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.
La 10a edizione della Giornata dell'ICE, dedicata all'iniziativa dei cittadini europei, si è svolta in via eccezionale online e nell'arco di due giorni. La Presidente del CESE Christa Schweng, la vicepresidente della Commissione europea Věra Jourová e il vicepresidente del Parlamento europeo Pedro Silva Pereira hanno partecipato alla sessione di apertura, valutando la situazione di questo strumento unico di democrazia partecipativa.
The involvement of organised civil society is far from satisfactory in a majority of EU countries, warned the European Economic and Social Committee at the annual conference of its European Semester Group, which took place remotely on 31 May. This event was organised right before the publication of the European Semester Spring Package by the Commission, on the 2 June 2021.
Per il secondoannoconsecutivo, il Comitatoeconomico e socialeeuropeo (CESE) ha apertovirtualmente le sue porte e ha festeggiatol'Europa in modalità online con un sito web creato per l'occasione, ponendo in evidenza che, oggipiù che mai, le organizzazionidellasocietàcivilesvolgono un ruoloessenziale in Europa, a cominciare dal loro
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) intends to play an active part in joint European efforts to translate the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR) into action and to build a fairer and more prosperous Europe for everyone.
EESC president Christa Schweng welcomes the result of the vote in the European Parliament to grant the European Economic and Social Committee budgetary discharge for 2019. The Committee takes all the recommendations very seriously and is committed to continuing the reforms.
On 28 April, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) held an exchange of views with Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights Nicolas Schmit on the Action Plan for the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR) and the upcoming Porto Social Summit, where the plan will be discussed at the highest level.
Il Comitatoeconomico e socialeeuropeo (CESE) unisce le proprieforze a quelledellaCommissioneeuropea e afferma che il coinvolgimentoattivodelleorganizzazionidellasocietàcivileeuropeapuòcontribuire a plasmare la trasformazioneverde e digitale del sistema dei trasportinell'UE.
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) adopted at its April plenary session a resolution on the Conference on the Future of Europe in which it calls on "a new narrative grounded on the realities of everyday life" to reconnect and engage with European citizens. For this, according to the resolution, it is essential to ensure that organised civil society is involved and plays a major role.
Il CESE assegnerà un riconoscimento a un numero massimo di cinque progetti sul clima che mettano in evidenza l'inestimabile contributo della società civile al conseguimento della neutralità climatica.
Il Comitatoeconomico e socialeeuropeo (CESE), in occasione di un convegno web ad alto livello, ha messo in guardiacontrol'aggravamentodellapovertàenergeticaindottodallapandemia e ha avvertito che sononecessariemisureurgenti.