European Economic
and Social Committee
Organisational chart (political)
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PRESIDENCY
- President
- Vice-President - Chair of the Communication Commission
- Vice-President - Chair of the Commission for financial and budgetary affairs
BUREAU
39 members
GROUPS
- Employers' Group (Group I)
- Workers' Group (Group II)
- Civil Society Organisations' Group (Group III)
SECTIONS AND COMMISSION
Section for Economic and Monetary Union and Economic and Social Cohesion (ECO)
Section for the Single Market, Production and Consumption (INT)
Section for Transport, Energy, Infrastructure and the Information Society (TEN)
Section for Employment, Social Affairs and Citizenship (SOC)
Section for Agriculture, Rural Development and the Environment (NAT)
Section for External Relations (REX)
Consultative Commission on Industrial Change (CCMI)
- Section for Economic and Monetary Union and Economic and Social Cohesion (ECO)
- Section for the Single Market, Production and Consumption (INT)
- Section for Transport, Energy, Infrastructure and the Information Society (TEN)
- Section for Employment, Social Affairs and Citizenship (SOC)
- Section for Agriculture, Rural Development and the Environment (NAT)
- Section for External Relations (REX)
- Consultative Commission on Industrial Change (CCMI)
OTHER BODIES
QUAESTORS GROUP
Quaestors
AUDIT COMMITTEE
Audit Committee
ETHICAL COMMITTEE
OBSERVATORIES
- Single Market Enforcement Observatory (SMEO)
- Labour Market Observatory (LMO)
- Sustainable Development Observatory (SDO)
HORIZONTAL STRUCTURES
Liaison Group with European civil society organisations and networks
EESC-CoR Political Monitoring Group
- Liaison Group with European civil society organisations and networks
- EESC-CoR Political Monitoring Group
- Group on the European Citizens’ Initiative
- EESC Youth Group
- Group on Equality
PERMANENT GROUPS
Permanent Group on Fundamental Rights and the Rule of Law (FRRL)
Permanent Group on «European Semester»
Permanent Group on Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP)
Permanent Group on Services of general interest
Permanent Group on Energy
Permanent Group on Transport
Permanent Group on Immigration and integration
Permanent Group on Inclusion of the Roma
Permanent Group on Disability rights
Permanent Group on Sustainable food systems
- Permanent Group on Fundamental Rights and the Rule of Law (FRRL)
- Permanent Group on «European Semester»
- Permanent Group on Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP)
- Permanent Group on Services of general interest
- Permanent Group on Energy
- Permanent Group on Transport
- Permanent Group on Immigration and integration
- Permanent Group on Inclusion of the Roma
- Permanent Group on Disability rights
- Permanent Group on Sustainable food systems
BODIES OF THE SECTION FOR EXTERNAL RELATIONS
Civil Society Platforms
- EU-Armenia Civil Society Platform
- EU-Georgia Civil Society Platform
- EU-Moldova Civil Society Platform
- EU-Ukraine Civil Society Platform
Consultative Committees
- Cariforum-EU Consultative Committee
- European Economic Area Consultative Committee
Civil Society Roundtables
- EU-Brazil Civil Society Round Table
- EU-China Civil Society Round Table
Domestic Advisory Groups
EU-Ukraine/Moldova/Georgia Domestic Advisory Group
EU-Japan Domestic Advisory Group
EU-Singapore Domestic Advisory Group
EU-Republic of Korea Domestic Advisory Group
EU-UK Domestic Advisory Group
EU-Central America Domestic Advisory Group
EU-Colombia Peru Ecuador Domestic Advisory Group
EU-Viet Nam Domestic Advisory Group
EU-New Zealand Domestic Advisory Group
EU-Kenya Domestic Advisory Group
EU-Canada Domestic Advisory Group
EU-Chile Domestic Consultative Group
EU-Mercosur Domestic Advisory Group
- EU-Ukraine/Moldova/Georgia Domestic Advisory Group
- EU-Japan Domestic Advisory Group
- EU-Singapore Domestic Advisory Group
- EU-Republic of Korea Domestic Advisory Group
- EU-UK Domestic Advisory Group
- EU-Central America Domestic Advisory Group
- EU-Colombia Peru Ecuador Domestic Advisory Group
- EU-Viet Nam Domestic Advisory Group
- EU-New Zealand Domestic Advisory Group
- EU-Kenya Domestic Advisory Group
- EU-Canada Domestic Advisory Group
- EU-Chile Domestic Consultative Group
- EU-Mercosur Domestic Advisory Group
Follow-up Committees
- Euromed Follow-up Committee
- Western Balkans Follow-up Committee
- Transatlantic Relations Follow-up Committee
- East and South-East Asia Follow-up Committee
- Latin America Follow-up Committee
- EU-UK Follow-Up Committee
- EU-ACP Follow-Up Committee
- International Trade Follow-up Committee
Joint Consultative Committees
- EU-Türkiye Joint Consultative Committee
- EU-Serbia Joint Consultative Committee
- EU-Montenegro Joint Consultative Committee
- EU-Albania Joint Consultative Committee
- Civil Society Platforms
- Consultative Committees
- Civil Society Roundtables
- Domestic Advisory Groups
- Follow-up Committees
- Joint Consultative Committees
CATEGORIES
- MSMEs, crafts and family business category
- Transport category
- Workers’ voice for more democratic participation category
- Liberal Professions category
- Associational life category
- Consumers and environment category
- Farmers’ category
- Social economy category
- Quaestors groups
- Audit Committee
- Ethical Committee
- Observatories
- Horizontal Structures
- AD HOC Groups
- Permanent Groups
- Bodies of the Section for External Relations
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