I am proud to begin the new year by bringing to all of you across Europe our new, fully digital EESC Info in 23 languages! You will be able to read it on your smart phone, tablet, laptop or office computer. Now that’s what we call modern media! In contrast to the "one-language-fits-all" trend prevailing on the web, however, you will also be able to read it in the language of your choice.
It has taken some time to achieve this and stay true to the EESC's commitment to multilingualism in a bid to stay in touch with the diverse grassroots organisations that the Committee serves and represents. I am grateful to the translation management and IT departments, whose sustained commitment and support have made it possible to bring you a product which, in addition to being in line with the new media landscape, is also accessible to local readers in their own language.
A chapter is now closing – one that began twenty-six years ago. Back in 1991, the "ESC Newsletter", as it was initially called, was a brief account of proceedings-cum-agenda printed in A4 format, with little text and hardly any visuals. In May 1994, a black-and-white, newspaper-like version appeared with more room for comment, more visuals and a new name – "ESC Info". With the transition to full colour printing in 1996, EESC Info gradually took on the shape and features current readers are familiar with. Now exit the physical newsletter, and a new chapter begins – one that will be read on screens, though print media aficionados will have a print-out option.
I am very pleased that this digital chapter is beginning during my term of office. I hope this legacy will help the EESC improve its reach and be fitter for the future. Indeed, I find it extremely significant that EESC Info should be going digital just as the Committee is preparing to turn sixty in a few months' time. I see this as a sign of its determination to keep abreast of change and be relevant, which bodes well for the future. I hope the voice of civil society will echo loud and clear in these pages for years to come.
In wishing you all the best for the new year, I also wish the EESC Info team all success in writing this new chapter in EESC Info's history!
Gonçalo Lobo Xavier
EESC Vice- President for Communication
Dear readers,
I am proud to begin the new year by bringing to all of you across Europe our new, fully digital EESC Info in 23 languages! You will be able to read it on your smart phone, tablet, laptop or office computer. Now that’s what we call modern media! In contrast to the "one-language-fits-all" trend prevailing on the web, however, you will also be able to read it in the language of your choice.
It has taken some time to achieve this and stay true to the EESC's commitment to multilingualism in a bid to stay in touch with the diverse grassroots organisations that the Committee serves and represents. I am grateful to the translation management and IT departments, whose sustained commitment and support have made it possible to bring you a product which, in addition to being in line with the new media landscape, is also accessible to local readers in their own language.
Eleonora Di Nicolantonio (editor-in-chief)
Daniela Marangoni (dm)
Alun Jones (aj)
Chloé Lahousse (cl)
Daniela Marangoni (dm)
Jasmin Kloetzing (jk)
Katerina Serifi (ks)
Laura Lui (ll)
Leszek Jarosz (lj)
Marco Pezzani (mp)
Margarida Reis (mr)
Margarita Gavanas (mg)
Marian Rosado Gallardo (mrg)
Panagiota Theodoropoulou (pt)
Siana Glouharova (sg)
Silvia M. Aumair (sma)
Agata Berdys (ab)
Katerina Serifi (ks)
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Next issue: February 2018