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09/02/2010

Statement of President Mario Sepi concerning the new European Commission

"Social solidarity is key to tackling the jobs crisis"
I would like to express our intention to contribute to the programme of the new European Commission, which was confirmed today in Strasbourg. The new Treaty of Lisbon adds fresh responsibilities to the EESC's role as bridge with civil society...

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"Declaration to mark the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Community Charter of Fundamental Social Rights"

Sign the Charter"We call upon the European Commission to propose a Social Action Programme which guarantees that fundamental social rights are treated on an equal footing with the rules on competition and economic freedom."

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"Declaration to mark the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Community Charter of Fundamental Social Rights":


You can sign as an individual as well as a civil society organisation

Declaration to mark the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Community Charter of Fundamental Social Rights in Bulgarian - ca. 30 KB Declaration to mark the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Community Charter of Fundamental Social Rights in Spanish - ca. 30 KB Declaration to mark the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Community Charter of Fundamental Social Rights in Czech - ca. 30 KB Declaration to mark the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Community Charter of Fundamental Social Rights in Danish - ca. 30 KB Declaration to mark the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Community Charter of Fundamental Social Rights in German - ca. 30 KB Declaration to mark the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Community Charter of Fundamental Social Rights in Estonian - ca. 30 KB Declaration to mark the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Community Charter of Fundamental Social Rights in Greek - ca. 30 KB Declaration to mark the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Community Charter of Fundamental Social Rights in English - ca. 30 KB Declaration to mark the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Community Charter of Fundamental Social Rights in French - ca. 30 KB Declaration to mark the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Community Charter of Fundamental Social Rights in Italian - ca. 30 KB Declaration to mark the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Community Charter of Fundamental Social Rights in Latvian - ca. 30 KB
Declaration to mark the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Community Charter of Fundamental Social Rights in Lithuanian - ca. 30 KB Declaration to mark the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Community Charter of Fundamental Social Rights in Hungarian - ca. 30 KB Declaration to mark the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Community Charter of Fundamental Social Rights in Maltese - ca. 30 KB Declaration to mark the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Community Charter of Fundamental Social Rights in Dutch - ca. 30 KB Declaration to mark the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Community Charter of Fundamental Social Rights in Polish - ca. 30 KB Declaration to mark the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Community Charter of Fundamental Social Rights in Portuguese - ca. 30 KB Declaration to mark the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Community Charter of Fundamental Social Rights in Slovak - ca. 30 KB Declaration to mark the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Community Charter of Fundamental Social Rights in Romanian - ca. 30 KB Declaration to mark the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Community Charter of Fundamental Social Rights in Slovene - ca. 30 KB Declaration to mark the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Community Charter of Fundamental Social Rights in Finnish - ca. 30 KB Declaration to mark the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Community Charter of Fundamental Social Rights in Swedish - ca. 30 KB

 

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8-10/02/2010 - Lima, Peru
A delegation of the Latin America Follow-up Committee will attend the 3rd "Forum on social cohesion in Latin America", organised by the European Commission

9-10/02/2010 - Athens, Greece
Joint EESC/Greek ESC conference on "European Migration Policy:contemporary challenges and effects on Mediterranean Member-States of the EU" (participation of President SEPI and a 12-members EESC delegation) - Press release

11-12/02/2010 - La Valetta, Malta
Hearing in the framework of the opinion on "Innovation in Island Tourism: defining a strategy towards sustainable development of the islands" (ECO/262)

 

17-18/02/2010 - EESC 
460th Plenary session

18-19/02/2010 - EESC 
Visit of representatives of the Union for the Mediterranean Partner Countries to the EESC

23/02/2010 - EESC 
Meeting of the Section for "Employment, social affairs and citizenship" (SOC)

24-25/02/2010 - Istanbul, Turkey 
Meeting of the EU-Turkey contact group and meeting with turkish women rights organisations

24/02/2010 - EESC 
Meeting of the Section for "Transport, Energy, Infrastructure and the Information Society" (TEN)

25/02/2010 - EESC 
Meeting of the Section for the "Agriculture, Rural development and the Environment" (NAT)

25/02/2010 - Skopje, Fyrom 
2nd meeting of the EU-The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Civil Society Joint Consultative Committee (REX)

