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.
601st EESC Plenary session, with the following guests: Carlien van Empel, Director of the ILO Office for the EU and the Benelux countries, Dr Joachim Schwerin, Principal Economist, Responsible Business Conduct Unit within the Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW) of the EC and Amal Chevreau, Head of unit, Social Economy and Innovation at the Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities; with Piotr Serafin, EU Commissioner for Budget, Anti-Fraud and Public Administration, Carla Tavares, Member of the EP and Professor Enrico Giovanini, former Italian Minister, currently Scientific Director of ASviS; with Elisa Morgera, UN Special Rapporteur on Climate Change and Human Rights and Samira Ben Ali, EESC Youth Delegate to COP - Web streaming