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
EØSU glæder sig over, at dets anbefalinger afspejles i Kommissionens forslag til en europæisk klimapagt, der støtter eksisterende og nye klimatiltag gennem peerlæring, uddannelse, kapacitetsopbygning, fjernelse af hindringer og lettere adgang til finansiering.
Med begrebet global kulstofneutralitet ændrede Parisaftalen den politiske diskurs og skubbede regeringer og interessenter i en handlingsorienteret retning. Dette resultat ville ikke have været muligt uden den hidtil usete mobilisering af alle civilsamfundsaktører. Aktiv deltagelse af "alle dele af samfundet" er en forudsætning for, at klimapolitikken kan lykkes i EU.
EØSU-medlem Peter Schmidt sagde: "Klimapagten er en stor mulighed for at udvikle en nyskabende og deltagelsesbaseret tilgang, der afspejler, støtter og inspirerer den indsats, der allerede gøres i civilsamfundet, i lokalsamfund og i byer og regioner."
EØSU ønsker at samarbejde med Kommissionen og andre EU-organer om i fællesskab at etablere en interessentplatform for den europæiske klimapagt baseret på principperne om inklusion, gennemsigtighed og reel deltagelse og ejerskab mellem klimaaktører på alle niveauer.
Derudover kan oprettelsen af et EU-forum for klimafinansiering som en del af pagten stimulere læringsprocesser, som er fuldt ud gensidige, lette adgangen til finansiering og fjerne hindringer. En mekanisme for inddragelse af de unge i processer vedrørende klima og bæredygtighed som f.eks. de rundbordsdiskussioner for unge om klima og bæredygtighed, som EØSU har foreslået, bør indgå i pagten. (mr)