25-26/02/2010 - Bilbao, Spain 
Preparatory meeting of the 6th EU-Latin America Civil Society Meeting, with the participation of Mr López Garrido, Spanish State Secretary for relations with the EU

25/02/2010 - EESC 
Hearing in the frame of the 2nd Study Group meeting on "Minimum standards on procedures in Member States for granting and withdrawing international protection" (SOC/369)

01/03/2010 - EESC 
102nd meeting of the Single Market Observatory (SMO)

01-02/03/2010 - Brussels 
The Brussels Tax Forum: "Tax Policies for a Post-Crisis World", organised by DG TAXUD. Participation of a delegation of nine members of the ECO section (ECO)

01/03/2010 - EESC 
102nd meeting of the Single Market Observatory (SMO)and public hearing on "Consumer information" (INT/500)

02/03/2010 - EESC 
Meeting of the Section for the "Single Market, Production and Consumption" (INT)

02/03/2010 - EESC 
Hearing within the context of the 1st meeting of the study group "What role and perspectives for Africa’s social economy in development cooperation?" (REX 302)

02/03/2010 - EESC 
Hearing in the frame of the 2nd Study Group meeting "Solidarity in health: reducing health inequalities in the EU" (SOC/351)

03/03/2010 - EESC 
Meeting of the section "Economic and monetary Union, economic and social cohesion" (ECO)

03/03/2010 - EESC 
Public hearing in the context of the 1st Study Group meeting "Investigation and prevention of accidents and incidents in civil aviation" (TEN/416)

04/03/2010 - EESC 
Meeting of the Section for "External Relations",), with a debate on EU-Latin America relations (REX)

08/03/2010 - EESC 
Round table for the Women Day, chaired by Ms PARI, Vice-President of the EESC and M. MALOSSE, President of the Employers Group

8-09/03/2010 - Berlin, Germany 
Public hearing in the context of the 2nd Study Group meeting "Heavy printing industry in Europe" (CCMI/073)

09/03/2010 - EESC 
Meeting of the EU-China Follow-up Committee

10/03/2010 - EESC 
Hearing of representatives of Kosovo (under UNSCR 1244/1999) civil society organisation during the 22nd meeting of the Western Balkans contact group (REX)

10/03/2010 - EESC 
Hearing in the frame of the 2nd Study Group meeting "The implications of ageing populations" (SOC/367)

11-12/03/2010 - Madrid, Spain 
Hearing in the framework of the opinion on "Socially responsible financial products" (ECO/266)

11/03/2010 - EESC 
Meeting of the EU-India Follow-up Committee

11/03/2010 - EESC 
Conference on human resources in the maritime sector as a follow-up to the opinion TEN/397 by Ms BREDIMA on strategic goals and recommendations for the EU maritime policy until 2018 (TEN)

15/03/2010 - Madrid, Spain 
European Consumer Day 2010

17-18/03/2010 - EESC 
461st Plenary session

18-19/03/2010 - EESC 
Conference "An EU Road Map for a sustainable Economic and Social Recovery"

22/03/2010 - EESC 
Workshop on "EU Small Scale Fisheries Network" – Partnership with ICFS (International Collective in Support of Fishworkers) (NAT)

23/03/2010 - EESC 
Meeting of the Section for "Employment, social affairs and citizenship" (SOC)

23/03/2010 - EESC 
Public Hearing and 1st Study group meeting on "Promoting sustainable green jobs for the EU energy and climate change package" (TEN/401)

24-26/03/2010 - Kiev, Ukraine 
EU-Ukraine relations: the role of the civil society, industrial change and economic crisis in Ukraine (REX/CCMI)

24/03/2010 - EESC 
Meeting of the Section for "Transport, Energy, Infrastructure and the Information Society" (TEN)

25/03/2010 - EESC 
Meeting of the Section for the "Agriculture, Rural development and the Environment" (NAT) followed by a hearing on "Good agricultural practice ­ Integrated Production" in the framework of the Week without Pesticides)

26/03/2010 - EESC 
19th meeting of the Sustainable Development Observatory (SDO)

26/03/2010 - EESC 
Hearing on "The feasability of a European network of national clean-energy education and training forums" - Pinocchio initiative (TEN)

30/03/2010 - EESC 
Meeting of the Section for the "Single Market, Production and Consumption" (INT)

31/03/2010 - EESC 
Meeting of the Labour Market Observatory and a hearing on "Training, apprenticeship and new skills for new jobs"

07/04/2010 - EESC 
Preparatory meeting of the 7th EU-China Round Table

08/04/2010 - Luxembourg 
External meeting of the ECO Section: visit to EUROSTAT (ECO)

08/04/2010 - EESC 
7th meeting of the EU-Croatia Joint Consultative Committee (REX)

09/04/2010 - EESC 
Meeting of the "Consultative Commission on Industrial Change" (CCMI)

16/04/2010 - EESC 
Meeting of the Section for "External Relations" (REX)

19-20/04/2010 - Istanbul, Turkey 
28th meeting of the EU-Turkey Joint Consultative Committee

20/04/2010 - EESC 
Meeting of the Section for "Transport, Energy, Infrastructure and the Information Society" (TEN)

21-24/04/2010 - Chongquing, China 
Meeting of the 7th EU-China Round Table

22/04/2010 - EESC 
Meeting of the Section for the "Single Market, Production and Consumption" (INT)

28-29/04/2010 - EESC 
462nd Plenary session

29-30/04/2010 - Madrid, Spain 
Seminar on the new EU2020 Strategy (joint organisation with the Spanish ESC)

04/05/2010 - EESC 
Meeting of the section "Economic and monetary Union, economic and social cohesion" (ECO)

05/05/2010 - EESC 
Meeting of the Section for the "Agriculture, Rural development and the Environment" (NAT)

06/05/2010 (à  confirmer/to be confirmed) - Valence, Espagne 
Hearing on "Change in the EU’s creative industries - unlocking their full potential" (CCMI)

06/05/2010 - EESC 
Meeting of the Section for "Employment, social affairs and citizenship" (SOC)

08/05/2010 - EESC 
Open Day

11/05/2010 - EESC 
Meeting of the Section for "External Relations" (REX)

18/05/2010 - EESC 
Meeting of the Labour Market Observatory and hearing on "The Crisis, active labour market policies and the Lisbon Treaty"

18/05/2010 - Budapest, Hungary 
Public hearing in the context of the 2nd Study Group Meeting on "European Technology, Industrial and Science Parks" (CCMI/072)

18-19/05/2010 - EESC 
Meeting of the ACP-EU Follow-up Committee

18-19/05/2010 - EESC 
3rd Western Balkans Civil Society Forum (REX)

18/05/2010 - Bordeaux, France 
Hearing on "Sustainable cities" and 20th meeting of the Sustainable Development Observatory (SDO)

26-27/05/2010 - EESC 
463th Plenary session

28/05/2010 - EESC 
Seminar "SME WEEK" SME access to innovative processes (CCMI)

28/05/2010 - EESC 
Seminar - SME Week - "Technological input from SME’s to the value chain of the automotive sector " (CCMI)

01/06/2010 - EESC 
Meeting of the Section for "Transport, Energy, Infrastructure and the Information Society" (TEN)

02/06/2010 - EESC 
Meeting of the Section for the "Agriculture, Rural development and the Environment" (NAT)

14-20/06/2010 - EESC 
Exhibition on the European Social Fund in the framework of the opinion on "Efficient Partnership in EU Cohesion policy" (ECO/258)

15/06/2010 - EESC 
Meeting of the Section for the "Single Market, Production and Consumption" (INT)

16/06/2010 - EESC 
Meeting of the Section for "Employment, social affairs and citizenship" (SOC)

17/06/2010 - EESC 
Meeting of the Section for "External relations" (REX)

23/06/2010 - EESC 
Meeting of the Labour Market Observatory

23/06/2010 - EESC 
Meeting of the section "Economic and monetary Union, economic and social cohesion" (ECO)

24/06/2010 - EESC 
Meeting of the "Consultative Commission on Industrial Change" (CCMI)

28-29/06/2010 - Valence, Spain 
Conference in the framework of the study group meeting NAT/460 on "A better functioning food supply chain in Europe" (NAT)

 

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