European Economic
and Social Committee
European Economic
and Social Committee
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) is the voice of organised civil society in Europe.
Find out more about its role and structure at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/about
The EESC issues between 160 and 190 opinions, evaluation 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.
Find the latest EESC opinions and publications at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/our-work/opinions-information-reports/opinions and http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/our-work/publications-other-work/publications respectively.
The EESC is active in a wide range of areas, from social affairs to economy, energy and sustainability.
Learn more about our policy areas and policy highlights at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/policies
The EESC holds nine plenary sessions per year. It also organises many conferences, public hearings and high-level debates related to its work.
Find out more about our upcoming events at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/agenda/our-events/upcoming-events
Here you can find news and information about the EESC'swork, including its social media accounts, the EESC Info newsletter, photo galleries and videos.
Read the latest EESC news http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/news-media/news and press releases http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/news-media/press-releases
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.
Find out more about our Members and groups at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/members-groups
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.
Find out more at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/sections-other-bodies
El Comité Económico y Social Europeo (CESE) está orgulloso de anunciar los finalistas, por categoría, de los primeros premios ecológicos de la UE, organizados conjuntamente con la Comisión Europea y otros socios para recompensar la excelencia en la cadena de valor ecológica europea. Los ganadores de cada categoría se anunciarán el 23 de septiembre, Día de la Producción Ecológica de la UE, en una ceremonia especial con Janusz Wojciechowski, comisario de Agricultura de la UE.
Numerosas iniciativas inspiradoras sobre el terreno muestran que la transición ecológica ya se está llevando a cabo en toda Europa. Se ha completado la primera fase del proceso de evaluación y, tras un análisis exhaustivo de todas las candidaturas, los finalistas de las tres categorías siguientes son:
Gino Girolomoni Cooperativa Agricola – Isola del Piano, provincia de Pesaro y Urbino (Italia)
Goodvenience.bio GmbH – Magdala, Turingia (Alemania)
Labonca Biohof GmbH – Burgau, Estiria (Austria)
Ecoveritas SA – Barcelona (España)
La ferme à l’arbre de Liège – Lantin, Lieja (Bélgica)
BIO MERCATO, seiVital GmbH – Kempten, Baviera (Alemania)
Trattino – Lyon (Francia)
Lilla Bjers HB – Visby, Isla de Gotland (Suecia)
Luftburg – Kolarik im Prater – Viena (Austria)
Puede obtener más información sobre los candidatos, los criterios de selección y los premios en general en el sitio web de los premios ecológicos de la UE y en el sitio web del CESE.