Events

During the meeting, DG Trade will update the EU DAG on the EU-Vietnam FTA in general and on the implementation of the TSD-chapter in particular. The EU DAG will discuss main challenges for companies related to due diligence legislation and how to take the work of the DAG on this topic further, the space for civil society in Vietnam based on the presentation of a recent report on Directive 24, and the issue of cat and dog meat trade and consumption in Vietnam from a health perspective. The members will also exchange views on the DAG's priorities for this mandate.

587th Plenary session, with the following guests: 

Ana Gallego Torres, Director General, Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers (DG JUST), Ken Godfrey, Executive Director of the European Partnership for Democracy, Ylva Johansson, European Commissioner for Home Affairs; Maive Rute, Deputy Director-General, Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW); Lanfranco Fanti, Member of the Cabinet of Commissioner for Equality Helena Dalli; Florence Raes, Director of UN Women Brussels, Mary Collins, Secretary General of the European Women's Lobby, Ilaria Todde, Advocacy Director of the Eurocentralasian Lesbian Community and Sif Holst, President of the EESC Equality Group.

The 4th annual All DAGs meeting took place on Monday 18 April 2024 09:00-13:00 at the EESC premises in JDE62.
This was the first All DAGs meeting of this DAG mandate which welcomed the newer DAG Members, as well as more experienced ones. It was a unique opportunity to gather all EU DAG Members and EU institutions as one TSD community, to openly exchange ideas, challenges, and aspirations. The meeting featured, among others, CTEO Denis Redonnet and DDG Maria Martin-Prat, DG Trade.

The 13th meeting of the EU-Moldova Civil Society Platform took place in Chisinau, Moldova, on 16 April 2024. During the meeting, a debate focused on assessing the progresses of Moldova in the implementation of the Association Agreement and the European Commission's recommendations regarding its accession to the EU.

The Platform looked at progresses and challenges in the implementation of the commitments in the implementation of the justice sector reform, fighting corruption and de-oligarchization, as well as at the current consumer protection framework.

A joint declaration, prepared by both sides, was discussed and adopted.

This half-day high-level conference, organised by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) in partnership with the Bulgarian Industrial Capital Association (BICA), Water Europe and Veolia, will bring together European and Bulgarian stakeholders, policymakers, industry representatives, organised civil society, academia and media.

The written conclusions and recommendations of the conference will feed into an EESC resolution with policy recommendations to the new European Parliament and European Commission, to be adopted in July.

For the 18th time, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) and Montenegro held the Civil Society Joint Consultative Committee (JCC) in Podgorica on 16 April 2024. The JCC is a civil society platform established between the EESC and Montenegrin civil society.