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.
Energy and Northern Dimension: Facing Challenges and Finding Opportunities in the Framework of EU-Russia relations - Speech by Mr. Malosse, EESC member
Opening speech by Mr Hamro-Drotz, President of the External Relations Section of the EESC
Energy and Northern Dimension: Facing Challenges and Finding Opportunities in the Framework of EU-Russia relations - Opening speech by Mr Hamro-Drotz, President of the External Relations Section of the EESC
SPEECH by Mr Dimitris DIMITRIADIS, President of the European Economic and Social Committee : Turkey in between a european perspective and an internal destabilization