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
I denne klumme byder vi velkommen til fremtrædende personligheder inden for videnskab, journalistik, kultur og det sociale og politiske liv.
I denne måned er vores gæst Oleksandra Matviichuk, som er menneskerettighedsforkæmper og leder af Center for Civil Liberties (Ukraine). Hun har erfaring med at skabe horisontale strukturer for at få et stort antal mennesker til at engagere sig i menneskerettighedsaktiviteter, ikke mindst i forbindelse med initiativet Euromaidan-SOS, og så har hun adskillige års erfaring med at dokumentere krigsforbrydelser. Hun er forfatter bag en række rapporter udarbejdet for FN, Europarådet, EU, OSCE og Den Internationale Straffedomstol. Hun er initiativtager til kampagnen #SaveOlegSentsov for løsladelse af Oleg Sentsov og andre politiske fanger på Krim og i Donbas. Hun har modtaget prisen Democracy Defender Award for sit "enestående bidrag til fremme af demokrati og menneskerettigheder" i forbindelse med OSCE-missioner. I 2022 modtog Oleksandra Matviichuk prisen Right Livelihood Award og blev af Financial Times udråbt som en af verdens 25 mest indflydelsesrige kvinder. Også i 2022 fik centret for borgerlige rettigheder, som Oleksandra Matviichuk leder, tildelt Nobels fredspris sammen med Ales Bialiatski, en belarusisk aktivist for uafhængighed og demokrati og den russiske organisation Memorial.