The EESC issues between 160 and 190 opinions and information reports a year.
It also organises several annual initiatives and events with a focus on civil society and citizens’ participation such as the Civil Society Prize, the Civil Society Days, the Your Europe, Your Say youth plenary and the ECI Day.
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The EESC brings together representatives from all areas of organised civil society, who give their independent advice on EU policies and legislation. The EESC's326 Members are organised into three groups: Employers, Workers and Various Interests.
The EESC has six sections, specialising in concrete topics of relevance to the citizens of the European Union, ranging from social to economic affairs, energy, environment, external relations or the internal market.
On 13 January the Consultative Commission on Industrial Change (CCMI) of the European Economic and Social committee (EESC) held its inaugural meeting to welcome new members and adopt the 2021work programme.
The CCMI president, Pietro Francesco De Lotto, vice-president Monika Sitarova and the EESC's members and external delegates, whose term of office runs from November 2020 to November 2025, adopted the CCMI's Political Guidelines and Work Programme for 2021 unanimously.
To discuss ways to accelerate action on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for a sustainable recovery, the EESC Section for Agriculture, Rural Development and the Environment held a debate on 15 December in connection with the Europe Sustainable Development Report 2020, published on 8 December. The report is a joint initiative by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) and the Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP), in collaboration with the EESC.
En el seminario web organizado por la ComisiónConsultiva de las TransformacionesIndustriales (CCMI), que contó con la participación de miembros del CESE, delegadosexternos y partesinteresadas de la industriaminera, se evaluó el impacto de las nuevastecnologías en la producciónsostenible de materias primas y se hizohincapié en los beneficios, las limitaciones y los posibles
Emergency measures to curb the spread of COVID-19 have taken a heavy toll on Europe’s civil society. Although mostly justifiable and necessary to save lives, these measures should never offer a carte blanche to governments to turn what was initially an urgent response into the permanent demise of the rule of law. So finds a recent EESC hearing.
En una de las semanas más importantes del año para la acción por el clima, marcada por el quinto aniversario del Acuerdo de París, el acuerdo del Consejo Europeo en cuestiones relacionadas con el cambio climático y el lanzamiento, por parte de la Comisión Europea, el 16 de diciembre, del Pacto Europeo por el Clima, el Comité Económico y Social Europeo (CESE) pide que se empodere a la sociedad civil como condición previa para el éxito del Pacto, y que esta lo asuma como propio.
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) urges the European Commission to start a new discussion to make sure the green objectives and improved performance of the air traffic management system are covered in the new legislation. The consequences of the COVID‑19 crisis for aviation should also be addressed.
The European Economic and Social Committee advocates a set of common principles for public services to help ensure full compliance of all Member States with democratic norms and the rule of law.
El nuevo Pacto sobre Migración y Asilo de la UE ha sido duramente criticado en una conferencia de alto nivel organizada por el Comité Económico y Social Europeo. Representantes de la sociedad civil y de grupos de reflexión, así como del Parlamento Europeo, concluyeron que el nuevo Pacto no aporta los cambios necesarios para crear un verdadero sistema común europeo de migración y asilo.