotion :preparatory and on-the-spot information coverage was
given totheseminars held atCaracas (Venezuela )on16-18 Eebruary ,
SanJose (Costa Rica )onZi-Zk February ,Mexico City ,Guadalajara and
Monterrey (Mexico )on2-9March ,Porto Alegre ,SaoPaulo ,Rio deJaneiro
andRecife (Brazil )on22-2 9November ,each ofwhich ended with apress
conference .
IntheBrazilian series ,forinstance ,some 90articles were published in
thepress ofBrazilian cities .Aspecial effort wasmade ,through themedia ,
topublicise Community 'sfood aid and export promotion schemes ,such asthe
seminar for theCentral American countries (Managua ,29November -3Decem­
ber )onexport promotion ,theEuropean importers' mission toColombia ,
Paraguay ,Peru andVenezuela (15-31 October )andpublicity fortheCom­
mission 'sassistance todeveloping countries seeking participation in
European trade fairs .Anumber ofspecial articles were prepared for in­
dividual newspapers (e.g. ,inUruguay tocounteract criticisms ofCommu­
nity 'sbeef policy ).
-Relations with organisations ofregional integration and cooperation :
working re!ations~were reinforced with thepress departments oftheAndean
Group (Lima ),SIECA (Guatemala City ),ALALC /LAFTA (Montevideo )andCEPAL /
ECLA (Santiago ).First contacts were established with SELA ,theSistema
Economico Latinoamericano ,atCaracas .
-Publications :Press-releases ,inSpanish andEnlish ,ofwhich 'tor5ap­
peared per~month ,were sent toabasic list of1500 institutions andper­
sons .The response ofpress and general public was much more active than
in1975 ,suggesting agrowing awareness ofour existence .TheSpanish-lan -
guage magazine "Comunidad Europea ",published inBrussels ,nowreached
10.000 subscribers while wtheoccasional Portuguese-language bulletin join­
tlyproduced bymember State Embassies atBrasilia ,wasdirected toa
readership of2.500 persons inBrazil .
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Documentation :Documentation ofCommunity institutions waswidely diffus­
ed,wherever possible inSpanish andPortuguese (e»g.,the "brochures de
base "and the bulletin oftheSecretariat General ).
Documentation centres sRequests for thestatus ofEuropean Documentation
Centre and7or Depository Library came from INTAL (Buenos Aires ),ICAP
(SanJose ,Costa Rica )andIMCE (Mexico City ).
Visits ofLatin American journalists toBrussels sThis programme was sub­
stantially enlarged toinclude forthefirst time groups ofLatin American
journalists resident inEurope (aseminar washeld atBrussels forcorres­
pondents working inFrance andItaly ).
Radio ,television and films :Local radio and television reporting was
lively atseveral oftheseminars andconferences onexport promotion and
generalised tariff preferences .For thefirst time ,theLatin American
services ofEuropean broadcasting companies were invited toaseminar at
Brussels for thepurpose ofpromoting theCommunity 'simage inLatin America
andencouraging collaboration between theLatin American services ofEuro­
pean Community member States .Inparticular BRT (Belgium )undertook to
consider aregular European Community "radio-magazine "beamed toLatin
America inSpanish .Itwas also decided that itshould start production of
feature films onthemes specifically chosen forLatin American TVand gene­
ral release .
European Parliament 'sLatin American Visitors Programme :ThePress and
rn?ormatIon~Cf flee "assisted "the"Latin ~American~ParIiameht (Lima )inthe
pre-selection ofcandidates for theEuropean Parliament 'sscholarship
programme foryoung citizens ofLatin America .

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VISITS DIVISION IN 1976
The main aim ofbriefing visits in1976 wasto informthe
public inthe Member States and make itaware ofthe various
factors connected with the building ofEurope .
1.Member States :diversification offormulas
Operations intended for opinion-makers -were stepped up,in
support ofthe Spokesman 's .dgiIy.-supp.l y <5finformation to
accredited corresponden ts>•byarranging ,visits and provi­
ding spec ificand -.de.t ai-ted information for ths many jour­
nalists <91'-groups in-a11i.who -had requested such visits' -
,.or-.'were i-nvi ted bythe .Informat ionOffices inthe various
capitals as-part ;of ;a'cond er.ted."mea $ureaimed atputtingthe
..Community message general public ,-These -.•
o••Iarge-ScaIe-operations .wer esupplemented byvisitsby .si:x-teen -other groups representing the mass media such as TV,•
radio -and ,cinema .. : " : ■:\ •
-AIorigside,"these ,acti v-ities,for .the general -public /attempts
.wer ?made to -provide broader .and more ,det aiIed -informa tion
.for -decision-makers .not only .byincreasing contact but' aLso
•via'w.ider and "more concrete discus-sioris onthe es.sent ia1\ •
..role ofCommun.ity institutions inthe current .international "
;economic crisis .Informa tion .visitswere arranged in1976
"for "77groups of .national Members ofParliament and of
regional and local councils ,111 groups ofsenior civil
servants ,52groups ofexecutives and managers from the
private sector ,six groups ofdiplomats ,70groups of .
