Uitbreidingslanden

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Het EESC is actief betrokken bij het uitbreidingsproces van de EU en heeft een tweeledige aanpak ontwikkeld – regionaal en bilateraal – voor zijn betrekkingen met organisaties van het maatschappelijk middenveld in de uitbreidingslanden.

Met betrekking tot de regionale benadering is het follow-upcomité Westelijke Balkan – een permanent intern orgaan van het EESC – het belangrijkste instrument voor het coördineren van de activiteiten van het EESC in deze regio. Het forum voor het maatschappelijk middenveld van de Westelijke Balkan, dat om de twee jaar wordt georganiseerd, maakt deel uit van de werkzaamheden van het follow-upcomité.

Het EESC werkt ook bilateraal samen met landen van de Westelijke Balkan en Turkije. Op basis van de associatieovereenkomsten tussen deze landen en de EU, om de organisaties van het maatschappelijk middenveld te betrekken bij de pretoetredings- en toetredingsprocessen, heeft het EESC drie gemeenschappelijke organen gecreëerd met vertegenwoordigers van het maatschappelijk middenveld – met Turkije, Montenegro en Servië. Elk orgaan bestaat uit een gelijk aantal leden van het EESC en van het partnerland en komt tweemaal per jaar samen.

Het EESC onderhoudt regelmatige contacten en organiseert gezamenlijke activiteiten met de organisaties van het maatschappelijk middenveld van uitbreidingslanden waarmee nog geen gemeenschappelijk orgaan voor vertegenwoordigers van het maatschappelijk middenveld is opgericht.

De werkzaamheden van de gemeenschappelijke organen worden aangevuld met de voorbereiding van EESC-adviezen over de pretoetredings- en toetredingsprocessen van de afzonderlijke landen, alsmede over onderwerpen van regionaal belang.

  • Goedgekeurd on 22/01/2025 - Bureau decision date: 18/01/2024
    Referentie
    SOC/797-EESC-2024
    Workers - GR II
    France
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    Germany
    Plenary session number
    593
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    The EESC denounces the deterioration of human rights, the rule of law, and democracy, and calls for further improvements of the Commission's Annual Rule of Law Reports.  Among others, it recommends that the Commission ensures meaningful involvement of civil society in both the preparation and follow-up stages of the report at the national level, and expands the Report’s section on CSOs. The Commission's assessment should be based on objective benchmarks and transparent dialogue with CSOs and the Commission needs to develop more precise and measurable country-specific recommendations with clear benchmarks, indicators and deadlines.

    Download — advies EESC: Evaluation of the European Commission's annual reports on the rule of law in the European Union
    • soc/797 _Record of proceedings
    • Follow-up from the Commission SOC/797
  • Goedgekeurd on 04/12/2024 - Bureau decision date: 15/02/2024
    Referentie
    TEN/836-EESC-2024
    Workers - GR II
    Austria
    Plenary session number
    592
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    Download — advies EESC: Labour and skills shortages in transport, energy, infrastructure and the digital sector
    • TEN/836 _Record of proceedings
    • Follow-up from the Commission TEN/836
  • Goedgekeurd on 04/12/2024 - Bureau decision date: 18/01/2024
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    REX/585-EESC-2024
    Employers - GR I
    Bulgaria
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    Greece
    Plenary session number
    592
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    This subject of this own-initiative opinion is multidimensional, requiring from the opinion to address a wide spectrum of subtopics, while having a clear and logical thread.

    Download — advies EESC: Water Politics: Empowering Youth, Women, and Indigenous and Local Communities
    • REX/585 _Record of proceedings
  • Goedgekeurd on 04/12/2024 - Bureau decision date: 18/01/2024
    Referentie
    INT/1058-EESC-2024-02187-00-00-AC-TRA
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    Bulgaria
    Plenary session number
    592
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    The opinion aims to examine the economic development of candidate countries and the potential effects of enlargement on the EU Single Market. This opinion is part of a pilot project involving Enlargement Candidate Members in the preparatory work.

    Download — advies EESC: Potential challenges for the European single market arising from the future enlargement of the Union
    • INT/1058 _Record of proceedings
    • Follow-up from the Commission INT/1058
  • Goedgekeurd on 23/10/2024 - Bureau decision date: 18/01/2024
    Referentie
    NAT/928-EESC-2024
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    Ireland
    Plenary session number
    591
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    In this opinion, the EESC stresses that the alignment of the circular economy and bioeconomy is crucial for sustainable development and calls for a strong, interlinked strategy to foster innovation, support rural jobs, and ensure the EU stays competitive within planetary boundaries.

    Download — advies EESC: Aligning the circular economy and the bioeconomy at the EU and national level
    • Record of proceedings NAT/928
  • Goedgekeurd on 23/10/2024 - Bureau decision date: 18/01/2024
    Referentie
    ECO/645-EESC-2024
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    Slovakia
    Plenary session number
    591
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    Climate change is an existential threat for the European economy. Therefore, a comprehensive approach is needed. In this context, based on the empirical and data analyses related to the impact of climate change on the real economy, macroeconomic and financial stability is essential. As things currently stand, intensified natural disasters will lead to unprecedented costs that will have an unpredictable impact on public finance.

    The European economy is currently on a downward trend. This will lead to lower revenue and, at the same time, higher demand for spending – mainly related to the costs of climate change, higher borrowing costs and negative trends in demographic development.

    Download — advies EESC: Climate change and its impact on the economy
    • Record of proceedings ECO/645
  • Goedgekeurd on 23/10/2024 - Bureau decision date: 18/01/2024
    Referentie
    CCMI/230-EESC-2024
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    Italy
    (Belgium
    Plenary session number
    591
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    This own-initiative opinion stems from the European Commission call for an "Industry 5.0" based on: human centricity, sustainability and resilience. Industry 5.0 aims thus at broadening the previous concept of Industry 4.0, providing a transformative vision for a sustainable, human-centric and resilient European industry. This opinion will reflect on how to concretely implement the concept of Industry 5.0.

    This opinion is part of the EESC pilot "Enlargement Candidate Members (ECM)" where representatives from Turkey will take part in the study groups an in the Section meeting. The Turkish representatives are: Özgür Burak Akkol (Turkish Confederation of Employer Associations (TİSK), for Group I), Cavit Demiral (Confederation of Turkish Real Trade for Group II) and Ayşe Yürekli (Women Entrepreneurs Association of Türkiye, for Group III). 

    Download — advies EESC: Industry 5.0 – how to make it happen
    • Record of proceedings CCMI/230
  • Goedgekeurd on 18/09/2024 - Bureau decision date: 18/01/2024
    Referentie
    SOC/795-EESC-2024
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    Latvia
    Plenary session number
    590
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    The EESC underlines that youth participation mechanisms need to be transparent and that the interests and concerns of young people need to be considered at each stage of the policy-making cycle. It proposes that guidelines are set up to support the monitoring and dissemination of the EUYD (EU Youth Dialogue) outcomes and impact and that an online repository be set up where collected documents would be made available. It calls on the Commission and the Member States to support long-term, sustainable and well-functioning management of the EUYD, including the establishment of institutional memory and capacity building processes.

    Download — advies EESC: Strengthening the EU Youth Dialogue follow-up via monitoring and transparency guidelines
    • SOC/795 CR
  • Goedgekeurd on 10/07/2024 - Bureau decision date: 13/02/2024
    Referentie
    REX/590-EESC-2024-REX/590 Screening of foreign investments in the Union
    Workers - GR II
    Spain
    Plenary session number
    589
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    Download — advies EESC: Screening of foreign investments in the Union
    • REX/590 Record of the proceedings