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Innovation is the real driver of growth and the key to creating employment, developing novel technologies and finding new solutions to tackle the challenges we face today and thus to increase competitiveness

26 February 2025 – The Employers’ Group strongly endorses the Commission’s decisive push for industrial and economic competitiveness through today’s publication of the Clean Industrial Deal and the Omnibus packages on sustainability and investment simplification. These measures signal a necessary shift towards cutting through regulatory deadweight and creating a business environment where European companies can scale, innovate, and compete globally, while staying aligned with our climate and social goals.

Agenda of the NAT Section meeting of 12 March 2025

Download — EESC-2025-00679-00-00-CONVPOJ-TRA — (Agenda)

Health and safety at work in the context of new technologies and AI

Download — EESC-2024-03858-00-00-PA-TRA — (SOC/0818)

Inclusion of persons with disabilities in the context of new technologies and AI

Download — EESC-2024-04195-00-00-PA-TRA — (SOC/0816)

Crises and crisis phenomena in modern Europe and civil society

Download — EESC-2024-03332-00-00-PA-TRA — (SOC/0812)

Five years left to complete the 2030 Agenda

In this issue:

  • Our members reflect on the implementation of the UN' 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, with its 17 goals;
  • Guest articles by Caillum HEDDERMAN (European Youth Forum), Jeffrey MOXOM (SDG Watch Europe), Anya SUPRUNENKO (European Youth Parliament) and Ivor MEŠTROVIĆ (European Youth Parliament);
  • Comments on three years of war in Ukraine and President Trump's first days in office;
  • Reports on our recent elections and 2024 work programme;
  • Interview with rapporteur Alain COHEUR on EESC opinion INT/1044 on 'Combatting poverty and social exclusion: harnessing the power of the social economy and socio-economic innovations'.
  • Civil Society Organisations' Bulletin - February 2025