Supporting labour market developments: how to maintain employability, boost productivity and develop skills, especially in SMEs, in the context of the European Year of Skills 2023 , with Stefano Scarpetta, Director for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs - OECD, Marianna Panebarco, Vice-president of SMEunited and of CNA Nazionale, Italy and Juan Antonio Pedreño, President of Social Economy Europe
The European Neighbourhood Policy – the Belarusian way, with Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Leader of the Belarusian democratic movement
European Union's responses to (geo-) political challenges in 2023 – the perspective of the European Parliament, with Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament, on Wednesday 25 January 2023 at 11 a.m.
Priorities of the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the European Union with Jessika Roswall, Minister for EU Affairs, Sweden, on Wednesday 25 January 2023 at 11.45 a.m.
30 years of the Single Market, our greatest success but also the biggest challenge for the next generation!, with Margrethe Vestager, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission, on Tuesday 24 January 2023 at 5.30 p.m.
Priorities of the European Committee of the Regions, with Vasco Alves Cordeiro, President of the European Committee of the Regions;
Debate on "Ensuring gender equality and tackling gender-based violence" with Cristina Fabre, Team leader on gender-based violence, European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE);
Priorities of the Czech Presidency of the Council, with Jan Lipavský, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic;
Resolution on the European Economic and Social Committee's contribution to the 2023 European Commission's work programme;
New EU-US Trade and Technology Council in action: priorities for business, workers and consumers and necessary safeguards, with Fredrik Erixon, economist and writer.
Digital rights and principles, with Professor Andrea RENDA, Senior Research Fellow and Head of Global Governance, Regulation, Innovation and the Digital Economy at the Centre for European Policy Studies;
The results and the follow-up of the Conference on the Future of Europe, with Dubravka ŠUICA, Vice-President of the European Commission for Democracy and Demography;
The situation in Ukraine and the adoption of the EESC resolution "Ukraine – from relief to reconstruction – proposals by European civil society", with H. E. Ambassador Vsevolod CHENTSOV, Head of the Ukrainian Mission to the European Union, Marta BARANDIY, representing Promote Ukraine, and Mariya KOROLCHUK, representing the Community Organised Relief Effort (CORE) and Funky Citizens.
Debate on European responses to strengthen our economies and societies against the background of the current geopolitical context, with Charles Michel, President of the European Council
Debate on Recovery & Resilience, linked to the adoption of the resolution "Involvement of Organised Civil Society in the National Recovery and Resilience Plans – How can we improve it?"
Presentation of the priorities of the French Presidency, with the remote participation of Clément BEAUNE, Secretary of State for European Affairs in the French Government
Debate on Securing Media Freedom and Diversity in Europe with Ricardo Gutiérrez, Secretary-General of the European Federation of Journalists and Julie Majerczak, Head of Brussels Office of Reporters without Borders,
Debate on the Cohesion policy with Elisa Ferreira, Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms,
Save-the-date: The annual meeting of presidents and secretaries-general of the national ESCs of the EU and the EESC
Presentation of the Priorities of the Slovenian Presidency (linked to opinion SOC/684) by Anže Logar, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia
Debate on "A post-Covid economy that works for all - Towards a well-being economy?" with Tim Jackson, economist; Fabrice Murtin, economist; Sandrine Dixson-Declève, co-president of the Club of Rome; and James Watson, ECON Director at Business Europe
Debate on "Artificial Intelligence and Real Values: Our Digital Future" (linked to opinions INT/933, INT/942 and INT/943) with Jayant Narayan, who is managing the World Economic Forum’s Global AI Action Alliance
Debate on the European Green Deal with Frans Timmermans, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission
EESC's contribution to the European Commission's 2022 work programme.
New Strategy for the Implementation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights and the European Democracy Action Plan with Didier Reynders, European Commissioner for Justice