For a graphic explaining the Ordinary Legislative Procedure see http://www.europarl.europa.eu/external/html/legislativeprocedure/default_en.htm

Information on the state of play of all dossiers under discussion in the OLP can be found on the websites of EUR-Lex (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/collection/legislative-procedures.html) and the EP (http://www.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/home/home.do).

The European Parliament’s conciliations and codecision website (http://www.europarl.europa.eu/ordinary-legislative-procedure/en/home/home.html) contains much useful and interesting information and statistics on dossiers now subject to the OLP.

The website of the EUI Observatory on Institutional Change and Reforms contains links to the main documents introducing changes to the codecision procedure (www.eui.eu/Projects/EUDO-Institutions/DocumentsonLegislation.aspx).

votewatch.eu is an excellent source of information on voting in the Parliament and the Council.

The Commission’s and the European Parliament’s Transparency Register, which is constantly being updated, can be viewed at www.ec.europa.eu/transparencyregister. See www.lobbyfacts.eu for further information about interest representation in the EU and specifically about groups who have signed up for the Transparency Register.

Visit www.integritywatch.eu for a harmonized collection of data on lobbying activity in the EU.

For an interesting TEDx Talk by Alberto Alemanno on being an effective citizen lobbyist, go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqNf2OPdu8c.

The websites of the main Brussels-focused think tanks include the Centre for European Policy Studies (www.ceps.eu); the European Policy Centre (www.epc.eu); the Centre for European Reform (www.cer.eu); and Bruegel (www.bruegel.org).