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About the European Parliament’s Directorate-General for Parliamentary Research Services The European Parliament’s Directorate-General for Parliamentary Research Services (EPRS) was established in November 2013, in order to provide Members of the European Parliament, and where appropriate, parliamentary committees, with independent, objective and authoritative analysis of, and research on, policy issues relating to the European Union, and so assist them in their parliamentary work. DG EPRS aims to provide a comprehensive range of products and services, backed by specialist internal expertise and knowledge sources in all policy fields, so empowering Members and committees through knowledge and contributing to the Parliament’s effectiveness and influence as an institution. During the five years from January 2014 to December 2018, DG EPRS answered over 14,100 requests for substantive research and analysis from some 93 per cent of individual Members, it replied to over 2,400 such requests from other parliamentary clients, and it undertook targeted research work for 20 parliamentary committees. In parallel, over the same timeframe, EPRS also replied to over 96,000 reference requests from within the Parliament and over 260,000 citizens’ enquiries. It produced more than 5,000 publications - over 3,500 in both physical and digital form, and over 1,200 online only - so far eliciting 15 million page views electronically, including from around 9,000 unique users within the parliamentary community each year (and over 2,300 each month). EPRS & RDA EPRS, through its RDA membership would like to contribute to state-of-the-art developments in data management by:
Through its RDA membership, EPRS would like to:
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Joanna Apap, Strategic Liaison for Academia and Think Tanks, Strategy and Coordination Unit, European Parliamentary Research Services, European Parliament |
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Dr Joanna APAP is a member of the Strategy and Coordination Unit in DG EPRS and acts as a Strategic liaison with Academia and Think Tanks, as well as, a member of the Client Needs Team. She was formerly, a coordinator for Members’ Enquiries on External Policies and a policy analyst in the External Policies Unit of the Members' Research Service of DG EPRS, where she dealt primarily with human rights in external relations, migration and with the Maghreb countries. Prior to joining Dg EPRS, Joanna worked as an administrator, for five and half years, in the secretariat of the Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO), subsequent to her post in Policy Department C dealing with Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs, following the work of the LIBE Committee. Joanna Apap holds a PhD in European law and politics, specialized in the area of Justice and Home Affairs from the University of Sussex, UK. |