8th Meeting of the EU-Serbia Civil Society Joint Consultative Committee

The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) and Serbia will hold the 8th meeting of their Civil Society Joint Consultative Committee (JCC) at the EESC in Brussels. This civil society platform between the EESC and civil society in Serbia was established within the institutional framework of the EU-Serbia Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) in order to allow civil society organisations on both sides to monitor the country's accession negotiations. It is also a platform to discuss issues of common interest and to inform the public at large of the challenges ahead during the accession period. Besides the current state of play in EU-Serbia relations and the accession process, main topics of the 8th JCC meeting are: Digitalisation as a tool for social and economic development, Public administration reform and overview of the civil society and the rule of law situation in Serbia. A common declaration of the JCC will be issued after the meeting.