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.
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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.
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.
The delegation to Hungary included Janusz Pietkiewicz (Poland, Employers Group), Erika Koller (Hungary, Workers Group) and Ákos Topolánszky (Hungary, Various Interests Group), supported by Ana Dumitrache and András Egyedi, EESC secretariat.
The delegation to Italy was composed of Vladimira Drbalová (Czech Republic, Employers Group), José Antonio Moreno Díaz (Spain, Workers Group) and Antonio Longo (Italy, Various interests Group), supported by Valeria Atzori, EESC secretariat, and Daniela Rondinelli, Office of the President.
The delegation to Malta was composed of Stefano Mallia (Malta, Employers Group), Berivan Muhriban Öngörur (Sweden, Workers Group) and Christian Moos (Germany, Various Interests Group) and supported by Annemarie Wiersma, EESC secretariat.
The delegation to Poland was composed of Stéphane Buffetaut (France, Employers Group), Adam Rogalewski (Poland, Workers Group) and Karolina Dreszer-Smalec (Poland, Various Interests Group), supported by Barbara Walentynowicz, EESC secretariat.
The delegation to Slovenia was composed of Madi Sharma (United Kingdom, Employers' Group), Andrej Zorko (Slovenia, Workers' Group) and Primož Šporar (Slovenia, Various interests Group), supported by June Bedaton from the EESC secretariat.
The delegation to Sweden was composed of Karin Ekenger (Sweden, Employers Group), Anica Milićević-Pezelj (Croatia, Workers Group) and Ulrika Westerlund (Sweden, Various interests Group) on 16/12 in Stockholm, and Oskar Wallner (Sweden, Various interests Group) on 17/12 in Malmö. The delegation was supported by Annemarie Wiersma, EESC secretariat.
The delegation to Austria was composed of Christa Schweng (Austria, Employers Group), Hans-Joachim Wilms (Germany, Workers Group) and Alfred Gajdosik (Austria, Various interests Group), supported by Judite Berkemeier, EESC secretariat.