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.
At its plenary session on 18 February, the EESC held a debate on 'Moving Europe in times of crisis: military mobility, transport resilience and their social dimension'. Read the key messages of the members of the EESC Civil Society Organisations’ Group.
At its plenary session on 19 March, the EESC held a debate on the emotional ehealth of young people and children in the EU. Read the key messages of the members of the EESC Civil Society Organisations’ Group.
ByArnaud SCHWARTZ, EESC rapporteur of the opinion 'EU Bioeconomy strategy - Towards a circular, regenerative and competitive bioeconomy' and member of the Civil Society Organisations’ Group, representing the 'France Nature Environnement' (FNE)
The EESC March plenary saw the adoption of an exploratory opinion on housing at the request of the Cyprus Presidency of the EU which calls for more ambitious initiatives from the European institutions while recognising that the competence must remain national, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity.