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
Netop samtidig med at Portugal overtager roret i EU og skubber den sociale dagsorden højere op på listen over prioriteter, er EØSU vært for en virtuel udstilling af værker af den portugisiske kunstner Maria Reis Roca, der hylder menneskelige forbindelser og solidaritet.
Hand in Hand omfatter en række illustrationer og korte videoer af Maria Reis Rocha (https://www.mariareisrocha.com/) om yderst aktuelle sociale anliggender såsom mental sundhed, social deltagelse og transformation, kvalitetsuddannelse, universel adgang til sundhedspleje, bekæmpelse af fattigdom og racisme og børns rettigheder.
Disse emner hænger tæt sammen med prioriteterne for det portugisiske formandskab (et modstandsdygtigt EU, et socialt EU, et grønt EU, et digitalt EU og et globalt EU), der begynder den 1. januar 2021.
Som en kulturel nyskabelse vil udstillingen blive præsenteret digitalt som følge af covid-19-pandemien, og den vil løbe fra 15. januar til 15. februar 2021 på:https://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/agenda/our-events/events/hand-hand (ck)