The EESC will organise two side events at the UN Convention on Biological Diversity - COP16 which this year will be held in Cali, Colombia from 21 October to 1 November 2024. The side events will be on Towards a circular economy in harmony with nature and on Mainstreaming biodiversity in climate action: the role of nature-based solutions.
Competitiveness is a key priority of both the Hungarian Presidency and the new von der Leyen Commission for the next political cycle. The issue will be addressed with our members and members' organisations at the extraordinary Group meeting on 8 October in Budapest. The debate will focus on the agri-food and industrial sectors.
This event is an in-person conference that will be live streamed on our website. Registration is closed. We kindly invite you to follow the live webstream.
This years' meeting of the EESC's Western Balkans Follow-up Committee outside of Brussels took place on 15 October 2024 in the Europe House in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and will include a hearing with the social partners and civil society organisations (CSOs).
The goal of the hearing was to listen to the views on the role of civil society in Bosnia and Herzegovina as well as to hear their concerns, and to convey these messages to the political authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina and of the EU.
As in the previous years, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) will actively take part in the annual United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change – COP29, which this year will take place in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 11 to 22 November 2024.
This event, organized by the Sustainable Development Observatory (SDO) in cooperation with the Consultative Committee on Industrial Change (CCMI), follows up on the EESC's call for an EU Blue Deal. We'll examine the role of water in the climate and biodiversity emergencies we face, seeking cohesive, sustainable solutions for water resilience.
Residence Palace and EESC's Jacques Delors building
Brussels
Belgium
The European Sustainable Development Network (ESDN) is organizing the Conference in cooperation with the Belgian Federal Institute for Sustainable Development and the European Economic and Social Committee. The Conference will be an official event of Belgium’s EU Council Presidency.
As we find ourselves just over the halfway point to reaching the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs, with only six more years left, the ESDN and co-organizers will focus this year’s Conference on transformative policies.
Towards democratic practices in public spending, the workplace, urban planning and public services
Event type
Conference
Location
rue van Maerlant 2
Brussels
Belgium
In collaboration with the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) and the Open Society Foundations (OSF), FEPS will organise a conference on 3 July 2024 between 09:00 – 16:00 to discuss approaches and practices that help build and scale up economic democracy. Hosted at the EESC, this event will bring together researchers, practitioners, policymakers and activists in the field.
