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https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1p97sc6uBSjn7oTQAHbJQ0PtG8UUIQSHo/edit?usp=drive_link&ouid=107401674240702260952&rtpof=true&sd=true

About

1️⃣ About the Publications Office of the European Union

The Publications Office of the EU is the official provider of publishing services to all institutions, bodies and agencies established by or under the EU treaties . As such, it constitutes the central point of access to EU law, and also to publications, data, research results, procurement notices and other official information. The Publications Office therefore plays a central role in informing the public about what the EU does and means for them, and in unlocking the power of data.

Its mission is to support the policies of the EU institutions as a center of excellence for information, data and knowledge management, and to ensure that this broad range of information is made available to the public as accessible and reusable data to facilitate transparency, economic activity and the diffusion of knowledge. Therefore, it plays a significant role in several political priorities of the European Union relating to democracy and the rule of law, the economy and digital transformation.

In more detail, the Publications Office:

• authenticates and publishes EU law to give it legal effect;
• supports the policies and communication activities of the EU institutions, agencies and bodies with its services and offers them expertise and synergies in a number of domains;
• ensures, through its modelling and referencing activities, that the diverse information assets coming from EU institutions, agencies and bodies take the form of findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable (FAIR) information and data;
• ensures that this vast array of official EU information and data – an essential element of today’s data-driven economy – is made available to the public to support transparency, economic activity, the development of modern technologies such as artificial intelligence, and access to knowledge in general;
• ensures that this content is preserved and made accessible to future generations;
• engages with citizens to help achieve its objectives.

Based in Luxembourg, the Publications Office is structured around four directorates and is administratively attached to the European Commission (‘the contracting authority’). An interinstitutional Management Committee governs the Publications Office, adopts its strategic objectives and sets the guidelines for its activities and operations.

2️⃣ About Cellar

Cellar is the common data repository of the Publications Office of the European Union. Digital publications and metadata are stored in and disseminated via Cellar, in order to be used by humans and machines. Aiming to transparently serve users, Cellar stores multilingual publications and metadata, it is open to all EU citizens and provides machine-readable data.

Cellar offers:

• Storage and dissemination of publications and metadata handling tens of millions of publications and hits per day
• Rich and exploitable links between publications
• Dissemination of the metadata as Linked Open Data