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.
The event is part of the Posting 360 programme and the European Labour Authority (ELA)-led workstream on posting of third country nationals (TCNs). As a follow-up to the 2023-24 workshops on posting, the ELA is launching the ELA Report on contracting chains and recruitment of TCNs in the EU, alongside a discussion on safeguards for posted TCN workers and the role of social partners and civil society in supporting them.
An end of mandate interview with Diandra Ní Bhuachalla, the European Economic and Social Committee's (EESC's) youth delegate to COP for the 2023-2024 mandate. She participated in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) COP28 and COP29 as an active member of the EESC's delegation and contributed to the work of the EESC's Ad Hoc Group (AHG) on COP.
On Tuesday 28 January, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) and the UN Human Rights Regional Office for Europe, in partnership with the Human Rights and Democracy Network (HRDN), hosted an interactive dialogue between civil society representatives and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker TÜRK. The discussions highlighted concerns over shrinking civic space, disinformation, threats to democracy, the need for stronger protections for human rights defenders, migration policies, international justice and corporate accountability.
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Political and social polarisation – increasingly present in both the European and global political landscape – poses a significant threat to the stability of democratic systems. At the same time, it is democracy itself that offers a possible solution. That solution is participation, making one’s voice heard and listened to, encouraging co-creation rather than polarisation and division.
(Organised by the European Citizen Action Service)
This interactive workshop explores how civil society organisations (CSOs) can effectively engage in the ECI process to amplify citizens’ voices in policymaking.