Events

  • Lessons learned from the first years of the implementation of the programming period 2021-2027

    Public debate on 9th Cohesion report: Lessons learned from the first years of the implementation of the programming period 2021-2027, in the framework of the ECO section meeting.

  • Rural Pact debate #5

    With this debate, the EESC wants to contribute to reflections on the foundations of a just transition framework on the agri-food sector to achieve a sustainable food system and move forward with concrete recommendations, for example, looking at the skills, capacity and mental support needed, or identifying some key policy areas and legal leverage points that could be triggered to start a just food transition for the EU.

    Given the link between agriculture and rural areas and farmers with food production, the recommendations of this opinion will also have a positive impact on rural development.

  • Partnership event co-organised by the EAPN and the EESC Civil Society Organisations' Group

    This event is open to the public. It is an in-person event that will be webstreamed. Prior registration for in-person participation is required. Register by 1 April at: REGISTRATION - Unsustainable Welfare States and Risk of Austerity (google.com)

  • How civil society can contribute to the swift and effective design and implementation of the cohesion funds?

    Online Public debate in the framework of the opinion on "The role of cohesion policy in upcoming rounds of EU enlargement".

  • The EU-Serbia Joint Consultative Committee (JCC) will hold its 17th meeting on 5 April 2024 at the EESC in Brussels, Belgium. It is a platform established within the institutional framework of the EU‑Serbia Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA), enabling representatives of both the EU and the Serbian civil society to monitor the country's accession negotiations, discuss issues of common interest and point out concerns to be tackled on the Serbian path towards the European Union.

    Main topics of the 17th meeting of the EU-Serbia JCC will be:

    Current state of play in EU-Serbia relations and the accession process

    • Elections in Serbia
    • Possibilities of the Growth Plan for the Western Balkans in Serbia
    • Overview of the rule of law situation in Serbia
  • Registration for this event is now closed. You can follow via live webstreaming.

  • The 15th meeting of the EU Domestic Advisory Group under the EU-Ukraine DCFTA will take place on 22 March 2024. Click on the programme tab to consult the topics on the agenda.

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    586th plenary session, with the following guests: Nicolas Schmit, European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights and Karine Lalieux, Belgian Minister of Pensions and Social Integration, in charge of Persons with Disabilities, Combating Poverty and Beliris, Marilyn NevenThierry Beaudet, Zornitsa Roussinova, Christelle SavallHendrik Nahr, and Brikena Xhomaqi; Enrico Letta; Ajith Sunghay and Sergio Cecchini. Web streaming

     

  • The Civil Society Organisations' Group will hold a thematic debate on the Nature Restoration Law during its meeting on 20 March 2024, from 12:00 to 13:00. You can follow the debate live via the streaming on this event page.

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    The 6th meeting of the EU and the Canada Domestic Advisory Groups (DAGs), "DAG-to-DAG meeting", established under the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), will take place on 18-19 March 2024. The Members will take stock of the work of their respective DAGs since the 2023 joint meeting, and discuss business and human rights, the new TSD approach and its implementation and enabling positive outcomes for climate and nature through CETA.

    The meeting will be completed on 19 March with a workshop discussing TSD evolution and ways of leveraging CETA for responsible, sustainable and just resource development.

    A joint statement, prepared by both sides, will be discussed and adopted.

    The DAG members will also participate at the 2024 Canada-EU CETA Civil Society Forum, which will be open to civil society organisations from both sides.