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Opinion
Adopted on 18/09/2020
Reference: 
NAT/788-EESC-2020

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.

EESC opinion: Towards structured youth engagement on climate and sustainability in the EU decision-making process (own-initiative opinion)

Opinion
Adopted on 15/05/2019
Reference: 
SOC/611-EESC-2018

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.

EESC opinion: European Philanthropy: an untapped potential (Exploratory opinion at the request of the Romanian Presidency)

Opinion
Adopted on 21/03/2019
Reference: 
SOC/612-EESC-2018

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.

EESC opinion: Education about the European Union (Exploratory opinion at the request of the Romanian Presidency)

Opinion
Adopted on 20/03/2019
Reference: 
SOC/617-EESC-2019

In 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.

EESC opinion: Resources for the specific allocation for the Youth Employment Initiative (Amendment)

Opinion
Adopted on 17/10/2018
Reference: 
SOC/603-EESC-2018-04028-00-00

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.

EESC opinion: European Solidarity Corps (2018)

Opinion
Adopted on 06/12/2017
Reference: 
SOC/565-EESC-2017-02650-00-00-AC-TRA

The opinion deals with the prevention of "radicalisation" of young people. For the purpose of this opinion, radicalisation is understood as a process through which individuals or groups become extremists eventually using, promoting or advocating violence for their aims. The opinion highlights activities undertaken by civil society and calls for continuing to work on a coherent EU-concept, including sustainable and effective European support, funding and coordination.

EESC opinion: Cooperation with civil society to prevent the radicalisation of young people (own-initiative opinion)

Opinion
Adopted on 16/09/2015
Reference: 
SOC/521-EESC-2015-00802-00-00-ac-tra
Plenary session: 
510 -
Sep 16, 2015 Sep 17, 2015

EESC opinion: Recognition of skills and qualifications acquired through non-formal and informal learning – the practical input of organised civil society

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