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
Den klimakrise, som verden befinder sig i, har mobiliseret millioner af unge rundt om i verden, hvoraf mange er dybt påvirket af den trussel, som krisen udgør for deres fremtid. Samtidig er det de unge, der gentagne gange har vist deres energi, kreativitet og motivation til at udfordre de nuværende ikkebæredygtige modeller og tilskynde beslutningstagerne til at vedtage ambitiøse politikker. Der er imidlertid stadig langt fra at lytte til dem og reelt forholde sig til, hvad de siger.
EØSU søger i sin udtalelse at mindske denne kløft og betragter en struktureret og formel inddragelse af de unge på alle stadier af EU's beslutningsprocesser som afgørende.
"Europa og resten af verden har brug for ambitioner, lederskab og handling. Vores systemer bygger på at låne fra fremtiden, og nu er tiden inde til at begynde at investere i den", understregede ordfører for udtalelsen, Cillian Lohan.
I den forbindelse foreslår EØSU, at der indføres rundbordsdiskussioner for unge om klima og bæredygtighed med EØSU som vært i samarbejde med Kommissionen og Europa-Parlamentet, og at der medtages en ungdomsdelegeret i den officielle EU-delegation på UNFCCC's klimakonferencemøder.
Dette er en mulighed, der kun opstår én gang i en generation, for at afhjælpe systemiske uligheder og bevæge sig mod en bedre fremtid. (mr)