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) vedtog på plenarforsamlingen i juli en resolution om udvalgets bidrag til Kommissionens arbejdsprogram for 2021. I dokumentet hilses Kommissionens forslag til overvindelse af covid-19-krisen velkommen, og det kommende år betragtes som en mulighed for at omstrukturere og forbedre EU's økonomi og samfund.
I resolutionen, som EØSU har vedtaget, glæder udvalget sig i høj grad over og støtter fuldt ud Kommissionens forslag til planen "Next Generation EU" og til det samlede EU-budget for perioden 2021-2027, og der udtrykkes håb om, at dette "udvides fuldt ud og konkret" i Kommissionens arbejdsprogram for 2021.
Udvalget har formuleret sine specifikke forslag til arbejdsprogrammet for 2021 i overensstemmelse med Kommissionens hovedprioriteter.
EØSU's medlemmer mener, at arbejdsprogrammet bør fokusere på "omstrukturering og forbedring af vores økonomi og samfund med udgangspunkt i følgende principper: beskyttelse af menneskerettigheder og sociale rettigheder, demokratiske værdier og retsstatsprincippet, udnyttelse af det indre markeds fulde potentiale, opfyldelse af verdensmålene for bæredygtig udvikling (SDG), skabelse af en cirkulær økonomi og opnåelse af klimaneutralitet i EU senest i 2050 og sikring af god regeringsførelse og demokratisk ansvarlighed."