The EESC issues between 160 and 190 opinions, evaluation and information reports a year.
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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.
Meeting with Patrick Bernasconi, president of the french Economic, Social and Environmental Council (CESE) and the presidents of the groups of CESE at 12:30
DiscussionofEESCwith the organised civilsociety of Greece and the Greek Economic and Social Council. The EESC president will open the discussion with a speech at 09:30
Opening speech at the conference: Reforms needed to re-launch Greek competitiveness, at 10:00. The conference is organised by the EESC and the Economic and Social Committee of Greece
Speech at the conference: The apprenticeships of the future: Moving Europe. The intervention of the EESC president will take place at 10:50 in the presentation of the pilot project "European framework for mobility of apprentices"