European Economic
and Social Committee
European Economic
and Social Committee
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) is the voice of organised civil society in Europe.
Find out more about its role and structure at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/about
The EESC issues between 160 and 190 opinions, evaluation 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.
Find the latest EESC opinions and publications at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/our-work/opinions-information-reports/opinions and http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/our-work/publications-other-work/publications respectively.
The EESC is active in a wide range of areas, from social affairs to economy, energy and sustainability.
Learn more about our policy areas and policy highlights at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/policies
The EESC holds nine plenary sessions per year. It also organises many conferences, public hearings and high-level debates related to its work.
Find out more about our upcoming events at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/agenda/our-events/upcoming-events
Here you can find news and information about the EESC'swork, including its social media accounts, the EESC Info newsletter, photo galleries and videos.
Read the latest EESC news http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/news-media/news and press releases http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/news-media/press-releases
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.
Find out more about our Members and groups at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/members-groups
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.
Find out more at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/sections-other-bodies
EGSO je usvojio evaluacijsko izvješće o Mehanizmu EU-a za oporavak i otpornost, ključnom instrumentu u vrijednosti od 723,8 milijardi eura, koji je uveden u veljači 2021. kako bi se državama članicama pomoglo da se oporave od pandemije COVID-a 19. To izvješće sadrži ključne preporuke socijalnih partnera i organizacija civilnog društva iz Njemačke, Italije, Latvije, Portugala i Rumunjske o uključenosti civilnog društva u provedbu Mehanizma za oporavak i otpornost.
U izvješću se navode problemi u vezi s djelotvornošću Mehanizma, primjerice određena kašnjenja i bojazni u pogledu dugoročne provedbe zbog apsorpcije sredstava, ograničenog trajanja planova i administrativnih kapaciteta. Pretjerani zahtjevi otežavaju pristup MSP-ova Mehanizmu. Iako civilno društvo smatra da su ciljevi Mehanizma relevantni, za usklađivanje s nacionalnim strategijama potrebna je bolja koordinacija.
„Organizirano civilno društvo osuđuje pomanjkanje transparentnosti u postupku osmišljavanja i provedbe plana te poziva na strukturiran i transparentan dijalog, razmjenu povratnih informacija i proaktivnu uključenost posredstvom aktivnog povjerenstva za praćenje”, objašnjava izvjestiteljica EGSO-a Elena Calistru.
U izvješću se preporučuje poboljšanje pristupa pravodobnim i detaljnim informacijama o Mehanizmu, racionalizacija provedbe projekata, jačanje fleksibilnosti u odabiru projekata i dodjeli sredstava, kao i uspostavljanje djelotvornijeg obaveznog praćenja i evaluacije instrumenata za procjenu dugoročnog učinka Mehanizma, uz aktivnu uključenost civilnog društva.