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
The "Dessine-moi... (Draw me...)" column is coming to an end. These final articles add to and enhance the collection of stories that have been shared with us since the start of the pandemic. These heartfelt accounts of this period of involuntary isolation have moved us and encouraged us to find beauty in others, give more thought to the meaning of life and be more aware of the importance of seizing the moment.
Thank you to the members who contributed to the final instalment of our series: Claudine Otto, Giulia Barbucci, Laure Batut, Bente Sorgenfrey, Karolina Dreszer-Smalec, Dilyana Slavova, Renate Heinisch, Janusz Pietkiewicz, Jože Smole, Martin Siecker and Arnaud Schwartz.
On behalf of the entire EESC info team, we would like to thank the 43 representatives of the 27 Member States who gave their time and provided written accounts to give readers the pleasure of finding out new things and the chance to immerse themselves in the authors' emotions and their thoughts on this difficult period we are living through.