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
I vores rubrik "Et spørgsmål til …" beder vi EØSU-medlemmer svare på et aktuelt spørgsmål, som vi finder særlig relevant.
I maj-/juniudgaven har vi bedt Laurenţiu Plosceanu, formand for Sektionen for Beskæftigelse, Sociale Spørgsmål og Unionsborgerskab, om at kommentere de sociale spørgsmål, der blev drøftet på det sociale topmøde i Porto, navnlig set i relation til EØSU's arbejde i de kommende år.
"Der er ikke nogen social dimension uden et solidt økonomisk grundlag."
EØSU info-spørgsmål: Den 7. og 8. maj deltog stats- og regeringslederne og arbejdsmarkedets parter i det sociale topmøde i Porto, som er blevet fremhævet som et potentielt historisk øjeblik for Europas engagement i sociale rettigheder. Formålet var at skabe stærk politisk fremdrift for den europæiske søjle for sociale rettigheder og gennemførelsen af handlingsplanen herfor, som skal sætte skub i beskæftigelsen og sikre lige muligheder og social beskyttelse for alle. Hvilke opgaver ser du som de vigtigste for EØSU i de kommende år med hensyn til resultaterne af dette topmøde og de sociale spørgsmål, som blev drøftet?