Evropský hospodářský a sociální výbor
Činnosti EHSV týkající se východních sousedů zahrnují Arménii, Ázerbájdžán, Bělorusko, Gruzii, Moldavsko a Ukrajinu. Hlavním cílem EHSV ve vztahu k východním sousedům je upevňovat vztahy s organizacemi občanské společnosti v regionu a zapojit je do dialogu s jejich vnitrostátními tvůrci politik i s organizovanou občanskou společností EU.
Hlavním mechanismem spolupráce s Gruzií, Moldavskem a Ukrajinou jsou platformy občanské společnosti, jež doplňují politické orgány, které existují v rámci dohod EU o přidružení s těmito zeměmi. Platforma umožňuje organizacím občanské společnosti jak z EU, tak z partnerské země sledovat proces provádění a vypracovat svá doporučení pro příslušné orgány.
EU je v těchto platformách zastoupena členy EHSV a zástupci velkých evropských sítí občanské společnosti. Partnerskou zemi zastupuje široké spektrum organizací občanské společnosti. Členská základna platforem vychází z vyváženého zastoupení všech zájmových skupin (organizací zaměstnavatelů, odborů a různých zájmových skupin).
V EHSV byl v roce 2004 vytvořen monitorovací výbor Východoevropští sousedé jako zvláštní orgán odpovědný za vztahy s občanskou společností v zemích východního sousedství. Monitorovací výbor se obvykle schází čtyřikrát ročně a jeho členové se aktivně podílejí na činnostech Východního partnerství, jako jsou vícestranné platformy a Fóra občanské společnosti Východního partnerství.
The opinion will provide an opportunity to get the views of Albanian civil society organisations in the course of a study visit to Albania.
On 26 September, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) approved an own-initiative opinion to mark the 10th anniversary of the Eastern Partnership (EaP). In this opinion, the EESC acknowledges the important achievements of this initiative, but also calls for further reforms in the areas of democratisation and fundamental freedoms. The opinion insists on the need to strengthen the role of civil society and to provide credible EU membership prospects to EaP states.
The 3rd meeting of the EU-Ukraine Civil Society Platform (CSP) held in Kyiv on 8-9 November focused on labour market regulation and antidiscrimination legislation and practices in Ukraine, as well as reviewed the progress of the reforms undertaken within the Association Agreement process. The civil society organisations of the EU and Ukraine strongly called for the EU Member States to push, with all necessary political and economic means, for the restoration of Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, establishing peace and solving the humanitarian problems of the residents of these and adjoining territories. Opening the meeting, Alfredas Jonuška ...
Georgia has the best track record in freedom of media among the Eastern Partnership countries, but nevertheless sustained efforts are called for in order to raise the standard of journalistic quality, objectivity and ethics, as well as secure their independence and sources of financing. This was one of the main messages of the EU-Georgia Civil Society Platform (CSP)'s second meeting held on 16th February at the EESC. The Platform also made recommendations for the Georgian government to ...
The 1st and inaugural meeting of the EU-Georgia Civil Society Platform (CSP) was held on 16th June 2016 in Tbilisi and was co-chaired by Andrzej Adamczyk, member of the EESC, and Kakha Gogolashvili, chairman of the Georgian National Platform at the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum. The participants in the first CSP meeting adopted a joint declaration, assessing the state of play of the EU-Georgia Association Agreement's implementation and acknowledging the considerable progress achieved by Georgia since the beginning of the Association process. Nevertheless, they called ...
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) hosted a high-level conference on 5 September to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Eastern Partnership.
The 2nd meeting of the EU-Georgia Civil Society Platform (CSP) will be held on 16 February 2017 at the EESC. The CSP complements the political bodies existing within the framework of the EU-Georgia Association Agreement, and it allows civil society organisations from both sides to monitor the implementation process and prepare recommendations to the relevant authorities both in Georgia as well as in the European Union.
The CSP is made up of nine members from both Parties, representing the EESC and large European civil society networks, on the one side, and civil society organisations from Georgia, on the other side.
The 7th meeting of the EU Domestic Advisory Group under the EU-Ukraine DCFTA took place on 19 September 2019 in Brussels. Please click on the programme tab to consult the topics on the agenda.
The Civil Society Platform complements the political bodies existing within the framework of the EU-Moldova Association Agreement, and it allows civil society organisations from both sides to monitor the implementation process and prepare their recommendations to the relevant authorities both in the Republic of Moldova as well as in the European Union. At this fourth meeting, participants discussed Human rights and democratic institutions in Moldova.
The CSP complements the political bodies existing within the framework of the EU-Moldova Association Agreement, and it allows civil society organisations from both sides to monitor the implementation process and prepare their recommendations to the relevant authorities both in the Republic of Moldova as well as in the European Union.
