SOC Events

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  • Conference - EESC, Brussels, Belgium
    The conference will discuss the question of evolution of the economic model of social housing in relation to EU policies.
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    Public Hearing - Lisbon, Portugal
    The Steering Committee of Europe 2020 charged the rapporteurs of opinions on this strategy's flagship initiatives to organise two "going local" events. For the follow-up of the opinion on "The European Platform Against Poverty and Social Exclusion" the chosen countries are Portugal and Denmark for their contrasting situations. A small delegation will organise informal hearings on the objectives of reducing poverty and the practical implementation of the National Reform Programmes of both countries. The outcomes of these hearings will flow into a report to be published by the EESC in June 2012.

  • Public Hearing - Brussels, Belgium

  • Conference - Paris, France
    The Council of Europe, the Economic, Social and Environmental Council of France (ESEC) and the EESC are holding on 23 September in Paris a joint conference called "The Council of Europe's Social Charter 50 years on: What next?".

  • Seminar - Stockholm, Sweden
    In the last half-century, Europe has undergone very significant economic integration. Borders have opened and, in many respects, a European single market is already a reality. The free movement of people, however, is lagging behind, thus demonstrating the need for more in-depth debate on the European Union’s social dimension. Can the EU help strengthen social values in a situation where many European countries face high unemployment, austerity measures and social exclusion in the wake of the financial crisis? Should the European Union be given a stronger social profile that has a more tangible impact on European citizens’ daily lives and thus on their attitude to the European venture? These are some of the questions we want to look at during this seminar, with the focus on the Swedish view on the issues raised.

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    Public Hearing - Berlin
    EESC vice-president Anna-Maria Darmanin, the German contact point of the EESC, Dr. Renate Heinisch and three EESC members discussed this topic with more than 100 participants representing German governmental and non-governmental organisations.

    The seminar in Berlin at the premises of Representation of the European Union, jointly organised with the Netzwerk Europäische Bewegung Deutschland was based on the EESC's exploratory opinion on "Post-secondary Vocational Education and Training as an Attractive Alternative to Higher Education", an important European issue, especially in Germany, where it is currently subject to much debate.

  • Making post-secondary vocational education and training more attractive
    Public Hearing - Brussels, Belgium
    This own-initiative opinion aims to clarify empirically how post-secondary vocational education and training (VET) can have an added value in terms of labour market, learning outcomes, opening new educational pathways and social mobility in the EU.

  • Public Hearing - EESC, Brussels, Belgium
    The EESC is organising a public hearing on Preventive measures for the protection of children against sexual abuse. The aim of the hearing is to present and disseminate concrete examples of initiatives, campaigns and actions conducted by various international institutions and civil society organisations in this field.

  • Public Hearing - Brussels, Belgium
    The hearing "Volunteering infrastructure and quality of volunteering" is organised in the framework of the EESC Coordination Group on the European Year of Volunteering 2011, chaired by Mr Pavel Trantina.
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    Conference - Brussels, Belgium
    The European Integration Forum – the dialogue platform on integration of immigrants – met for the fifth time on 23-24 May 2011 in the EESC premises. The main theme of this meeting was: 'Integration through local action’.

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