European information: a strategy of decentralization

In order to meet a growing demand for information about Europe, the European Commission has helped to set up various instruments permitting increased decentralization of information, such as the several hundred 'information relays' operating in partnership with the local authorities throughout the Member States at national, regional and local level. These information relays essentially consist of the 'Info-Points Europe', the 'Rural Information and Promotion Carrefours' and the larger 'Information Centres'.