Opinion
Adopted on 27/10/2020
Reference:
SOC/647-EESC-2020Rapporteur:
Co-rapporteur:
Youth
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Opinion
Adopted on 18/09/2020
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SOC/634-EESC-2020Rapporteur:
In this own-initiative opinion, the EESC calls on the European Union to develop a coherent and uniform approach to protecting unaccompanied foreign minors in Europe. It urges the European Commission to draw up a Directive on the protection of unaccompanied minors that serves the best interests of the child. The principle of "the best interests of the child" should take precedence over all other national and international law. The EESC calls on the Member States to evaluate minority based on a body of evidence, consisting principally of the declarations by the person in question, civil status documents presented and interviews with the person. Given that bone tests are not really reliable, the EESC calls for them to simply be stopped.
Opinion
Adopted on 18/09/2020
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NAT/788-EESC-2020Rapporteur:
This opinion will look into the possibilities to engage with young people in a formal way at institutional level and provide the building blocks for a new structured approach to youth engagement at EU level.
Opinion
Adopted on 10/06/2020
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SOC/653-EESC-2020Opinion
Adopted on 15/05/2019
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SOC/611-EESC-2018Rapporteur:
The objective of the opinion, requested by the Romanian Presidency, is to explore which measures and initiatives should be taken at EU and national level in order to promote organised philanthropy and eliminate barriers within the internal market that are hindering the realisation of its full potential, so as to maximize its contribution to EU values, such as cohesion, social justice and European Policies, and to the competitiveness of the European economy.
The opinion is expected to feed into the Romanian presidency programme and into the political priorities for the new Commission.
Opinion
Adopted on 21/03/2019
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SOC/612-EESC-2018Rapporteur:
Co-rapporteur:
Pavel TRANTINA (Czech Republic)
The opinion, requested by the Romanian Presidency, aims to look at possible ways through which people can acquire solid knowledge about the European Union, its foundations, procedures and actions, as well as its positive achievements and the concrete benefits it offers. This type of education would contribute towards building citizens' ownership over the European decision-making process and ensure that their vision, needs and priorities are adequately reflected in the European agenda at all levels.
Opinion
Adopted on 20/03/2019
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SOC/617-EESC-2019In this opinion, the Committee endorses, without comments, the Commission's proposal on the resources for the specific allocation for the Youth Employment Initiative.
The objective of the proposal is to adapt the amounts of resources available for economic, social and territorial cohesion set out in Article 91(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/20131, the amount of resources for the specific allocation for the Youth Employment Initiative ('YEI') set out in Article 92(5) of that Regulation and the annual breakdown of commitment appropriations reflected in Annex VI of that Regulation to reflect the increase of the resources of the YEI, in line with the adopted budget for 2019. More specifically, commitment appropriations for the specific allocation for the YEI should be increased by an amount of EUR 116,7 million in current prices, bringing the overall amount for 2019 up to EUR 350 million.
Opinion
Adopted on 18/10/2018
Reference:
SOC/589-EESC-2018Referral:
COM(2018) 269 final Rapporteur:
Co-rapporteur:
Adam ROGALEWSKI (Poland)
Opinion
Adopted on 17/10/2018
Reference:
SOC/603-EESC-2018-04028-00-00Referral:
COM(2018) 440 final 2018/0230 CODCOM(2018) 440 final 2018/0230 CODCOM(2018) 440 final 2018/0230 CODCOM(2018) 440 final 2018/0230 CODRapporteur:
In its opinion, the EESC welcomes the commitment to the renewed European Solidarity Corps (ESC) with an increased budget and target for participation. It also appreciates the merging with the EU Aid Volunteers. The Committee believes that in the future, the EU needs to develop two independent support programmes, one for youth and one for volunteering.
The EESC makes a series of concrete recommendations, such as: 1) the employment strand of the ECS needs to be subject to strict regulation and regular review; 2) there should be no age restriction on the ESC as it should be a support for volunteering; 3) the ESC should be restricted to the not for profit sector; 4)the main civil society platforms in the field (the European Youth Forum and the European Volunteering Centre) should be centrally involved in the regulation and oversight of the ESC.
Opinion
Adopted on 17/10/2018
Reference:
SOC/602-EESC-2018-03863-00-00-AC-TRARapporteur:
Co-rapporteur:
Imse SPRAGG NILSSON (Sweden)