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The European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound), the European Training Foundation (ETF) and the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) are jointly organising an event on social dialogue in the Western Balkans. This initiative, led by the EESC President and the directors of the two agencies, will focus on the quality of life and work, youth, and the exchange of experiences on social dialogue between the EU and the Western Balkans.
Medical University of Warsaw, 2a Księcia Trojdena Street
Warsaw
Poland
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), the Polish Ministry of Health, and the Medical University of Warsaw is holding a major conference entitled Towards an EU Action Plan on Rare Diseases on 10 April 2025 at 9 a.m. at the Medical University in Warsaw, Poland.
Teatro Thalia, Estrada das Laranjeiras 205, Lisboa 1600-134
Lisbon
Portugal
This conference in Lisbon is the fourth event on disinformation being hosted by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) as part of its ongoing project aiming to fight disinformation with the help of civil society.
Partnership event by the EAPN and the Civil Society Organisations' Group
Event type
Conference
Location
Rue Van Maerlant 2
Brussels
Belgium
The European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN) will launch its latest Poverty Watch Report at an event co-organised by the EAPN and the EESC Civil Society Organisations' Group. This is an in-person event that will take place at the EESC in Brussels and be webstreamed.
Water challenges: Exploring consumer perspective - Moving ahead on EU Blue Deal
Event type
Conference
Location
Jacques Delors building - room JDE 62
Brussels
Belgium
The topic of the European Consumer Day 2024 was "Water challenges: Exploring consumer perspective - Moving ahead on the EU Blue Deal". This covered, on one side, consumer protection in terms of ensuring access to water at an affordable price, including vulnerable consumers, touching also upon the aspects of water quality and quantity. On the other side, it involved water-efficient consumption, with a focus on changing consumer habits in order to make the water consumption more sustainable, making use of innovative tools and technology.
Press Center of the Secretariat General for Communication and Media, Frangoudi 11 & Alexandrou Pantou | Athens, Greece
This conference in Athens is the third event on disinformation being hosted by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) as part of its ongoing project aiming to fight disinformation with the help of civil society.
The EESC will organise two side events at the UN Convention on Biological Diversity - COP16 which this year will be held in Cali, Colombia from 21 October to 1 November 2024. The side events will be on Towards a circular economy in harmony with nature and on Mainstreaming biodiversity in climate action: the role of nature-based solutions.
Competitiveness is a key priority of both the Hungarian Presidency and the new von der Leyen Commission for the next political cycle. The issue will be addressed with our members and members' organisations at the extraordinary Group meeting on 8 October in Budapest. The debate will focus on the agri-food and industrial sectors.
This event is an in-person conference that will be live streamed on our website. Registration is closed. We kindly invite you to follow the live webstream.