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
Meeting with George Katrougalos, Alternate Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece
Meeting with Hugo Yasky, Secretary-General of the "CTA de los Trabajadores", at 15:00.
Meeting with Germán Barrios, president of the Castilla-León ESC at 12:30.
Opening speech at the conference: "The European Caravan of Legality arrives at the European Institutions", organised by "la Ligue de l'enseignement", "cultura contro camorra", "arci" and EESC at 10:00.
Speech at the conference: "Europe after Brexit", organised by the foundation "Ceci n'est pas une crise" and the association "Stand Up for Europe" at 19:30.
Opening speech at the conference: "New economy models and social innovation: an opportunity for a better Europe", organised by the EESC INT section at 14:30.
Participation in the action for raising awareness of the difficulties encountered by persons with disabilities organised by the Committees for Equal Opportunities (COPEC) of EESC and CoR at 11:00.
Opening speech at the public hearing: "The situation of refugees and migrants with disabilities", organised by EESC and its Permanent Study group on Disability rights at 09:30.
Official visit to the Republic of Ivory Coast.
Plenary Session of EESC at 09:00.
