SOC Events

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  • An EESC event to mark the International Day of Peace
    Conference - Brussels, Belgium
    Domestic violence by men against women, whether physical or psychological, is one of the gravest violations of human rights: the right to life and to physical and psychological integrity. Today, to mark the International Day of Peace, the EESC will hold a conference to listen to researchers and institutional actors and stakeholders and discuss with them its opinion on the matter.

  • Hearing in the framework of the second study group meeting
    Public Hearing - Berlin, Germany
    As part of its work on an opinion on the "Employment package" presented by the European Commission in April entitled "Towards a job-rich recovery", the EESC study group will organise a hearing in Berlin on Wednesday 12 September from 9.15 am to 12.45 pm.

  • Public Hearing - Brussels, Belgium
    The group in charge of coordinating the EESC activities during the European Year 2012 could not do without examining the contribution of ICT (telemedicine, telework, e-government, etc.) to a more energetic, sustainable and diversified ageing society.

  • Joint conference organised by the Labour Market Observatory and the European Year 2012 Coordination Group
    Conference - Brussels, Belgium
    To mark the 2012 European Year for Active Ageing and Intergenerational Solidarity 2012, the Labour Market Observatory and the Coordination Group "European Year of Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations 2012" of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) will be holding a joint conference on 20 June 2012 on two important topics for both these EESC bodies: the labour market and the working conditions for older people.

  • Hearing in the framework of the European Year for Active Ageing and Intergenerational Solidarity (2012)
    Public Hearing - Brussels, Belgium
    This public hearing will count on contributions from the EU Commission, AGE - the European Platform of NGOs defending the interests of older citizens, a Voluntary Service and two senior citizens, who will talk about their experience. These inputs, together with the debate held during the hearing and the individual contributions from the Members of the SOC Section (who have been asked to identify examples of activities which are dependent upon or involve older people in their own Member State) will flow into the EESC opinion on the topic.
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    The Right to Family Reunification for Third Country Nationals
    Public Hearing - Brussels, Belgium
    The European Integration Forum – the dialogue platform on integration of immigrants – met for the seventh time on 31 May and 1 June 2012 in the EESC building. The main theme of this meeting was: the Right to Family Reunification for Third Country Nationals.

  • Public Hearing - Brussels, Belgium
    This public hearing on "Female Entrepreneurs" is part of the preparatory work for the own-initiative opinion on "Female entrepreneurs -Specific policies to increase EU growth and employment". The hearing aims at gathering concrete experiences of aspiring and experienced female entrepreneurs. The difficulties faced by European women's entrepreneurs with setting-up and running their businesses will serve as a basis to propose recommendations for political intervention. A questionnaire will be circulated to participants beforehand.

  • Public Hearing - Brussels, Belgium
    In its hearing the EESC invites the civil society organisations who are or wish to be the beneficiaries of the ‘Europe for Citizens’ programme, to share their views about the current and future programme, to make their point on its objectives and future design.

  • Quality Jobs for Youth: are we asking too much? - 20.4.2012
    Joint conference EESC/Labour Market Observatory and European Youth Forum
    Conference - Brussels, Belgium
    Is there a need for more (or for less) flexibility on the labour market in order to help young people access the labour market? Are the stable contracts of past still possible or are precarious internship type jobs going to last years ahead? What are the employer and employee relations developing into? Is self-employment a good solution? Is flexicurity (still) the watchword? What effects (for the individual and for the society) does being a so called “NEET” have? These are some of the questions which the conference seeks to answer.

  • Public Hearing - Brussels, Belgium
    This hearing has been organised in the framework of the study group on Principles, procedures and action for the implementation of Articles 11(1) and 11(2) of the Lisbon Treaty. Articles 11.1 and 11.2 indicate a significant shift towards a more advanced model of structured dialogue and could foster an increasingly informed and significant European citizenship but it has not yet been implemented.

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