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redirect_from: /2013/02/Join-hangout-on-the-EU-budget/
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title: How to find spending data inside EU's budget - join us for a Google Hangout!
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<iframe width='600' height='343' src='http://openspending.org/eu-budget-mff/embed?widget=treemap&state=%7B%22drilldowns%22%3A%5B%22main-programme%22%2C%22programme%22%2C%22sub-programme%22%5D%2C%22year%22%3A2020%2C%22cuts%22%3A%7B%7D%7D&width=700&height=400' frameborder='0'></iframe>
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Last week leaders from the European Union agreed, after months of haggling, on the 2014-2020 EU budget - also known as the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF). The [€960bn budget](http://openspending.org/eu-budget-mff/entries) shown above marked a [widely reported reduction](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20392793) in the budget, but many other stories can be told from the [48 page agreement (PDF) ](http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/en/ec/135344.pdf). Despite accounting for merely [1.08 % of EU's GNI](http://europa.eu/newsroom/highlights/multiannual-financial-framework-2014-2020/index_en.htm), the EU budget should arguably be considered important for every citizen or journalist with a spending nerd hidden inside. Whether you think of [the last minute cuts in broad band investments](http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/feb/11/broadband-budget-cut-rural-connection-billion-euro) or the continued commitment to one of the worlds largest [farm subsidy programmes](http://farmsubsidy.org/), the agreement on the EU budget reflects the current priorities of the member states.
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At OpenSpending we want to invite journalists and the OpenSpending community to share experiences about how to access and analyse the spending data behind EU's budget. <br>
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Join us <strong>Monday 18 February at 19:00 CET / 18:00 GMT</strong> for a Google Hangout.
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[Ronny Patz](http://twitter.com/ronpatz) from [Transparency International in Brussels](http://www.transparencyinternational.eu/) will join and share his experiences on access to information on EU spending.
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At the hangout we'll discuss how to get started if you want to report on the spending behind the EU budget, and attempt to answer:
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<li>Where to find EU spending data?<br>
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If you have decided to investigate EU spending, you want to locate who is responsible for releasing the data. We will talk about how to find spending data published at both [EU-level](http://ec.europa.eu/beneficiaries/fts/index_en.htm) and [national level](http://eustructuralfunds.gov.ie/). We have gathered a lot of information in this [map of EU spending](http://openspending.org/resources/eu/index.html).</li>
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<li>What's new to report on in the 2014-2020 EU budget?<br>
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How do you examine the consequenses to smaller programmes such as [nature conservation](http://rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/11/e-u-says-20-percent-of-budget-green-critics-disagree/)?
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And how do you detect changes in the distribution of the structural funds?</li>
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If some of the questions above have peaked your interest you should join us at the hangout. If you wish to get started now, have a look at some of the [EU spending data](http://openspending.org/eu-commission-fts) or [notes](http://openspending.org/resources/eu/notes.html) we're already featuring.
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Join the Google Hangout by adding your name and email in the form below.
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<iframe src="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1YHLe9oH-Vxv04PQ7Kk6BuocsD06TTfYrc7aK9A9DbCk/viewform?embedded=true" width="760" height="500" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0">Loading...</iframe>
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