Many of you must have a lot of spare time on your hands these days, what with the Recession and all.

But more than plenty is whirring away in Brussels and wider European activities. How to join the excitement?

Here is a site Brussels Agenda which gives plenty of leads on what is coming up - easy to sort by policy area or location and so on:

Thousands of events on European Affairs issues are organised every month in Brussels. Beside the EU institutions, and their official agenda, today consultancies, industry associations, European economic or social networks, representative offices from national, regional or local governments, NGOs, in brief, any organisation representing an interest or sector, organise events to stimulate debates, and promote their activities or their projects. How many conferences or workshops have you lost in the past because you simply did not know about it?

Good question. Go for it.