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 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
Frankrig overtager formandskabet for Rådet for Den Europæiske Union på et afgørende tidspunkt, hvor EU står over for en lang række udfordringer inden for sundhed, sociale spørgsmål, økonomi og miljø.
Blandt formandskabets hovedprioriteter finder man ambitionen om et mere suverænt EU, når det gælder migration, forsvar og naboskabspolitik. Andre grundlæggende mål er f.eks. opbygning af en ny europæisk model, der forener den økonomiske, miljømæssige og sociale dimension, og styrkelse af vores følelse af fælles tilhørsforhold, som er det europæiske projekts eksistensberettigelse og står i centrum for konferencen om Europas fremtid. Under sit formandskab for Rådet for Den Europæiske Union agter Frankrig ligeledes at lytte til de unge, som bliver hyldet med det europæiske ungdomsår i 2022.
EØSU har til hensigt at arbejde tæt sammen med det franske formandskab og sørge for, at de europæiske civilsamfundsorganisationer kommer til orde. Udvalget glæder sig til at samarbejde med formandskabet om at skabe et stærkt EU, der er tæt på borgerne. Denne brochure beskriver de vigtigste aktiviteter og initiativer, som EØSU vil give sig i kast med for at støtte formandskabet.
Brochuren findes på engelsk, fransk og tysk på EØSU's websted. Trykte udgaver kan rekvireres ved henvendelse til vipcese@eesc.europa.eu. (af)