European Economic
and Social Committee
European Economic
and Social Committee
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) is the voice of organised civil society in Europe.
Find out more about its role and structure at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/about
The EESC issues between 160 and 190 opinions and information reports a year.
It also organises several annual initiatives and events with a focus on civil society and citizens’ participation such as the Civil Society Prize, the Civil Society Days, the Your Europe, Your Say youth plenary and the ECI Day.
Find the latest EESC opinions and publications at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/our-work/opinions-information-reports/opinions and http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/our-work/publications-other-work/publications respectively.
The EESC is active in a wide range of areas, from social affairs to economy, energy and sustainability.
Learn more about our policy areas and policy highlights at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/policies
The EESC holds nine plenary sessions per year. It also organises many conferences, public hearings and high-level debates related to its work.
Find out more about our upcoming events at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/agenda/our-events/upcoming-events
Here you can find news and information about the EESC'swork, including its social media accounts, the EESC Info newsletter, photo galleries and videos.
Read the latest EESC news http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/news-media/news and press releases http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/news-media/press-releases
The EESC brings together representatives from all areas of organised civil society, who give their independent advice on EU policies and legislation. The EESC's326 Members are organised into three groups: Employers, Workers and Various Interests.
Find out more about our Members and groups at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/members-groups
The EESC has six sections, specialising in concrete topics of relevance to the citizens of the European Union, ranging from social to economic affairs, energy, environment, external relations or the internal market.
Find out more at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/sections-other-bodies
Næstformand Giulia Barbucci deltog på vegne af EØSU i den 42. udgave af løbet "Brussels 20 km race" den 29. maj sammen med repræsentanter for andre EU-institutioner, herunder formanden for Europa-Parlamentet, Roberta Metsola.
Det er ifølge Giulia Barbucci et vigtig arrangement, særligt lige nu. "Det vellykkede Brussels 20 km race, som blev løbet af 33.000 europæiske borgere og repræsentanter for EU's institutioner, sendte et stærkt budskab om fred og om at stå sammen med Ukraine," sagde hun.
Over 33.000 mennesker fra 137 lande deltog i årets løb, herunder 800 ansatte i "Running for Europe"-temaet. Ligesom i 2021 vandt den belgiske løber Amaury Paquet, som klarede de 20 km på 1:00:01.
I år var løbet dedikeret til at vise, at EU står sammen med Ukraine. De midler, der blev rejst med arrangementet, vil blive doneret til National Organization of the Scouts of Ukraine til at købe mad, lægemidler, soveposer og andre nødvendige forsyninger samt til koordinering af psykologisk støtte til mennesker og lokalsamfund, der er berørt af konflikten. (ehp)