trade union leaders ,19grouos from universities and 36
groups ofeconomists ,teachers and instructors .The
programme generally covered two days ofmeetings,briefings,
discussions ,contacts with Members ofthe Commission ,
senior officials from the various Directorates-General ,
experts and occasiona Ily .representat ives from the otherinstitutions ,inthis connection ,cooperation with Parliament
information departments was particularly valuable .
More extensive use was also made ofopportunities for
cooperation with the information departments inthe
different Ministries ofthe Member States and with
experts from the Offices ofthe Permanent Representatives .
Spokesmen from the various United Kingdom Ministries
came .toBrussels foIlow ing similarvisits from the Nether -
Lands and "Ireland .
Withthe aim ofproviding information for the international ,
press onevents concerning the Commun.ity ,last year we
organized information trips for groups afspecialist
'....journalists ,tothe Hague for the European Council
meeting ,toFlorence for the inauguration ofthe
.European University Institute ,toAthens for the opening
ofour Information Office ,tosouthern Italy tosee
•'on the spot the use made ofthe Regional Development Fund
and toParis toexamine problems connected with Community
migrant workers .

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Asregards overall statistics ,1976 saw agreat increase
inthe number ofinformation visits asthe figures below
show :
1974 :-527 groups comprising 15271 visitors ;
1975 :644 groups 'comp rising 17'887 ■visitors ;
1976 :801 groups comprising 22706 visitors .
Non-member countries
Information visits from non-Community countries (134 )
accounted for 16 %ofvisitors (2966).
Special mention must bemade ofthe increasein visits
from Turkey (15groups in1976 )atthe prompting of ■
the Ankara Office ,the number ofvisits from Scandinavia
(14groups ),the initial visits from Greece (3groups ),
Portuguese and Spanish visitors (6 groups ),the number
ofJapanese visitors (11groups )and finally the steady and
substantial stream ofAmerican and Canadian groups (63
and 9respectively ),plus visits byselected young American
leaders under the special European Community visitors
programme (ECVP )organized with the cooperation ofthe
European Parliament .
The information trip formula was also successfully used last
November for agroup oftwenty-five important USinvestors
who during aweek-long visit were able tosee for them­
selves the numerous investment opportunities existing in
Community countries for guaranteed Community loans .

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PUBLICATIONS .DIVISION IN1976
Publications brought out in1976 were designed either to
supply general basic information ortoexplain Community
policies and measures .Asinprevious years they were
mainly aimed atpublic opinion "multipliers ",defined
each year inthe information programme .
1.Basic and specific booklets
Runs ofbooklets for the Member States (all languages )
varied between 100 000for booklets onCommunity policies
to350 000 for basic booklets containing general information .
These figures were dictated bybudgetary and organizational
factors and the Commission 'sdesire tokeep expenditure
onpublications to astrict minimum .
Amore vigorous distribution policy ,backed bypublicity
campaigns orthe use ofspecialist agencies ,could easily
bring runs tomuch higher figures .
Two basic booklets were prepared in1976 :"The Community :
The Facts ", ageneral information booklet ,and "How the
Community 'sInstitutions Work ".
Seven booklets were published inthe European Documentation
Series .These deal with specific topics and onaverage
100 000 copies (all languages )ofeach brochure .The
series began in1975 and has been very successful .It
concentrates onCommunity policies and subjects ofpar­
ticular interest totrade unions and teachers .The follo­
wing have appeared todate :
-The European Community and the Developing Countries
-The European Community and the Energy Problem
-Anew Régional Policy for Europe
-The European Community 'sFinancial System
-The European Community and Nuclear Safety
-The Protection ofWorkers inmultinational Companies
-The Education ofMigrant Workers' Children inthe Euro­
pean Community
-The European Community 'sExternal Trade
-Teacher Training inthe European Community
-The Elimination ofNon-Tariff Barriers toIntra-Com -
munity Trade
-The Court ofJustice ofthe European Community
-The European Community 'sCompetition Policy
-The Agricultural Policy ofthe European Community .
