Together the Information Report ECO/711 and the Resolution ECO/712 are a continuation of the European Semester Group's (ESG) work to consult annually national economic and social councils, social partners and civil society organisations from EU Member States on reform and investment proposals made in the context of the European Semester and their implementation in the Member States.
The Information Report aims to collect the views of social partners and civil society organisations in the Member States on the reform and investment proposals and their implementation, in particular those indicated in the 2026 Country-Specific Recommendations.
Recent natural disasters have showed the limitations of insurance markets. This is an own-initiative opinion intended to deliver concrete policy proposals to add an EU-wide layer of pooled/solidarity funds to insurance schemes, drawing on the evidence and proposals of the joint paper by EIOPA and the ECB Towards a European system for natural catastrophe risk management.
Exploratory opinion at the request of the European Commission, in the context of the implementation of their Financial Literacy Strategy. The opinion considers that organised civil society is in a privileged position to improve financial literacy, due to their local networks and expertise with different groups of the population. The opinion also makes specific policy recommendations to the European Commission and Member States to potentiate their impact.
Download — EGSZB-szekcióvélemény: The role of civil society in improving financial literacy
Download — EGSZB-vélemény: Strategy to support the eastern border regions to address their specific challenges and support them in the reorientation of their local economy
