The 17th meeting of the EU-Ukraine Civil Society Platform (CSP) took place in Rome on 11 July 2025, in the margin of the Ukraine Recovery Conference. During the meeting, the CSP members discusses key achievements and ongoing challenges of European integration process. The debate included exchanges with the EU and Ukrainian authorities and experts on priority areas such as the energy sector, digital infrastructure, and rights of Ukrainian refugees in the EU.
A joint declaration, prepared by both sides, was discussed and adopted.
At the initiative of the EESC’s Civil Society Organisations’ Group, this exhibition showcases projects that have been coordinated by the Danish architecture firm BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group.
Public debate on Defence-related investments in the EU budget in the context of the new geopolitical order, to contribute to the final report of the EESC´s ad hoc group on the new geopolitical order, and in the framework of the opinion ECO/679 - Defence-related investments in the EU budget.
Conference in the framework of the Danish Presidency of the Council of the EU
Event type
Conference
Location
The Danish Society of Engineers (IDA), Kalvebod Brygge 31-33
Copenhagen
Denmark
This event is an in-person conference that will be live streamed on our website. Registration for in-person participation is closed. We invite you to follow our webstreaming.
Premises of 3F (United Federation of Workers in Denmark )
Copenhagen
Denmark
The Workers' Group is organising an extraordinary meeting in Copenhagen, on the occasion of the upcoming Danish EU Presidency. Topics of discussion include the Danish labour market, geopolitical challenges in the region and the priorities and programme of the Presidency.
Improving living and working conditions across the EU: the role of organised civil society
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Location
Warsaw
Poland
The 2025 Annual meeting of presidents & secretaries-general of the ESCs of the EU & the EESC was held on 25-26 June 2025 in Warsaw. Co-organised with the Polish Councils, the Social Dialogue Council (RDS) and the Council for Public Benefit Activity (RDPP) under the 2025 Polish Presidency of the Council, the debates were dedicated to "Improving living and working conditions across the EU: the role of organised civil society".
On 25 June 2025, the EESC is hosting a high-level debate in the framework of the European Public Diplomacy Week. The debate, titled "From trade to water: civil society's soft diplomacies", is divided in three panels, tackling Trade, Enlargement, and Water respectively. Each panel will be followed by a discussion, thus contributing to highlight the role played by civil society in soft diplomacy. Join us from 11:00 to 12:30 CET!
The 2025 EU–Japan Workshop explored how Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping the workplace and driving economic competitiveness. This hybrid event brought together EU and Japanese stakeholders to discuss AI’s role in transforming job roles, promoting innovation, and raising ethical and policy challenges. It also focused on how AI can support sustainable and inclusive growth in both regions.
A stronger and more inclusive European Semester that works for all: Strengthening Europe's Economic Resilience, Sustainable growth and Competitiveness
Location
Brussels
Belgium
The EESC's European Semester Group is bringing together speakers from the EU institutions, organised civil society, the Member States and research institutes for its annual conference on "A stronger and more inclusive European Semester that works for all: Strengthening Europe's Economic Resilience, Sustainable growth and Competitiveness ", to be held from 9.30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Tuesday 24 June 2025.
