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 izražava zadovoljstvo zbog toga što su njegove preporuke uzete u obzir u prijedlozima Europske komisije o europskom klimatskom paktu, kojim se podupire dosadašnje i novo djelovanje u području klime putem uzajamnog učenja, obrazovanja, izgradnje kapaciteta, uklanjanja prepreka i lakšeg pristupa financiranju.
Pariški je sporazum uvođenjem koncepta globalne ugljične neutralnosti doveo do promjene političkog diskursa i poveo vlade i dionike na put usmjeren na djelovanje. Taj ishod ne bi bio moguć bez dosad nezabilježene mobilizacije svih dionika civilnog društva. Aktivno sudjelovanje svih dijelova društva preduvjet je za uspješnu klimatsku politiku u EU-u.
Član EGSO-a Peter Schmidt izjavio je: „Klimatski pakt važna je prilika za oblikovanje inovativnog participativnog pristupa koji će odražavati, podupirati i nadahnjivati djelovanje koje se već provodi u civilnom društvu, unutar zajednica, gradova i regija.“
EGSO želi surađivati s Europskom komisijom i drugim tijelima EU-a kako bi zajedno uspostavili Platformu dionika europskog klimatskog pakta utemeljenu na načelima uključivosti, transparentnosti i istinskog sudjelovanja te odgovornosti aktera u području klime na svim razinama.
Osim toga, osnivanjem foruma EU-a za financiranje borbe protiv klimatskih promjena u okviru pakta potaknuo bi se istinski uzajaman proces učenja, olakšao pristup financiranju i uklonile prepreke. Sastavni dio pakta trebao bi biti i mehanizam za uključivanje mladih u pitanja klime i održivosti, kao što su okrugli stolovi za mlade o klimi i održivosti, koje je predložio EGSO. (mr)