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Jacques Delors Building - Rue Belliard 101 - 1040 Brussels - Meeting room: Atrium 5
In order to attract talents and a skilled workforce, close cooperation must be developed between regional authorities, social partner organisations, employment services, and education and training providers. Social dialogue needs to be used effectively in order to attract companies to disadvantaged regions and ensure good quality jobs, good wages, job security via standard employment and access to social protection, and lifelong learning opportunities.
¿Cómo garantizar la solidaridad europea a los pacientes?
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Event type
Conference
Location
11 de octubre de 2023 – Conferencia - Enfermedades raras y las redes europeas de referencia: ¿Cómo garantizar la solidaridad europea para los pacientes? | Palacio Euskalduna
Bilbao
Spain
El Comité Económico y Social Europeo organizó una importante conferencia sobre «Enfermedades raras y Redes Europeas de Referencia», bajo los auspicios de la Presidencia española del Consejo de la UE y en colaboración con las autoridades del País Vasco. El acto tuvo lugar el día 11 de octubre de 2023 en el Euskalduna Conference Center de Bilbao (España).
The EESC and the Spanish Economic and Social Council (CES) are organising this joint conference in the context of the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the EU, dedicated to "The impact of the climate crisis on migration flows in the Mediterranean region". This event will contribute to the EESC's mandate to establish and reinforce a Euro-Mediterranean network of Economic and Social Councils and Similar Institutions. It will provide CSOs with an opportunity to meet, exchange best practices and discuss an issue of importance throughout the Mediterranean region.
The hearing aims to gather the views of different civil society actors on the steps the EU should take to establish a comprehensive, just transition policy framewor.
The EESC has repeatedly emphasized its support for more genuine sources of own revenue for the EU budget. This has become all the more important in the current higher interest rate environment that has left a gap in the EU budget for the repayment of the money the Union has borrowed on capital markets. The public debate will focus on the Commission´s proposal for a next generation of own resources and the related policy proposals of the EESC.
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing, that is, investing which takes ESG factors into account when making investment decisions is becoming an important part of mainstream finance. ESG ratings provide an opinion on a company or financial instrument’s sustainability profile or characteristics, exposure to sustainability risks or impact on society and/or the environment. The public debate will discuss the Commission´s legislative proposal to improve the reliability, comparability and transparency of ESG ratings, and the EESC´s related policy proposals.
The 10th meeting of the EU-Georgia Domestic Advisory Group (DAG), and the first meeting of the new 2023-25 term, will take place on 4 October 2023. The DAG will elect a new chair, discuss the progress in implementing the Trade and Sustainable Development Chapter and make proposals for a work programme for the new term.
Una exposición organizada por el Grupo de Organizaciones de la Sociedad Civil del CESE en el contexto de su conferencia «Soberanía alimentaria europea: el papel de la agricultura, la pesca y los consumidores»
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Location
Edificio CINC, Cidade da Cultura de Galicia, Monte Gaiás