Relations with the national Economic and Social Councils of the European Union - Related Newsletters

Debates on:

• Mid-term revision of the Multiannual Financial Framework, with the participation of Johannes Hahn, Commissioner for Budget and Administration, and Margarida Marques, Member of the European Parliament, Vice-Chair of the Committee on Budgets
• Presentation of the European Citizens' Initiative "Fur Free Europe'', with the participation of Elise Fleury, ECI organiser, Campaign Lead, Eurogroup for Animals, and Tilly Metz, Member of the European Parliament, Vice-Chair of the subcommittee on Public Health
• Support for civil society in the area of fundamental rights in Member States and enlargement countries, with the participation of Ivanka Shalapatova, Minister of Labour and Social Policy of the Republic of Bulgaria

• The future role of civil society in the enlargement process, with the participation of Oliver Várhelyi, Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement (video message), Majlinda Bregu, Secretary-General of the Regional Cooperation Council, and representatives of civil society organisations from candidate countries
• European Strategy for Older Persons, linked to the adoption of the exploratory opinion SOC/757 on the European Strategy for Older Persons requested by the Spanish Presidency, with the participation of Dubravka Šuica, European Commission Vice-President for Democracy and Demography, and Dr Heidrun Mollenkopf, President of the AGE Platform Europe

• Debate on Electricity market reform, with Bram De Wispelaere, Deputy Chief of Staff Market, Ministry for Energy of Belgium and with Pedro Linares, Professor of the Higher Technical School of Engineering (ICAI) in Madrid
• Debate with María Rodriguez, President European Youth Forum, Agata Meysner, President of Generation Climate Europe and Mireia Nadal Chiva, Chief Operating Officer of ReDI School of Digital Integration / Friends of Europe 

Mid-term renewal

Debates on Wednesday 22 March 2023:

• Beyond the crisis: which way forward for the EU energy policy?, with Kadri Simson, Commissioner for Energy 
• Towards strong, inclusive and resilient labour markets in the European Union, with Marina Elvira Calderone, Minister of Labour and Social Policies of Italy 
• Building partnerships with civil society to accelerate the achievement of the SDGs, with Ambassador Lachezara Stoeva, President of the United Nations Economic and Social Council

Debate on Thursday 23 March:

• 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 
• One year from the start of the war in Ukraine – Impact of the war on people in Ukraine and in the EU, linked to the adoption of EESC resolution on "Ukraine: One year after the Russian invasion – the European Civil Society Perspective", with Oleksandra Matviichuk, Head of the Centre for Civic L

• 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.
• Mid-term assessment of the progress towards the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda - organised civil society's perspective, with Guillaume Lafortune, Vice-President of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (UN SDSN), on Tuesday 2

• Debate on "The impact of COVID-19 on fundamental rights and the rule of law across the EU and the future of democracy" with Věra Jourová, European Commission Vice-President for Values and Transparency, 
• Debate entitled "How can we create a more resilient, innovative and sustainable tourism?" with Martha Schultz, Managing Director of the Schultz Group, Vice-President of EUROCHAMBRES and Vice-President of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber; Alberto Corti, Head of the Tourism Sector of the Italian General Confederation of Enterprises, Professions and Self-Employment Confcommercio-Imp