1st European Civil Society Forum on Trade and Sustainable Development

The EESC hosted the European Civil Society Forum on Trade and Sustainable Development on 29 March 2022 (9:30 to 17:30).

The Forum aimed to break down the silos and enable inclusive and interactive debates between institutions, academia and civil society, all on an equal footing.

The event covered topics relevant to trade and sustainable development (TSD) – from substantive rights through monitoring to enforcement and much more. The ambition was to feed innovative ideas and concrete recommendations to the ongoing reflections on the future of EU TSD policy, in the double context of the review of the 15-point action plan and recent trade and sustainability developments outside the EU.