601st EESC Plenary session, with the following guests: Carlien van Empel, Director of the ILO Office for the EU and the Benelux countries, Dr Joachim Schwerin, Principal Economist, Responsible Business Conduct Unit within the Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW) of the EC and Amal Chevreau, Head of unit, Social Economy and Innovation at the Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities; with Piotr Serafin, EU Commissioner for Budget, Anti-Fraud and Public Administration, Carla Tavares, Member of the EP and Professor Enrico Giovanini, former Italian Minister, currently Scientific Director of ASviS; with Elisa Morgera, UN Special Rapporteur on Climate Change and Human Rights and Samira Ben Ali, EESC Youth Delegate to COP - Web streaming
Domestic Advisory Groups of the EU and three Andean countries – Colombia, Peru and Ecuador – will hold their next Joint Meeting and Workshop on 2-3 December 2025 in Lima. The Public Session of the Trade and Sustainable Development Committee meeting – Civil Society Forum – has been scheduled to take place in a hybrid mode on 4 December at 14:00-17:00 Lima time (20:00-23:00 CET).
Europe for sale? How global marketplaces are changing our society – and what must be done right now
Event type
Conference
Location
Jacques Delors building - Room JDE 62
Brussels
Belgium
The European Consumer Day is an annual event organised since 1999, which gives consumers a forum to discuss topical policy developments. Following-up to the highly acclaimed EESC opinion "Call for fair competition with regard to 3rd country platforms" adopted in September 2025, the topic of this year’s edition of the European Consumer Day will be challenges related to e-commerce from third-country platforms seen from a broader economic and social perspective. The objective will be to discuss potential far-reaching impact of the platforms' expansion on the EU economy and society as such and bring on board actors from all walks of life to advocate for a common cause.
The EU-Serbia Joint Consultative Committee (JCC) will hold its 20th meeting on 28 November 2025 in Serbia. This platform, established within the institutional framework of the EU-Serbia Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA), will enable representatives from both the EU and Serbian civil society to monitor the country's accession negotiations, discuss issues of common interest, and highlight concerns to be addressed on Serbia's path towards the European Union.
The European Migration Forum – the dialogue platform on migration, asylum and migrant integration - will meet for the tenth time on 27-28 November 2025.
Participation in the Forum meeting is by invitation only - the call for interested organisations is civil society organisations is now closed.
The strategic role of civil society in defending EU founding values
Location
EESC, Rue Van Maerlant 2, 1000
Brussels and online
Belgium
The sixth EESC FRRL Group's annual conference will provide a platform for debate of the annual EC rule of law report, as well as of the recent country visits carried out by the FRRL Group.
EESC Members, civil society representatives (including social partners), EU institutions and other stakeholders will discuss the main recent developments in the EU in the area of fundamental rights and the rule of law, as well as the EU response notably through the rule of law review mechanism.
The second meeting of the EU-Albania Joint Consultative Committee (JCC) will took place on 21 November 2025 at the EESC in Brussels, Belgium. This platform, established within the institutional framework of the EU-Albania Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA), will enable representatives from both the EU and Albanian civil society to monitor the country's accession negotiations, discuss issues of common interest, and highlight concerns to be addressed on Albanian's path towards the European Union.
