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
Af EØSU's Gruppe Diversitet Europa
Med indledningen af EØSU's nye mandatperiode (2020-2025) overtog Séamus Boland formandskabet for Gruppen Diversitet Europa. Gruppen bekræftede hans nye rolle på det første møde i den nye mandatperiode, som blev afholdt den 27. oktober.
Séamus Boland vil under sit formandskab sætte fokus på emnet "fattigdom og civilsamfundsorganisationernes rolle i bekæmpelsen deraf". I overensstemmelse med dette emne vil gruppens prioriteter for embedsperioden 2020-2023 omfatte:
Séamus Bolands kandidatur til formandsposten var drevet af ønsket om at tale civilsamfundets sag og styrke dets stemme. Den nye irske formand vil i den forbindelse arbejde på at imødekomme civilsamfundets overordnede behov og sikre arbejde af høj kvalitet og solide procedurer i EØSU.
Den nye formand vil lede Gruppen Diversitet Europa sammen med syv næstformænd:
Pietro Vittorio Barbieri (IT), Jan Dirx (NL), Kinga Joó (HU), Rudolf Kolbe (AT), Ariane Rodert (SE), Simo Tiainen (FI) og Ioannis Vardakastanis (EL).
Under EØSU's konstituerende plenarforsamling i oktober udpegede forsamlingen medlemmer af Gruppen Diversitet Europa til forskellige lederroller. Blandt andet blev Cillian Lohan udpeget som næstformand for EØSU med ansvar for kommunikation.
Nærmere oplysninger kan findes på gruppens hjemmeside.