Comité Económico y Social Europeo
The Consultative Committee (CC) is one of the 5 institutions foreseen in the EU-CARIFORUM Economic Partnership Agreement. The CC is composed of 40 (25 from the CARIFORM side and 15 from the EU side) standing representatives of organisations of the civil society representing employers' organisations, trade unions, other economic, social and non-governmental organisations, including development and environmental organisations; and the academic community.
This joint LMO – European Commission conference aimed at 1) looking at the lessons learned from all the recent efforts for the labour market and social integration of refugees; 2) discuss on how these developments can be used to address other challenges across EU societies and labour markets, notably for giving more opportunities to other vulnerable or disadvantaged groups.
The event included plenary sessions as well as parallel workshops to allow fruitful discussions between policy makers, experts and civil society representatives.
The EESC is organising a public hearing on "Air Traffic Management continuity in an Open and Connected Europe". This hearing is part of the Committee's work on opinion TEN/641 Aviation: An Open and Connected Europe. In the presence of the EC's Director-General Henrik Hololei and Filip Cornelis, Director of Aviation Policy, the Committee will bring together key stakeholders from the aviation sector, trade unions, regulators, and passenger associations, to take stock of the current situation in terms of service continuity and to explore ways forward that create added value for all stakeholders and high quality services in Europe's aviation sector. The event will allow stakeholders to come together and formulate concrete ideas that could positively impact the ongoing work on the EESC opinion.
In the light of the agreement in principle reached in July 2017 between the EU and Japan on an Economic Partnership Agreement, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)'s Follow-up Committees on International Trade and Japan are taking the opportunity to organise a half-day joint seminar. The seminar aims at examining the significance of the EU-Japan Agreement in the global context, reflecting on the role that civil society may play in the implementation of such agreement, and aims to assess possible challenges and benefits for different stakeholders (the business community, workers, farmers, consumers, etc.).
Digital innovation and technology are changing today's society by giving new opportunities for businesses, governments and citizens in a wide range of sectors including industry, health, social media, e-services, data etc. The digital world moves fast. Is the EU single market perfectly adapted to the digital era? It is important for Europeans to reflect on how the EU can take advantage of the digital revolution in order to remain competitive and create more jobs. Estonia, as a leader in ICT and digital services is the perfect location to raise these questions.
7th meeting of the Domestic Advisory Group for the EU-Colombia and Peru FTA
The European maritime technology industry is an important sector in terms of employment, directly providing more than 500 000 jobs. Shipyards and firms manufacturing marine equipment make a significant contribution to the economic development of the regions where they are located, and across the entire supply chain, which is particularly important to SMEs. Each direct job in a European shipyard means, on average, seven jobs created in the region.
529th Plenary Session - Including a Presentation of the European Commission's 2018 work programme and of the European Economic and Social Committee's contribution with Frans Timmermans, First Vice-President of the European Commission.
In the framework of the 60th anniversary of the Rome Treaties, the European Economic and Social Committee is pleased to invite you to attend the opening of the exhibition "Ever closer Union".
Representatives of the two Domestic Advisory Groups (DAG) from the EU and Moldova, established under Chapter 13 on Trade and Sustainable Development (TSD) of the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement between the Republic of Moldova and the European Union, held a joint meeting in Chisinau, Moldova, on 17 October 2017.
