The EESC issues between 160 and 190 opinions 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.
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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.
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.
European Economic and Social Committee - 99 rue Belliard
1040 Brussels
Belgium
The EESC is hosting an exhibition by the French photographer Bruno Fert entitled "Refuge: Private worlds in exile".
It comprises a series of panels with portraits and testimonies, together with images of interiors in refugee camps and makeshift shelters in Greece and France, including the "jungle" in Calais.
Exploring the relationship between humankind and nature through aerial photography.
Cultural Event
European Economic and Social Committee - 99 rue Belliard
1040 Brussels
Belgium
The EESC will host a photography exhibition entitled Habitat, featuring the work of Tom Hegen, an award-winning German photographer and designer from Munich. Tom Hegen's work focuses on aerial photography projects, showcasing the impact of human presence on earth and frequently highlighting the relationship between man and nature.
The exhibition will be displayed at the EESC from 20 October to 30 November 2020, in connection with the German Presidency of the Council of the EU.
The EESC will host the ILO's centenary anniversary exhibition, "100 years of Social Protection with the International Labour Organization (ILO)", featuring 24 roll-up banners in both English and French.
The exhibition presents the establishment and evolution of social protection systems around the world since 1919, and thus commemorates 100 years since the foundation of the ILO.
Art exhibition featuring works by the Lithuanian artist
Cultural Event
European Economic and Social Committee - 99 rue Belliard
1040 Brussels
Belgium
The EESC will host an art exhibition featuring works by the Lithuanian artist, Stasys Eidrigevičius. The exhibition is being organised in cooperation with the Permanent Representation of Lithuania to the EU and with the support of the Lithuanian Art Museum, the Modern Art Museum and the Lithuanian Culture Institute.
European Economic and Social Committee - 99 rue Belliard, 1040
Brussels
Belgium
The EESC will host a photographic exhibition entitled "Industrial heritage of the town of Sisak – Past & Present", featuring a series of photos from the city of Sisak, in Croatia. A launch event is planned for Wednesday 27 November, in conjunction with the NAT Section meeting.
European Economic and Social Committee - 99 rue Belliard
1040 Brussels
Belgium
The EESC is to host a photography exhibition, "Images of Another Europe 1985-1989", featuring the work of Constantin Pittas, a well-known photographer from Greece.
In the late 1980s, Costantinos Pittas roamed all over the divided continent, from south to north, and from Lisbon to Krakow, in both Eastern and Western Europe. His camera was focused on the faces of fearful, repressed people in the East, the faces of the lonely or the elderly in the West.
Language Library of the General Secretariat of the Council - LEX 07 - Wetstraat 145
Brussels
Belgium
The exhibition "The EU speaks your language" moves to the Council of the EU (LEX building).
"The EU speaks your language" was produced by the EESC in house, in cooperation with the Directorate for Translation of the EESC/CoR and was launched in September 2018 to mark the 60th anniversary of Regulation 1/1958 entering into force.
The exhibition travels back in time to 1958, to the first legal act of the EEC/EU, to highlight the historical significance of Regulation 1/58 whilst featuring a modern approach to that which it symbolises at its core.
European Economic and Social Committee - 99 rue Belliard
Brussels
Belgium
The EESC will host the photography exhibition "Kirja, a Finnish Story", featuring the work of NoémieKreitlow, a young professional photographer from Brussels. NoémieKreitlow did a project on Finnish cultural and social identity as part of her photography studies. Her documentary project, carried out in the city of Kouvola and its surroundings, culminated in an exhibition at the Finnish Permanent Representation in Brussels.