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
Europska komisija trebala bi nastaviti s postupkom procjene višesektorskog učinka novih tehnologija 5G i 6G. Potrebni su instrumenti i mjere za rješavanje problema rizika i slabosti. U mišljenju koje je sastavio Dumitru Fornea i koje je usvojeno na plenarnom zasjedanju u listopadu EGSO zauzima čvrsto stajalište i napominje da je, unatoč činjenici da se rasprava o uvođenju mreža 5G pretvorila u kontroverzno političko pitanje, potrebno razmotriti socijalna, zdravstvena i ekološka pitanja, uz sudjelovanje građana i svih relevantnih dionika.
Govoreći na rubu plenarnog zasjedanja, izvjestitelj Fornea je rekao: „Brza digitalizacija i razvoj elektroničkih komunikacija snažno utječu na gospodarstvo i društvo općenito. Odgovornom upotrebom tih tehnologija čovječanstvo ima povijesnu priliku za izgradnju boljeg društva. Međutim, bez primjene dužne pažnje i demokratske kontrole naše bi se zajednice u budućnosti mogle suočavati s ozbiljnim izazovima u upravljanju tim tehnološkim sustavima.”
Pandemija je pokazala da infrastruktura za elektroničku komunikaciju ima važnu ulogu u društvu i da može u velikoj mjeri poboljšati kvalitetu života građana i imati direktan utjecaj na borbu protiv siromaštva. Međutim, treba stalno procjenjivati i potencijalnu opasnost. EGSO zbog toga preporučuje izdvajanje europskih i nacionalnih financijskih sredstava za detaljnija multidisciplinarna istraživanja i studije utjecaja na ljude i okoliš te za objavljivanje tih rezultata kako bi se educirala javnost i donositelji odluka. (mp)