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
Der var online Europadag i år i EØSU, hjemstedet for det organiserede civilsamfund i EU! Med en række aktiviteter på sit websted fejrede udvalget Den Europæiske Union og 71-årsdagen for Schumanerklæringen – udgangspunktet for den europæiske integration – ved at fremhæve den centrale og enestående rolle, som civilsamfundsorganisationerne spiller i Europa i disse tider, fra deres engagement i genopretningen til deres vitale arbejde med at tage sig af vores daglige udfordringer.
Den brede dagsorden for dagen omfattede onlinesamtaler, et 360 graders virtuelt besøg i udvalgets lokaler og andre interaktive aktiviteter, der gjorde det muligt for besøgende at få mere at vide om, hvordan EØSU arbejder, dets rådgivende funktion i EU's beslutningsproces og medlemmernes aktiviteter.
Udvalget afholdt også et webinar om "Deltagelsesdemokrati: en central søjle i konferencen om Europas fremtid" under ledelse af Cillian Lohan, næstformand med ansvar for kommunikation, hvor EØSU's medlemmer Milena Angelova, Tatjana Babrauskienė, Miroslav Hajnoš, Violeta Jelić og Elena Sinkevičiūtė drøftede, hvordan civilsamfundsorganisationerne kan spille en mere fremtrædende rolle på europæisk plan og gøre deres uvurderlige bidrag endnu mere virkningsfuldt.
Vi ser allerede frem til næste år, hvor EØSU's åbent hus-dag måske er tilbage i sine officielle lokaler, Jacques Delors-bygningen i EU-kvarteret i Bruxelles. (mp)