Nine editions of abooklet entitled "Grants and Loans from
the European Communi ty"(90000 copies inall languages ),
providing information onthe Community 'sfinancial instru­
ments and procedures for using them were also published .

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Booklets geared toindividual non-member countries orgroups
ofnon-member countries continued toappear in1976 .Runs
varied between 2000 and 60000 copies .These included
general booklets and booklets explaining how the institu­
tions work .
Inthis connection ,abooklet onthe EEC-Greece association
was published inGreek (20000 copies )and abooklet
onthe EEC-Turkey association was published inTurkish ;
three other booklets dealt with the common agricultural
policy ,the environment and trade unions inthe European
Community .Abasic booklet inArabic was published for
the first time inconnection with the Euro-Arab Dialogue .
Anew edition ofthe booklet "How the European Communities
Work "was produced for Spanish-speaking countries .
Afirst edition ofabasic booklet inFbrtuguese was
publi shed .
Abasic booklet onthe Community inFrench and English
was prepared inassociation with the Canadian authorities .
Finally ,two booklets onexternal trade and the environ­
ment were published inJapanese .
2.Magazines ,bulletins and newsletters
The Commission produces ten monthly magazines innine
languages ,total circulation amounting to250 000 copies .
Inaddition ,six monthly bulletins are published incoun­
tries where nomagazine appears .All publications concen­
trate onCommunity news highlights .Pub Iicat ion :ofthese
magazines and bulletins isdecentralized sothat they
can betailored tothe public for which they are intended .
Afull list ofmagazines isgiven below :
Europa
EGMagazin
30Jours d'Europe
Comunità Europee
Europese Gemeenschap
European Community
European Community
Europaiki-Koinotis
Avrupa Toplologu
Comunidad EuropeaDenmark
Germany
France
Italy
Nether lands
United Kingdom
United States
Greece
Turkey
Spanish-speaking countries
The following bulletins also appear :
Euro Info inFrench and Dutch
Commum ty–
Report inEnglish
Bulletin dinfor­
mation inFrenc h
Lettre d'infor -
mation inFrench a'nd EnglishBelgium
Ireland
Luxembourg
Switzerland
Most Information Offices regularly publish newsletters or
information sheets toback upthese publications and
provide information for amore specialized public .
Discussions with private publishers led topublication by
aFranco-Belgian group towards the end ofthe year of
"Les Rouages deI'Europe "byMr. E.Noel ,Secretary-General
ofthe Commission .

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AUDIO-VISUAL DIVISION IN1976
INTRODUCTION
Theprincipal objective oftheDivision during 1976 wastoachieve abreak­
through initsrelations with TVandradio networks intheCommunity .The
means adopted tofulfil this objective were :
-adetermined effort toestablish aclose working relationship with the
European Broadcasting Union ;
-the provision ofexpanded technical facilities toTVstations inorder to
enable them toincrease their coverage ofCommunity affairs ;
-theprovision ofconference facilities forTVandradio networks ,provid­
ing them with aforum inwhich todiscuss and arrange co-productions and
exchanges oftechnical facilities inprogrammes dealing with European themes .
TheDivision wasinvited tojoin keyworking groups of'theEBU onapermanent
basis with full observer statuB .TheDivision was indaily contact with TVand
radio networks intheCommunity andwassupplying anincreasing -quantity of
audio-visual material tothem . '-• ;Y -,'
In1976 resources inoneparticular area ofactivity were decisively ""streng­
thened :theCommission authorised acapital development -programme fortheTV
studio of9»555«000 FBover three years .This investment means that in .1977 ,
theTVstudio will become fully operational andwill belinked bya-microwave
transmitter tothe Eurovision network .
The purpose istoenable theCommission to .communicate directly with the
great mass oftheCommunity citizens .Broadcasting -radio and television -
commands avast audience intheCommunity .Byestablishing aclose coopera­
tive relationship with theEBU ,andwith thenetworks individually and by
offering audiovisual material totheEurovision News Exchange system and to
allnational networks ,theCommission can defend its reputation ,promote its
policies andfurther thecause ofEuropean integration .1976 6awthefoun­
dation ofthe means for doing this .
1.Télévision and Radio Studios
Asinprevious years ,nodirect TVtransmissions were possible asthestudio .
•was not linked toEurovision .However ,during theyear thestudio was re-.
wired inpreparation for 1977 ,newlighting wasinstalled ,anewsetdesigned
and acyclorama wasconstructed .Theradio studio transmitted arecord 731
programmes andrecorded 25^»Arecord 108film sequences were dubbed using
ourstudio facilities andourfilm editor cut 13^major film sequences .The
cinema wasusefor226film projections .
