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.
The 14th meeting of the EU DAG under the EU-Canada CETA, and the first meeting of the new 2023-25 term, will take place on 27 October 2023. The DAG will elect a new chair, discuss the progress in implementing the Trade and Sustainable Development Chapter and exchange views on the EU-CETA DAG priorities for the new term.
The other side of trade: a bottom-up approach to sustainable development
Conference
EESC
Brussels
Belgium
The EESC hosted the 2nd Civil Society Forum on Trade and Sustainable Development : ' The other side of trade: a bottom-up approach to sustainable development' on 14 November 2023. Moving on from the fundamental question "Have we been listening?", the event examined Trade and Sustainable Development (TSD) from different angles with a common approach: inclusive, bottom-up and solution-oriented.
Event co-organised by the EESC's Civil Society Organisations' Group and the EEB
Room JDE63 + online (Interactio) |
Jacques Delors building Rue Belliard 99-101 1040 Brussels
Brussels
Belgium
The Civil Society Organisations' Group of theEuropean Economic and Social Committee and the European Environmental Bureau (EEB) are co-organising a symposium on analysing the current threat of citizenwashing, a term coined to describe a situation in which public authorities and politicians give the appearance of involving the public in decision-making without actually taking their views into account.
For in-person and online registration please follow this link. Deadline Friday (10 Nov)
On 9 November 2023, the ACP-EU Follow-up Committee held a meeting for a timely update on ACP-EU relations and with a view to discuss the participation of civil society in the post-Cotonou Agreement, the so-called Samoa Agreement that has been signed on 15 November.
Planned obsolescence 10 years on: where do we stand?
Brussels
Belgium
Planned obsolescence has been pronounced for the first time in this Committee exactly 10 years ago, and it was in the framework of a CCMI opinion. Rapporteur was Thierry Libaert.
EESC, VMA Building, Room VMA 22, Rue Van Maerlant 2, 1000
Brussels
Belgium
The EESC will hold a hybrid hearing in Brussels on 9 November 2023 from 2:30 to 5:30 pm on "Young people and mental health"
In the event, we will discuss some of the factors affecting mental health of young generations, namely addiction to social media climate anxiety and other social determinants like working conditions. The objective will be to propose possible actions to protect mental health of young people and improve their wellbeing.
08 November 2023 | 09AM - 6PM | Room JDE62 | EESC, Rue Belliard 99
Brussels
Belgium
The conference, co-organised by the European Economic and Social Committee and the European Commission will take place in Brussels on 8 November 2023. It will be held in the framework of the current European Year of Skills.
08 November 2023 | 09:00 - 16:00 | EESC | Room JDE52 | Rue Belliard 99, 1040
Brussels
Belgium
Cette conférence de haut niveau a été une occasion d'examiner la mise en œuvre concrète des plans nationaux de relance et de résilience (PNRR) et de voir si les investissements et les réformes permettent de relever les défis sociaux.
Parmi les intervenants figurent des représentants de la Commission européenne, du Parlement européen, du Réseau européen des services publics de l'emploi, de l'EIGE (Institut européen pour l'égalité entre les hommes et les femmes), d'Eurofound (Fondation européenne pour l'amélioration des conditions de vie et de travail), du CEPS, de la KU Leuven, des représentants de la jeunesse et des partenaires sociaux au niveau européen (BusinessEurope, CES) et au niveau national.
La première session, intitulée "Promouvoir les objectifs sociaux des plans nationaux de relance et de résilience par le biais du Semestre européen", explorera les liens entre les PNRR et le Semestre européen.
La deuxième session, intitulée "La dimension de genre dans les plans nationaux de relance et de résilience", s'est concentrée sur la garantie d'une dimension de genre adéquate dans la mise en œuvre et le suivi des PNRR.
La troisième session, intitulée "La dimension jeunesse dans les plans nationaux de relance et de résilience - un accent sur les mesures en faveur de l'emploi", a examiné l'impact et la pertinence des PNRR pour les jeunes et les organisations de jeunesse.
Enfin, lors de la session principale intitulée "Promouvoir la cohésion sociale par le biais des plans nationaux de relance et de résilience", les intervenants ont conclu en se tournant vers l'avenir et en considérant le rôle du dialogue social et la participation des organisations de la société civile comme l'outil clé pour construire des partenariats afin de faire face aux défis existants et émergents.
Un compte-rendu de l'évènement apparaîtra sur les paes de l'évènement bientôt.
Rue Van Maerlant/Van Maerlantstraat 2, 1040 Bruxelles, Room VMA 23
Brussels
Belgium
The Workers' Group upcoming category meeting "Workers' voice for more democratic participation" will focus on the digital and green just transition from a trade union perspective.