Europees Economisch en Sociaal Comité
Het follow-upcomité EU-Rusland is het interne orgaan van het EESC dat verantwoordelijk is voor de betrekkingen met het Russische maatschappelijk middenveld.
Sinds de autoriteiten van de Russische Federatie op 24 februari 2022 de oorlog tegen Oekraïne begonnen, is het vrije maatschappelijk middenveld in Rusland het zwijgen opgelegd door middel van speciale wetten en toenemende repressie, terwijl veel critici van het regime noodgedwongen voor ballingschap hebben moeten kiezen.
In deze moeilijke omstandigheden heeft het EESC besloten de deur open te houden voor een dialoog met het tegen de oorlog gekante segment van het Russische maatschappelijk middenveld dat zich in de EU bevindt.
Hierdoor is een vruchtbare uitwisseling van informatie en standpunten ontstaan over de vraag hoe de bilaterale betrekkingen na de oorlog zouden moeten verlopen en hoe het land weer de weg naar vrijheid en democratie kan inslaan.
It is vital to foster economic growth; only if Europe has a strong economy, can it better face the political and social challenges that stand before it. This was one of the main messages of the EESC opinions adopted yesterday in Brussels. The EESC calls for more investment– both private and public – directly in the countries that need it most. The EU body representing Civil Society also finds that the Juncker plan is not enough ...
Georgia has the best track record in freedom of media among the Eastern Partnership countries, but nevertheless sustained efforts are called for in order to raise the standard of journalistic quality, objectivity and ethics, as well as secure their independence and sources of financing. This was one of the main messages of the EU-Georgia Civil Society Platform (CSP)'s second meeting held on 16th February at the EESC. The Platform also made recommendations for the Georgian government to ...
33 schools from across Europe to come to Brussels to discuss the future of the EU. Today the EESC selected the schools which will be participating in this year's edition of Your Europe Your Say!, its flagship event for youth. In 2017, the 60th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome will be the theme of the Committee’s annual "Your Europe, Your Say!" youth event, offering young people from around Europe the opportunity to share their ideas about the EU of yesterday, today and tomorrow.
According to Eurostat figures, in May 2016 there were 4,197 million unemployed young people (18.6%) in the EU-28. Although an improvement on the previous year (20.3%), the figure remains appalling and shows that the threat of a "lost generation", which has loomed large since the beginning of the economic and financial crisis, is still hanging dangerously over Europe. Despite this, businesses across the EU are struggling to find young people with the skills they need.
After the COP21 in Paris came up with a number of financial commitments by all sorts of national and international donors, EU and African socio-economic stakeholders gathering in Nairobi called for better information on and access to climate-mitigation funding. Members of ...
The 1st and inaugural meeting of the EU-Georgia Civil Society Platform (CSP) was held on 16th June 2016 in Tbilisi and was co-chaired by Andrzej Adamczyk, member of the EESC, and Kakha Gogolashvili, chairman of the Georgian National Platform at the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum. The participants in the first CSP meeting adopted a joint declaration, assessing the state of play of the EU-Georgia Association Agreement's implementation and acknowledging the considerable progress achieved by Georgia since the beginning of the Association process. Nevertheless, they called ...
How are new forms of employment impacting workers? Is the total flexibility of workers and labour market desirable? Will the sharing economy be putting an end to Europe's social protection systems?
More than 122 million people in the EU are at risk of poverty or social exclusion[1]
33 schools from across Europe selected to come to Brussels to discuss migration
More than 120 million people in the EU face the risk of poverty or social exclusion[1]
