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, evaluation 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
Det Europæiske Økonomiske og Sociale Udvalg (EØSU) er stolt over at kunne præsentere finalisterne inden for hver kategori af de første EU-priser for økologi, der i samarbejde med Kommissionen og flere andre partnere uddeles for at belønne topkvalitet i den europæiske økologiske værdikæde. Vinderne af de forskellige kategorier vil blive offentliggjort på EU-dagen for økologi den 23. september ved en særlig ceremoni med EU's landbrugskommissær, Janusz Wojciechowski.
Inspirerende lokale initiativer er bevis på, at den økologiske omstilling allerede er i gang i hele Europa. Første trin af evalueringsprocessen er nu afsluttet, og efter nøje vurdering af alle ansøgninger har vi inden for de tre kategorier udvalgt følgende finalister:
Gino Girolomoni Cooperativa Agricola – Isola del Piano, provinsen Pesaro e Urbino, Italien
Goodvenience.bio GmbH – Magdala, Thüringen, Tyskland
Labonca Biohof GmbH – Burgau, Steiermark, Østrig
Ecoveritas SA – Barcelona, Spanien
La ferme à l’arbre de Liège – Lantin, Liège, Belgien
BIO MERCATO, seiVital GmbH – Kempten, Bayern, Tyskland
Trattino – Lyon, Frankrig
Lilla Bjers HB – Visby, Gotland, Sverige
Luftburg – Kolarik im Prater – Wien, Østrig
Du kan finde flere oplysninger om kandidaterne og udvælgelseskriterierne og om priserne generelt på webstedet for EU-priserne for økologi og på EØSU's websted.