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
El CESE emite entre 160 y 190 dictámenes y documentos informativos al año.
Organiza también diversos actos e iniciativas anuales, haciendo especial hincapié en la participación de los ciudadanos y de la sociedad civil, como el Premio de la Sociedad Civil, los Días de la Sociedad Civil, el Pleno de la Juventud «Tu Europa, tu voz» y el Día de la ICE.
Dictámenes y publicaciones del CESE más recientes http://www.eesc.europa.eu/es/our-work/opinions-information-reports/opinions, http://www.eesc.europa.eu/es/our-work/publications-other-work/publications.
El CESE trabaja activamente en un amplio espectro de ámbitos que van desde los asuntos sociales a la economía, la energía y la sostenibilidad.
Más información sobre nuestras políticas y lo más destacado de ellas http://www.eesc.europa.eu/es/policies
El CESE celebra nueve plenos al año. También organiza numerosas conferencias, audiencias públicas y debates de alto nivel relacionados con su trabajo.
Más información sobre nuestros próximos actos http://www.eesc.europa.eu/es/agenda/our-events/upcoming-events
Aquí encontrará noticias e información sobre los trabajos del CESE: entre otras cosas, sus cuentas en las redes sociales, el boletín CESE Info, galerías de fotos y vídeos.
Lea las últimas noticias y comunicados de prensa del CESE http://www.eesc.europa.eu/es/news-media/news, http://www.eesc.europa.eu/es/news-media/press-releases
El CESE reúne a representantes de todos los ámbitos de la sociedad civil organizada, que aportan asesoramiento independiente acerca de las políticas y la legislación de la UE. Los 350 miembros del CESE se organizan en tres grupos: Grupo de Empresarios, Grupo de Trabajadores y Grupo de Actividades Diversas.
Más información sobre nuestros miembros y grupos http://www.eesc.europa.eu/es/members-groups
El CESE cuenta con seis secciones especializadas en temas específicos de interés para los ciudadanos de la Unión Europea, que van desde los asuntos sociales a los económicos, pasando por la energía, el medio ambiente, las relaciones exteriores o el mercado interior.
Más información: http://www.eesc.europa.eu/es/sections-other-bodies
The EESC takes note of the Fourth Report on the State of the Energy Union (SEU), supports the objectives of the Energy Union and welcomes the emphasis on the engagement and mobilisation of EU society to take full ownership of the Energy Union.
Finance needs to be mobilised to serve the goals of the Paris Agreement on climate change, create jobs and enable Europe to have a leadership in climate technologies. Moreover, money flows need to be re-directed from polluting technologies towards innovative solutions that will help Europe close the emissions gap. Admittedly, these investments will all be profitable in the long run, but how to "prime the pump"? The EESC's own-initiative opinion on the European Finance-Climate Pact will suggest solutions that can make it happen.
The EESC supports the Commission's Action Plan on financing sustainable growth, aimed at reorienting capital flows towards sustainable investment, and welcomes the legislative proposals stemming from it, on fiduciary duties, a taxonomy and benchmarks. The proposed gradual approach for its implementation, beginning with the work on a European sustainability taxonomy, is preferable. However, a subsequent extension of the initial taxonomy, based on environmental aspects, to social sustainability and governance goals will be necessary. Attention should be paid to the feasibility and proportionality of legal obligations.
With this opinion the EESC welcomes the Commission's proposals in principle as a balanced compromise between the objectives of climate-neutral mobility, the innovation capacity of the European automotive industry and preserving quality jobs. In particular, the EESC considers the planned interim target for 2025 of a 15% reduction in emissions compared to 2021 to be very demanding as the required changes are to be made to combustion engines at the cutting edge of technology. Despite this, the EESC views the market development towards zero-emission vehicles and low-emissions vehicles and hybrids as an opportunity. Furthermore the EESC calls for a mid-term review for 2024 to include the state of play regarding the qualification and (re)training of staff as well as an updated analysis of the areas in which (additional) action is required.
The recommendations of this opinion would be principally addressed to the political decision-makers at different levels in order to practically align the policies to the needs of non-state climate actors.
The Commission recently published a Communication on a Renewed Partnership with the ACP Group of countries. ACP-EU relations are currently governed by the Cotonou Partnership Agreement that will expire in 2020, therefore the Commission has published recommendations on what the future structure should be. Last year the EESC already drafted a general opinion on the post-Cotonou framework; this new opinion will have to answer specifically to the Commission's communication.
With this opinion, the EESC welcomes the proposal to monitor and disseminate CO2 readings of HDVs newly registered in EU, and provides customers with clear information concerning consumption. A balance should be striked between targets that can be achieved in the short to medium-term and the longer-term goal of zero-emission road transport.