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 år, 2022, vil EØSU sammen med Kommissionen, Det Europæiske Regionsudvalg (RU), Copa-Cogeca og IFOAM Organics Europe arrangere de første EU-priser for økologi med henblik på at anerkende topkvalitet og belønne de bedste og mest innovative aktører i EU's økologiske værdikæde.
EU's priser for økologi (#EUOrganic awards) omfatter 7 kategorier og 8 priser for bedste økologiske:
EØSU, som i årevis har været fortaler for en mere bæredygtig samlet fødevarepolitik i EU, vil stå for tre af priserne, nemlig bedste økologiske SMV, bedste økologiske fødevareforhandler og bedste økologiske restaurant. Ansøgningsblanketten findes her.
Der vil være åbent for onlineansøgninger fra den 25. marts til den 8. juni 2022 her.
Der vil blive afholdt en ceremoni på den årlige EU-dag for økologi den 23. september 2022, hvor vinderne vil præsentere deres innovative projekter og modtage en ikkeøkonomisk anerkendelse.
Baggrund
Kommissionen har fastsat et mål om, at 25 % af EU's landbrugsjord skal være omstillet til økologisk drift inden 2030. Til støtte for det mål vedtog Kommissionen i marts 2021 handlingsplanen for udvikling af økologisk produktion. Denne handlingsplan anlægger den tilgang, at for at stimulere økologisk produktion og forbrug, er det afgørende at gøre offentligheden mere bevidst om kendetegn og fordele. Handlingsplanen omfatter derfor årlige hæderspriser som en af strategierne for at nå dette mål. (mr)