In our "One question to ..." column, Jacques Glorieux, one of the most experienced members in the EESC's Consultative Commission on Industrial Change (CCMI), comments on the CCMI's forthcoming 20th anniversary.

Jacques Glorieux is on the board of several chambers of commerce in Belgium and Luxembourg and is vice-president of the Belgian Chambers. From 1998 to July 2002, he represented the Belgian coal sector in the consultative commission of the European Coal and Steel Community. He joined the EESC in the newly established CCMI in 2002 and is currently a member of its steering body, the bureau. He actively participates in all CCMI coal-related activities, such as the coal round tables and the "Coal regions in transition" initiative as part of the European Commission's Just Transition Platform.