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.
598th Plenary session, with the following guests: Marie Bjerre, Danish Minister for European Affairs; Maroš Šefčovič, EU Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security, Interinstitutional Relations and Transparency; Anthony Agotha, Special Envoy for Climate and Environment Diplomacy, EU External Action Service (tbc) and Jeffrey Sachs, professor at Columbia University, economist and public policy analyst (remotely); Glenn Micallef, EU Commissioner for Intergenerational Fairness, Youth, Culture and Sport | Web streaming
589th Plenary session, with the following guests: Roberta Metsola, President of the EP (tbc);János Bóka, Minister of EU Affairs of Hungary; Nicolas Schmit, EU Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights, Maxime Cerutti, Director of Social Affairs at Business Europe, Tea Jarc, Confederal Secretary of the EU Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), Rareș Voicu, President of the EU Youth Forum and Nicoletta Merlo, EESC Member; with Teresa Ribera, Minister for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge of Spain (tbc), Svenja Schulze, Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany (tbc); Saadia Zahidi, Managing Director, World Economic Forum