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
Under en debat i EØSU den 24. januar kom det frem, at EU ikke opfylder målene i FN's 2030-dagsorden. Der er dog stadig håb forude. EU har nemlig mulighed for at tage føringen, bl.a. gennem økonomisk støtte, og EØSU spiller en vigtig rolle i forbindelse med overvågningen af processen.
EØSU's plenarforsamling i januar dannede rammerne for en debat med Guillaume Lafortune, næstformand for FN's Sustainable Development Solutions Network (UN SDSN), om gennemførelsen af FN's verdensmål for bæredygtig udvikling.
Guillaume Lafortune præsenterede rapporten om bæredygtig udvikling i Europa 2022, der var udarbejdet med støtte fra EØSU. Ifølge Guillaume Lafortune opfylder EU ikke de fastsatte mål. Samtidig skorter det på fremskridt verden over, og især udviklingslandene, der kæmper med finansieringsvanskeligheder, sakker bagud.
I rapporten anbefales det, at EU slår til lyd for en global plan inden for FN for at øge den internationale økonomiske støtte til verdensmålene. EØSU's formand Christa Schweng var enig i denne idé og fremhævede, at EU's lederskab har stor betydning for skabelsen af globale forandringer.
EØSU vil også komme til at spille en vigtig rolle i forbindelse med Kommissionens første frivillige revision i juli 2023, hvor udvalget vil få til opgave at indhente synspunkter fra interessenter om fremskridtene med verdensmålene. EØSU anbefalede en tværgående tilgang til målene i betragtning af sammenhængen mellem målene for bæredygtig udvikling og deres respektive delmål og foreslog at lancere en ny platform for at fremme en struktureret inddragelse af civilsamfundet i politikker vedrørende målene for bæredygtig udvikling. (gb)