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.
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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.
Participation in the event for the 20th anniversary of the Ferrero European Works Council. The EESC president will speak about the Current situation and the future: Strategy of Europe2020, on 27 October at 09:30
The Euromed Summit brings together some 120 participants from a range of economic and social councils, or similar institutions, representatives of employers, trade unions, other economic and social interests groups and NGOs from countries which are members of the Union for the Mediterranean. You can find more information here.
Participation in the conference: "Reinventing Europe: which roadmap for a new European renaissance?". The EESC president will make his intervention at the round table: "Towards an appropriate answer to the challenge of migrants and refugees crisis?" at 14:30