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
Nuestro invitado sorpresa es Bruno Kaufmann, embajador de la iniciativa ciudadana europea (ICE), una herramienta única e ideal que brinda a la ciudadanía de la UE la posibilidad de proponer nuevas leyes de la Unión. Kaufmann expone las razones por las que la ICE reviste una enorme importancia y por las que un día, si tiene éxito, podría ser considerada como uno de los logros democráticos más asombrosos desde la irrupción del sufragio universal e igualitario en el siglo XX.
Bruno Kaufmann es un politólogo y periodista sueco, autor de publicaciones en más de cuarenta lenguas sobre la democracia moderna directa y la democracia representativa. Es corresponsal de Global Democracy en SWI, swissinfo.ch, el servicio internacional de la radiotelevisión suiza, para el que cubre los asuntos relativos a la Europa septentrional. Bruno es cofundador y miembro de la dirección de diversas organizaciones de apoyo a la democracia, como Initiative and Referendum Institute, Democracy International y Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy. Es director de cooperación internacional de la Fundación para la Democracia suiza.