2.Film News Coverage
TheDivision made heavy useofitsfilm equipment during 1976 ,filming both
'inside the TVstudio and onexterior locations .Intotal the Division was
responsible for ,121major film sequences ,asopposed to79during 1975 «No
*■filming ,wasundertaken unless specifically requested byatleast twoTVnet­
works ..Thus all 121sequences have been transmitted ,many ofthem bymore ,
than onenetwork .Our policy isnow'tofilm allmajor European Community
events inBrussels forourownarchives ,andintime this will produce an
important specialised film library .

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3»Pocumentary film production
Theemphasis during 1976 wasnot onmajor new film production butonthe
completion andre-working offilms already under way ,and arigorous exami­
nation offilm distribution andrequirements .The following films were com­
pleted in1976 :onEquality ofOpportunity forWomen intheCommunity ;on
theCommunity Institutions ;ontheisland ofMauritius asanillustration of
Lome inoperation ;ashort report onIspra illustrating thepractical bene­
fits ofhigh technology research ;areport -onCommunity policy onMigrant
•Workers ."Beatrice ",afilm originally-produced tocommemorate thefounding
oftheCoal andSteel "Community in1950,has been re-edited asacommemoration
oftheTreaty ofRome ."
k.Film Library and'Distribution .
The above films andothers existing inour film lihrary were used inpart or *
inwhole intransmissions byTVnetworks in97programmes -This represents a
50$ increase inactual utilisation ofourdocumentary films bystations .Our
films were also distributed onthe non-commercial film circuit .There were
*f.000 individual showings reaching anestimated quarter -of-a-millioh specta-'
tors .Inparticular itisworth noting that ERTGreek Television -drew heavily
onour film library for the production ofaspecial series oftelevision do-
comentaries dealing with Greece and theEEC and that this was inaddition to
assistance given toERT innews film coverage .
During theyear itwas decided tocommission anew major documentary film
describing thecontemporary Community forthe use ,principally ,oftheBureaux .
5«Organisation ofTVand Radio Conferences
During 1976 theDivision began toprovide aforum forthediscussion ofco-
productions between TVand radio stations .This was done principally bypro­
viding conference facilities' .Inall ,eight major conferences were held in
Brussels involving radio stations from France ,Germany ,Belgium andHolland
andTVstations from allMember States .One conference brought together senior
eidotrs ofpopular science programmes and resulted inaseries ofco-produc -
tions entitled "Tomorrow 'sEurope ",dealing with theCommunity 'sdimension
ofEuropean technology ,and transmitted infive Member States .
Inaddition during 1976 theDivision wasinstrumental inthesetting upofa
permanent working group oftheEBU dealing with coverage ofthemes relevant
todirect elections in1978 .TheDivision hasthestatus ofpermanent observer
onthis group and attendance was also guaranted ofrelevant meetings ofthe
EBUworking groups onEurovision News Exchange and onnews and special events .
6.Visits toBroadcasting Organizations
During 1976 theHead oftheDivision visited TF1,Antenne 2,France 3(France
RTB/BRT (Belgium ),NOSandAVRO (Netherlands ),Danskradio (Denmark ),RAI
(Italy ),ARD-Bayerischer Rundfunk andZDF (Germany ),RTE (Republic ofIre­
land ),BBC 1,BBC2,ITN ,Granada ,Visnews (United-Kingdom ).Healso at­
tended ,byinvitation oftheEBU ,all three principal EBU news and current
affairs meetings held in1976 inToulouse ,London andGeneva .Visits were
also made tothefollowing non-EEC stations -ERT (Greece )inAthens and
.Swiss Radio and Television inGeneva .These visits have resulted inanex­
tremely valuable and comprehensive range which isindispensable inachieving
.asound working relationship with the networks .
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7»Broadcasts toACP Countries
During 1976 arecord number ofradio andTVitems were produced forbroad­
casting toACPcountries :241radio items inFrench ,53inEnglish and 17
short TVitems .Thelatter were principally distributed bytheEuropean TV
Service (E.T.E.S. )inCologne .This serves 108TVstations themajority of
which also reaches stations intheMiddle East and Latin America .However
during 1976 theDivision undertook intensive research into thefeasibility
ofanAnglophone topical tape service toEnglish-speaking ACPcountries .
Two pilot programmes were produced andconsiderable technical assistance and
advice wasgiven totheDivision bytheBBCand theCentral Office ofInfor­
mation .
Afurther diversification which already took place in1976 isimportant -
43telexes were supplied tousers (mainly forFrance ,theNetherlands ,Ger­
many andBelgium ).
