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.
Here you can find news and information about the EESC'swork, including its social media accounts, the EESC Info newsletter, photo galleries and videos.
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.
Il dialogo sociale è un pilastro del modello sociale europeo, che può essere utilizzato per rispondere rapidamente alle crisi e affrontarne le conseguenze. Tuttavia, in molti paesi esso è ancora frammentario e avviene solo occasionalmente.
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) closed its October plenary session, the first of its new term of office, with an online debate on the "Recovery for the future of Europe" with contributions from the presidents of all main EU institutions, who reflected on the role that civil society can play to face the challenges Europe and the whole world are facing.
Cillian Lohan (Ireland), member of the Diversity Europe' Group, will be one of the two vice-presidents of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) for a two-and-a-half year term from October 2020 to March 2023. He will be in charge of communication.
The new head of the EESC is a convinced European with EU experience spanning two decades and considerable expertise in social matters, who firmly believes that the EU's civil society has the power to contribute to Europe's post-COVID-19 recovery and future resilience.
Uniti per il futuro dell'Europa: la nuova Presidente è determinata a ricostruire l'unità e la reputazione del CESE e a dimostrare il suo valore aggiunto per influenzare la definizione delle politiche a livello UE
Funzionaria CGIL, fa parte del gruppo dei lavoratori
Giulia Barbucci, consigliera del Comitato economico e sociale europeo dal 2015, è stata eletta vicepresidente dall'assemblea plenaria. Si impegna a garantire una gestione del budget moderata e trasparente. Le sue principali battaglie riguardano l'equilibrio di genere e la protezione dei lavoratori.
The new Group presidents have been elected following the vote held on the first day of the inaugural plenary session of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) and will serve for the 2020-2023 period of the coming term of office.
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) takes careful note of the European Parliament's vote not to grant the 2018 budget discharge and, whilst regretting the situation that led to this refusal, reiterates its firm commitment to fighting harassment and misconduct in the workplace.
Il Comitato economico e sociale europeo (CESE) ha adottato il parere Salari minimi dignitosi in tutta Europa a seguito della richiesta del Parlamento europeo di elaborare un parere esplorativo. Tale richiesta è stata presentata dopo che la Commissione aveva annunciato che stava valutando la possibilità di proporre uno strumento giuridico per garantire il diritto di ogni lavoratore dell'UE a un salario minimo che consenta un tenore di vita dignitoso.