EUROPEAN DOCUMENTATION CENTRE (EDC)

The European Documentation Centre (EDC) in Natolin was created in 1993 as an integral part of the Library of the College of Europe at Natolin. Initially the EDC was a depository for official publications and documents of the European Union published and distributed by the EU Publication Office in Luxembourg. Today, as all EU official publications are available online, the EDC collection is accessible via our catalogue or directly from EU Publication Office.

Mission

The motto of EDC network is: “Information about the Community at universities and research institutes”. The three main tasks of EDCs are:

  • helping universities and research institutes to promote and develop education and research on European integration
  • encouraging universities and research institutes to take part in the debate on Europe
  • do what they can to make Europe more transparent by helping ordinary citizens to learn about the Union’s policies

Since January 2005 EDCs belong to Europe Direct, a network of EU information centres.