8.Photo Library
Thedemand forpictures from thephoto library hasdoubled during 1976 ,with
particular emphasis ontheprovision ofcolour slides forTVstations .A
total of6.500 black andwhite photographs were produced -primarily for
newspapers andpublications oftheBureaux -and20.445 colour slides .TV
networks inDenmark ,United-Kingdom ,France ,Germany andHolland have sent
representatives toview thephoto library slides and stills and this has
resulted inrequests forwhole series ofslides ofCommunity Institutions ,
buildings ,Commissioners ,etc .which thestations then hold for use innews
bulletins .
9.Euradio
During 1976 anewnational edition ofEuradio wasintroduced ,inItalian .
The British andGerman editions have achieved considerable succes .They are
welcomed andvalued bytheBureaux in those countries .They arewidely read
bylocal andregional radio inthose countries .
Inthe case oftheFrench andItalian editions there isaneed tostrengthen
editorial policy andestablish acloser working relationship between theedi­
tors and the Paris and Rome Bureaux .

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EXHIBITIONS DIVISION IN iy(b
The Division stuck toits basic approch toparticipation in
fairs and exhibitions ,namely :
-inthe Member States participation infairs and exhibitions
isconfined tointernational events where there are specific
reasons for taking aninterest ;
-innon-member countries the decision toparticipate isdictated
bythe Community 'sexternal relations priorities .
However ,arecent development has been the preparation of a
programme for cooperation between the Commission and the
Member States asregards participation ininternational fairs
organized outside the Communi ty.The outcome ofthis collaboration ,
which should ensure that the Community 'spresence isfelt at
these events ,will beseen inthe 1977 programme .
1.HON MEMBER COUNTRIES
- ACPCountries
Following the signature ofthe Lome Convention ,activi­
ties inthe ACP countries ,notably those covered bythe
Yaounde Convention ,have been developed further :
2J_n_Z£m£i£ atouring exinbit (approximately 100 m),devoted
toCommunity relations with the developing countries with
particular reference tothe Lome Convention and its conse­
quences for Zambia ,was set upatfairs atN'dola
(1to 6July )and Lusaka (6to 9August ).Atboth fairs ,
press conferences ,radio and television interviews ,
European days and conferences for amore specialised
public were also organized .
j[_n_B£t^wja na ^the same stand ,decorated with new panels of
special interest toBotswana ,was set upatthe fair at
Gabarone (26September to 3October ),part ofthe cele­
brations marking the tenth anniversary ofindependence .
The occasion assumed aspecial importance since Mr. Ortoli ,
President ofthe Commission ,attended .Alecture was also
organized with the cooperation ofthe university for
teaching staff and students .
Mediterranean Basin
E_g^pt _ With the development ofthe Euro-Arab Dialogue ,
aninformation stand ofapproximately 200m2 wasset up
atthe Cairo International Fair .There were approximately
300 000 visitors and 30000 copies of aleaflet inEnglish
and Arabic were distributed .
2.MEMBER STATES
-Ge^many j_n^u_s _a_Lejc_h_i_bjLt_2 _0jT^_i_n_Ber_liji _f_r^m_1_8 ^_o_
6September
The Commission took part inthe exhibition with a200m2
stand devoted to "Energy for Tomorrow ". Asymposium ,
attended byCommission representatives was held onthe same
topic .Approximately 350 000 people visited the exhibition
and 10000 copies of aleaflet were published .for the event .

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United Kingdom
Atouring exhibit .ofapproximately 100 m2was prepared
•for Commission participation i-nthree major agricultural
events
-Roya IHigh land .Show -Ingliston (22to 25June )
-Royal Agri cultura I.Show -Kenilworth (5to 8July )
-Royal Welsh Agricultural Show -Llanelwedd ("20 ..to22July ).
Approximatly 400 0.00 v.is.itors attended the three events .
i.t.al£
Astand ofapproximately 100 m2was prepared for Commission
participation inVerona 's78th International Agricultural
Fair from 12to19March .Some thing Iike.900 000visit o.rs•
attended and approximately 60000 leaflets and booklets
were distributed .Approximately 200 000 visitors attended
Foggia 's27th International Agricultural Fair held from ,
30April to 9May and 15000 leaflets and book let s.were
distr ibuted .
OTHER PROJECTS
-Po^t;ers ^: Aposter "L'Europe vous concerne "was
prepared for display intrade union offices .
-l£ind£w_dj_s£l .ayj,:New window displays were prepared on
the Kurf urstendamm for the Ber IinOffice.The new pre­
mises ofthe Brussels Office were refurnished and new
window displays arranged .