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Insularity and socio-economic development: The role of civil society in addressing the challenges that islands are facing

Event
Debate
Online event
Brussels
Belgium

Insularity is considered to be a permanent and unchangeable geographical feature which involves additional costs (transport, energy, waste management, public services, necessity goods and services) that hamper the development and competitiveness of the islands, while particularly exposing them to biodiversity loss and climate change. The organised civil society has an important role to play and tackle all these challenges and through this debate. The aim is to find the best practices and solutions so that EU islands can preform better and recover from the multiple crises.

27/06/2023

Challenges and opportunities that the digital and energy transitions present to the northern sparsely populated areas and islands

Event
How can these regions become drivers for growth and development?
Public Hearing
Umeå Folkets hus, Skolgatan 59
Umeå
Sweden

The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) will be producing an own-initiative opinion on the main challenges faced by EU islands and mountainous and sparsely populated areas, which is scheduled for adoption at the EESC's September plenary session. In this context, the EESC, along with the Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions (CPMR) and the North Sweden European Office (NSEO), will be holding a public hearing in Umeå (Sweden) on 4 May 2023 entitled "Challenges and opportunities that the digital and energy transitions present to the northern sparsely populated areas and islands. How can these regions become drivers for growth and development?". The hearing is an event under the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the EU.

04/05/2023

Strategic foresight

Event
An economically sustainable Europe
Debate
online debate
Brussels
Belgium

With this debate, the ECO section is providing ex-ante input to the European Commission, in preparation for the upcoming 2023 strategic foresight cycle that wants to shed light on the strategic decisions needed to ensure a socially and economically sustainable Europe with a stronger role in the world in the coming decades.

18/04/2023

Boosting EU competitiveness - 3 pillars for sustainable growth

Event
Extraordinary Group III meeting
Meeting
9 a.m. - 4 p.m., Auditorium in Little Parliament
Helsinki
Finland

On 16 September, the Diversity Europe Group held its Extraordinary meeting in Helsinki (Finland) - at the Auditorium (Annex Building of the Parliament).

The meeting entitled Boosting EU competitiveness – 3 pillars for sustainable growth will mainly focussed on bioeconomy and climate neutral Europe, digitalization and infrastructure in transport sector.

16/09/2019

Towards a more resilient and sustainable European economy with a vision for completing EMU

Event
Public Hearing
EESC, rue Belliard 99, room JDE 62, 11:30 - 16:00
Brussels
Belgium

The public hearing on "Towards a more resilient and sustainable European economy with a vision for completing EMU" to be held on Friday, 12 April 2019, starting at 11.30 a.m., will discuss from a wider civil society perspective the future of the European economy and the political initiatives and decisions that need to be taken during the upcoming legislative term and beyond. Taking into account the conclusions of the debate, the EESC will draw up two own-initiative opinions, entitled "Towards a more resilient and sustainable European economy" and "A new vision for completing the Economic and Monetary Union", to be forwarded to the new European Parliament and European Commission.

12/04/2019

European Energy Dialogue on the Energy Union: Progress, Governance, and Civil Society Participation

Event
Conference
European Economic and Social Committee, Rue van Maerlant 2, room VMA3 - Brussels
Belgium

The event seeks to foster the debate of cross-cutting topics that have emerged from the EESC's recent work on the "Clean Energy for All Europeans" package, namely governance, empowering consumers, financing the energy transition, greening the economy, and the future (progress) of the Energy Union

07/09/2017
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